A Brief History of Penghong Boards Part 1 | The Pioneering Blockboard

2025-10-07

Blockboard

Made from high-quality wild Northeast Poplar logs and topped with sliced ​​Osmanthus fragrans veneer, this product boasts a stable structure, excellent flatness, insect resistance, corrosion resistance, and high static bending strength. It can be widely used in furniture, door panels, window frames, siding, partitions, ceilings, and other home furnishing applications.

For others and for yourself

In the late 1990s, when China's real estate market was booming, the panel industry ushered in a golden period of rapid growth. The group's predecessor, Dalian Pengfei Wood Industry Co., Ltd., was formally established. A year later, it was officially renamed Penghong.

(Photo taken in the late 1990s at Jinzhou Zhongchang Factory in Jinzhou, Dalian)

Three months later, the first sheet rolled off the production line. It was a perfectly ordinary sheet, but what made it unique was that it was a pioneering work, handcrafted by the entrepreneurs themselves. In the context of a seller's market, they didn't simply pursue mass production, but instead deeply ingrained "quality" into their product DNA.

To address the initial staff shortage in a factory less than 1,000 square meters, the current decision-makers plunged into the workshop, personally participating in the production processes of panel assembly and gluing. The smell of glue, the wafting dust... the low barrier to entry in the industry brought them a deep sense of pain, and this led to a secret resolution: to produce environmentally friendly panels, for others and for themselves.

(Photo taken in early 2006 at the Fuyu production base under construction in Jilin)

In 2002, Penghong launched a truly industry-leading "formaldehyde-free blockboard," and held a press conference in Beijing during the March 15th shopping festival. Orders poured in, and with the combined strength of quality and environmental friendliness, the company expanded rapidly into the domestic market and established its position in the industry with authority.

In 2007, with the weighty "China Famous Brand" award hanging on the Wall of Honor, blockboard, a key component of wood panels, officially became associated with the National Day viewing platform and subsequently found its way into Olympic venues and the World Expo. In a short time, it became synonymous with blockboard in the industry.

Self-produced quality standardization

Building advanced factories, purchasing advanced equipment and making high-quality products are the quality concepts we established at the beginning.

In September 1999, we completed our first factory expansion. At the time, the new factory was equipped with advanced Taiwanese equipment costing hundreds of thousands of yuan, a rarity in China. Our newly installed inkjet printers for plate printing were only around 100 units globally.

In 2004, the Group's Product R&D and Testing Center was established. Inheriting the healthy philosophy of the company's founding, this provincially qualified testing center has documented the company's 16-year journey towards formaldehyde-free board materials.

In 2006, the adhesive plant was established alongside the trial operation of the Fuyu, Jilin production base. As a key material in board production, the stability, adhesion, and environmental friendliness of the adhesive are closely linked to board quality. Independent adhesive production places stringent demands and standards on a company's strength, scientific research capabilities, production technology, and environmental performance.

As one of the few self-produced enterprises in the industry, we shoulder the mission of pioneering. In addition to the "three-level storage and six-round sorting" system that the raw materials must go through, the high-temperature and high-pressure double pressing standards, directional sanding technology, infrared board surface re-inspection and other procedures are also on the road to defending "self-produced quality" and escorting us forward.

Good craftsmanship comparable to integrated wood

As a structural material, blockboard was once mostly used as a base for renovations, with few people pursuing its appearance. In 1998, just one year after entering the industry, I took on the responsibility of improving blockboard.

To achieve a more aesthetically pleasing veneer finish, the core structure of the blockboard must be carefully considered. The use of automated equipment ensures that the strips are of equal width and spacing, with lines visible on all four sides, structurally determining the flatness of the board.

To address the industry's common issues of glue seeping through and poor aesthetics, entrepreneurs carefully considered the natural, smooth texture, elegant and elegant colors, and strong, flexible wood fibers of Osmanthus fragrans, which stood out. The 60-filament Osmanthus fragrans skin and 240# textured surface layer offer a natural texture, dense fibers, and stable glue absorption, significantly enhancing the aesthetics of the blockboard and bringing the overall effect closer to that of integrated lumber.

The combination of Osmanthus fragrans veneer and poplar core creates a strong blend of wood strengths, and the symmetrical assembly effectively prevents warping and deformation. At the time, furniture made from blockboard could be directly painted and used, creating a natural, solid wood effect that quickly became a trend in the market and continues to be used today.

As time goes by, the board system has become increasingly diverse, but the era of blockboard has not faded. Blockboard still plays a vital role in infrastructure construction and solid wood veneer decoration. Throughout the development history of blockboard, the high starting point, high standards, and high quality of blockboard have paved a path of continuous growth for the company.