Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (TSX:
ANS) “Ainsworth” or the “Company” – a leading manufacturer and
supplier of engineered wood products for residential, commercial, and
industrial applications – today announced the reintroduction of two
popular OSB products, under the Company’s new OSB XL brand. To answer
clear market demands for OSB panels longer than 8 feet, Ainsworth now
offers OSB XL 9-foot and OSB XL 10-foot OSB panels. These longer OSB XL
panels are offered in addition to Ainsworth’s standard 8-foot OSB
products. Ainsworth’s OSB XL 9-foot and 10-foot OSB panels are available
in multiple thicknesses, and even custom length, just like the Company’s
8-foot OSB product line. For more information, visit www.BetterBoard.com.
“With the recovering housing market and the trend toward higher ceilings
in building designs, the demand for longer OSB boards is very clear, and
we are thrilled to offer our customers a more complete OSB product line.
Additionally, with longer boards, we see a unique opportunity to offer
our customers cost avoidance on labor, since there is less cutting and
installation labor required when sheathing with longer OSB boards,” said
Bart Bender, Ainsworth’s Vice President of Sales. “The launch of our OSB
XL 9- and 10-foot OSB panels is another sign of Ainsworth’s
responsiveness to the needs of our customers, and that’s something we
have always taken pride in.”
The launch of OSB XL comes on the heels of Ainsworth’s re-opening of its
High Level, Alberta OSB mill after an extensive equipment upgrade and
the filling of 135 new positions. Moreover, Ainsworth recently announced
the continued success and broad market acceptance of its innovative
pointSIX® Flooring. With sustained, compounded double-digit growth in
its third year on the market, pointSIX Flooring has achieved success
that has even exceeded Ainsworth’s expectations. Additionally, for its
marketing efforts around the launch of pointSIX® Flooring, Ainsworth is
a recent “Gold” winner in Hanley Wood’s Annual Brand Builder Awards. The
Brand Builder Awards recognize the most innovative and effective
marketing campaigns throughout the residential and commercial design and
construction industry.
About Ainsworth
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of
oriented strand board (OSB) with a special focus on value-added
specialty products for markets in North America and Asia. Ainsworth’s
four OSB manufacturing facilities, located in Alberta, British Columbia,
and Ontario, have combined annual capacity of 2.5 billion square feet
(3/8 inch basis) OSB. Ainsworth is a publicly traded company listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ANS.
For more information:
www.ainsworthengineered.com.
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