Sustainability: part of our DNA

What is the origin of Unilin Panels? To answer that question, we need to go all the way back to the 1960s, to a few enterprising families in South West Flanders who were active in the flax industry. They had the idea to produce flax chipboards using flax shives – at the time this was a waste product that was simply incinerated. Talk about a circular mindset! 

Due to the scarcity of flax and rising demand for panels, a switch was soon made to another renewable raw material: wood. That marked the beginning of the chipboard as we know it today, made with 100% recycled wood.