Setting the standard of engineered panels

Bamboo Strand Board

The engineered panel that started Panda Industries — a PS-2 structural-grade replacement for traditional timber OSB. Fusing bamboo's strength with a patented board formation, BSB outperforms OSB on strength, durability, and workability while cutting a project's environmental footprint. It's the material everything else we build stands on.

A block of Bamboo Strand Board

Cross-Hatched Bamboo Strand Lumber

Panda Industries has filed its Patent on the technology behind all its bamboo-based products in 14 countries and unions. Click here to learn more. 

Engineered, not just cut.

Ordinary strand board scatters wood flakes at random. BSB orients bamboo strands and cross-hatches them layer over layer — the patented structure that makes it behave like “vegetable steel.”

BSB — cross-hatched & orientedOriented strandsaligned for load, not scatteredCross-hatched layerseach layer runs 90° to the lastPatented processfiled in 14 countries · PS-2 gradeOSB — random flakesStrength depends on where a flake happens to land.BSB removes the randomness — and the weak spots with it.

Performance Statistics

Rethink what's normal.

7,800psi

Tensile strength

18,780psi

Bending strength

8,006psi

Shear strength

34MPa

Flexural strength · main axis

28MPa

Flexural strength · supporting axis

4,671MPa

Modulus of elasticity · main axis

4,453MPa

Modulus of elasticity · supporting axis

Independently tested by the Korean Forestry Agency.

Zero added formaldehyde

Most structural panels are bonded with formaldehyde resins. BSB tested at 0.0 mg/L — no detectable emission — by the Korea Forestry Promotion Institute. Lower is cleaner; the bars mark the strictest emission-class limits for comparison.

BSB (tested)0.0 mg/L— no detectable formaldehydeF★★★★ limit0.3E0 limit0.5E1 limit1.500.51.01.5 mg/L

Emission-class limits shown per the KS/JIS desiccator method (mg/L). BSB result is the measured KOFPI value.

Strength and Durability
Bamboo has earned the nickname "vegetable steel." The species we use, paired with our patented board formation, produces a panel that is exceptionally strong and durable — one that tests 1.5 to 7 times stronger than traditional timber OSB. 

Performance Testing
Workability
Our patented technology lets BSB be nailed or screwed edge to edge without splitting. Produced as a PS-2 grade OSB alternative, it's built for roof sheathing, walls, and subfloors — and is undergoing ICC-ES evaluation for building-code compliance.

Patent
Sustainability
Bamboo sequesters roughly 340% more carbon dioxide than a typical forest of the same size. It's also stronger than — and grows 3 to 5 times faster than — standard softwoods, maturing in 5 to 7 years instead of the 15 to 25 that timber needs, for a far faster regeneration cycle. 

Why Plant Bamboo?

BSB vs. OSB

Engineered to outperform.

1.5–7×Stronger

Across tensile, bending, compressive & shear strength vs. traditional timber OSB

PS-2Grade

Structural rating for roof sheathing, walls, and subfloors

340%More carbon

CO₂ sequestered vs. a typical forest of the same size

5–7 yrTo mature

Bamboo regrows in a fraction of timber's 15–25 years

BUILD THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY™