In addition to laminate and hardwood flooring, Mohawk’s Unilin business also manufactures and markets chipboard and roofing systems.
Flaxboard
The flax plant has been used as a fiber source for thousands of years. Today, Unilin uses flax shives, a by-product of the linen industry, as the raw material for flaxboard, making it a highly sustainable product. Shives are dried, glued and pressed into flaxboard, which is primarily used as a filler material for doors and as a veneer material for furniture components. Flaxboard also is lightweight, which makes it an ideal packaging material.
Chipboards
Unilin chipboard is comprised of at least 80 percent pre- and post-consumer materials. We recycle wood remnants from wood processing operations, such as scrap from saw and shredding mills. The boards also contain recycled wood from packaging materials, house demolition and old furniture. Chipboard serves primarily as base material for boards used in furniture manufacturing.
Insulation Boards
Unilin Insulated Sandwich Roof Panels are designed to provide insulation and structural support to slate and tiled roofs in domestic or commercial buildings. These panels help to achieve improved thermal efficiency by utilizing a source of wood wool insulation.