SmartPly
OSB supporting the AFL
SmartPly OSB is proud to sponsor the Amateur Football League 2008-9.
The resource of experience and development, which the Amateur Football League
through the Oscar Traynor Coaching and Development Centre and its amalgamated
North Dublin Schoolboy/girls League provides for the combined membership of
over 800 teams from as young as under seven to over 35's is vital not just to
football, but also to communities across the country and beyond.
Similarly, SmartPly's parent company Coillte (which means 'forest' or 'small
woodland' as Gaeilge) is sustainably developing another vital resource
- Ireland's carefully managed certified forests - to create products which are
used not just here, but across the world.
SmartPly OSB is Oriented Strand Board, made of three separate layers
of wood strands mixed with resin, laid in different directions and compressed
under heat to create super strong "OSB" boards. This process uses
wood resources efficiently and SmartPly OSB can be used inside or out
for anything from house building to the hoarding around building sites.
Forests & the environment
Coillte owns over 1 million acres of land, most of which is independently
certified as environmentally sustainable forest. Coillte manages its forests
and land in a way that maintains a balance between commercial success and environmental
and social benefits.
Recreation
Coillte has ten Forest Parks and over 150 recreation sites that can be enjoyed
all over the country, from Donegal to Cork and Galway to Dublin, including the
exciting Lough Key Forest and Activity Park development in County Roscommon.
Community
Coillte works with the rural economy both directly and indirectly and participates
in many community partnership projects, including the AFL, and with operations
in almost every parish in Ireland we are a part of the fabric of that community.
Through its Irish manufactured OSB and MDF brands SmartPly and Medite,
Coillte is at the cutting edge of science and technology, pushing their wood
products harder and further every year.
Wood is the only naturally sustainable building material available and the
processes creating SmartPly OSB makes it stronger, just as different
processes create Medite MDF. But - like the AFL - grass-roots support and development
is what makes us special.
You can find SmartPly OSB and Medite MDF at all good builders' providers.
www.smartply.com
www.coillte.com
www.medite-europe.com