Melamine

What is Melamine?
BASIC DEFINITION
Are boards coated with decorative papers treated with
melamine resins. These resins,from which the product derives
its name,create a perfect barrier against humidity,steam,
chemical agents,
erosion and scratches.

What is Melamine?

Lately, thanks to technological advancement, Melamine has

made gigantic progress. As a result of innovation and
development in design and textures, present day Melamine
has nothing to do with the one we knew in the 1960s.

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TECHNICAL OUTLINE
Melamine paper

Technical wood
(mdf or particle boards)

Melamine paper

KEY DATA
Finsa production capacity
(2008):
Praticle boards:
2.600.000 m3
mdf:
1.400.000 m3
Melamine:
1.750.00 m3.

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PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION

Trend busters
From our prescription department, a team of We complement our regular design offer by launching into
Melamine professionals is exclusively dedicated to the the market several collections every year, with valuable
development of new designs.
proposals and news in response to the new needs and
demands of the market, which demands creativity and
Direct contact with the market, attendance of trade exclusiveness in an environment under continuous
fairs and regular collaboration with architects, development.
designers and interior designers are our main sources of
inspiration.
Technical background
In a world where environments, languages and fashion
are constantly changing, it is tremendously important
to innovate and to impress. At FINSA we are agile in
bringing forth decorative solutions for all sorts of
different environments: for leisure, for working or for
living.

Product development is managed by a specialized team

which supervises all our production from our laboratory in
order to ensure the maximum quality. On the other hand,
our R+D+i department is responsible for the technical
feasibility of all new projects.

Innovation and development

Innovation and Development

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Melamine in our days
OUR DESIGNS
Quality of design has made tremendous progress in the last years, greatly due
to the advancements made in the printing section. Incorporation of new
technologies in the creative and production processes of decorative paper
has improved spectacularly the quality of our printed designs.
Such technical advancements has made present day Melamine evolve
towards ever new horizons. Thus, such technical freedom has allowed our
designs to adapt to, and to follow the latest trends without any complexes,
within the scope of decoration and furniture.
On one hand, the degree of resolution achieved in design converts them into
clear and realistic copies, such as in the case of natural elements (wood,
stones...). On the other hand, Melamine has open up to new scopes, offering
new capabilities in what concerns fantasies and abstract designs.

Garden

From the most cutting edge

fantasies...

Melamine in our days

...to the most realistic designs.

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Besides, in the latest years, printing techniques have incorporated new

elements, such as metallic paint, enabling the creation of unthinkable visual
effects and games.

Did you know?

Progress should also be compatible with respect for the environment, and the
progress made in the paint used in the development of water based designs is a
real response to the concern for a sustainable future.
Printing techniques are based on the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black)
colour model. According to the type of design, one may use from 1 to 5 colours,
of which the last one is an additional colour for creating visual effects of depth
and realism.

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If in terms of design nothing remains the same in terms of texture, progress has
been even more.
As a matter of fact, the technical advancement achieved in this field has
made texture become so improved, in order to offer a swift response to the
new trends each moment.

From the most sophisticated gloss...

Thus, the range of possibilities we have today is much wider covering from the
different degrees of gloss to matt structures. Effects of depth and contrast are
presently possible through the application of different wood pores, which bring
realism and naturalness unachievable until a few years ago.

...to the most natural touch.

Some textures seem to be prescribed, in a logical way, for certain designs.

However, in many other cases, transcending the choices for the types of
finishing is very significant.

jinlo Seda

Actually, the combination between design and texture may offer surprising
results by enhancing certain printing structures and tones and bringing forth
new effects (from effects of sophistication, very up-to-date, to astounding
natural touches).

Did you know?

Pore Arenado

Texture boards: In order to achieve a specific texture with Melamine, we use

steel boards which through pressure and heat convey the intended texture to
the surface of the decorative board.
Every year we add to our range a new type of finishing as a result of the
collaboration with the most important specialized companies in the sector.
Creation of a new finishing implies an important work of technical development
in order to shape the intended effects.

Melamine in our days

Melamine in our days offers unlimited possibilities,

designs and textures: innovation as a trend

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Advantages of this product
ADVANTAGES AND CHARACTERISTICS
Architects, decorators and professionals in prescription, regularly convey the importance of establishing
along with us a common space for communication, the need for permanent feedback, in order to
eradicate the existing shortcomings as far as understanding the advantages and capabilities of
Melamine.
So we would like to state that we are completely available and delighted to visit you as well in order to
understand the decorative solutions you require.

Advantages of this product

Please get in touch with us and we will personally convey the innumerable advantages you can have with
melamine boards in your projects.

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WITH THE
01.COMMITMENT
ENVIRONMENT
We assure the best use of forest resources, by adding
recycled wood into our raw (materials more than half the
wood we use is recycled). In this sense, the wood industry
we belong to is one of the cleanest as it requires the least
energy to transform its products, and is also the industry
that generates the least waste in its production
processes, thus enhancing the reduction of global
heating of our planet.

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ADVANTAGES AND CHARACTERISTICS

EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP
PRICE
02.QUALITY
Enhanced design and the best quality are not against
a product with the most competitive price. We bet on
research and development on a daily basis, always
offering new technical possibilities that may enhance
the capabilities of our product.

VERSATILE
04.APPLICATION
Melamine offers infinite possibilities for the decoration
industry, mainly for the furniture industry, both for
domestic use and as equipment for interiorism in
commercial facilities hotels and offices.
Both for coating walls, for door and window
carpentry, or as raw material for furniture, Melamine
plays a first class decorative role in present day
architecture.

TO INSTALL
03.ATEASYWORK
Our wood panels offer excellent working capabilities
as they can be worked by simple hand tools or with
machined-tools of easy transportation and use at the
decoration site. They can be assembled together
and joined with appropriate adhesives, nails, screws,
tapped-bolts and special connectors, generating
clean, resistant and lasting unions.

EXCELLENT
05.PROPERTIES
For sound isolation.
For thermal isolation.
In its behaviour before fire/humidity.
In its resistance/bending capabilities.
Structural stability.

Advantages of this product

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How is it made?
Manufacturing process
A.TECHNICAL WOOD: MDF OR CHIPBOARD
The first step in the process is to select the raw material: trunks (eucalyptus and
pine trees), slabs, saw dust, wood chips and recycled wood. Then the wood is
chipped or grinded in the case of MDF. After having dried, the chips or fibres are
impregnated with different substances (urea, paraffin, Melamine...) that will
then polymerize in the further pressing process. The resulting particle mat is then
pressed with heat and pressure, thus generating a rigid body. Finally the board is
cut laterally and transversally in order to adjust it to the required dimensions.

B.IMPREGNATED PAPER
A base paper is used, which mass composition is: 55% fibre (cellulose), 36%
additives that offer whiteness and opacity to the paper base, and 4% pigments
that colour the base paper. Then it is printed with different types of colours, in
order to obtain the wooden design, unicolour or the required fantasy. Through
an impregnating bath, mainly with melamine resins, the printed paper
achieves high resistance for then covering the board. The paper is then cut with
special knives into the required sizes for its further application upon the base
board.

How is it made?

C.MELAMINED BOARD (MELAMINE)

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The melamined board is the result of applying the pressing principle (pressure
and heat) upon a sandwich made of impregnated
paper+board+impregnated paper. No glues or additional process is used, as
the impregnation itself applied upon the base paper in order to solidify it,
adheres it to the support. Besides, at the finishing moment, the press applies the
design through an engraved steel board.

Did you know?

Raw material: The chip board appeared
as a way of reusing the sawdust
generated by the wood industry.
Presently, more than 50% of our raw
material comes from recycling.
MDF / Chipboard: The main difference
between these two types of board comes
from the chipping method. In the case of
MDF the wood undergoes a previous
defibering process.
Pressing: The final thickness of the mdf
board we can manufacture varies from
1.8mm to 70mm. And before the pressing
process, the fibre matt required for
obtaining the final maximum thickness of
70mm is greater than 1,5m in height.
Standard sample: The printing process
always starts off from an original piece of
wood which is digitalized with a scanner,
in order to obtain the best possible images
with the greatest level of detail and colour
gradation. The original works as the basis,
as a standard sample for developing the
design.
Impregnation: Melamine, in the
strictest sense, is a polymer made of
carbo,n hydrogen and nitrogen, used for
manufacturing impregnation resins for
raw paper. These resins, also known as
aminoresines, endow it with physical and
mechanical resistance.As an extension,
the word Melamine is applied to the
board covered with melamined paper.

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BASIC OUTLINE
PRESSING

IMPREGNATED PAPER
RAW PAPER

PRINTING

IMPREGNATION

CUTTING

IMPREGNATED PAPER

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MELAMINE

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MELAMINED
BOARDBOARD

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RAW MATERIAL

CHIPPING

GLUEING

PRESSING

CUTTING

TECHNICAL WOOD
MDF OR CHIPBOARD

TECHNICAL WOOD: MDF OR CHIPBOARD

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Special qualities
APPROPRIATE QUALITIES ADAPTED TO EACH PROJECT
Depending on the specificities of each decoration project you face, you can chose the
best and most appropriate board (base support) for your needs. We offer the following
possibilities in terms of qualities:

QUALITIES PER TYPE OF SURFACE

We have special impregnations for our decorative melamine/paper depending on the type of use/
application of
the board:

AH Quality

Special qualities

Varnishable Quality

Horizontal Aplications

High Gloss

MDF or particle board covered with high

resistance Melamine for horizontal
applications subject to high wear and
tear caused by continued use. .

MDF or particle board covered with high

gloss Melamine.
What type of effect are
you looking for? Our proposals are:

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AB Quality

Unicolours
Fantasies
Maderas
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For a
lacquered
effect
For a
modern
effect
For a luxurious and
elegant
effect

MDF or particle board covered with

Melamine with special treatment so that it
can then be varnished in order to achieve
an effect of a
natural wooden board .

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