Often called ‘bendy plywood’ or ‘flexiply’, flexible plywood is used extensively in furniture and shopfitting, wherever curves are desirable, thus demanding a panel that is extremely flexible. In the manufacturing of modern furniture, flexible plywood can give shape to new concepts, which would bring changes in the wooden component market.
Concepts of those engaged in structural and architectural work may also change. Flexible plywood gives the users simplicity with combined effect of durability and strength. Flexible ply can be rolled and bent into any shape without cracking or de-lamination. Flexible plywood is manufactured from specially treated veneers, usually with a thinner central core veneer and two thicker ‘tenderized’ outer veneers. The special construction of particular species of veneers gives an unusually large degree of flexibility and offers a most cost-effective way of producing rounded columns and other curved structures of very small radius in rounded or S-shaped structures without water or the need for heat-forming.