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Panel Plus Group formerly named, MP Particle Board, was founded in 1990 under the management of Mitr Phol Group. It is Thailand’s leading manufacturer of wood substitute materials that operates with high quality manufacturing technology and effective management under the Panel Plus trademark. The Panel Plus brand is renowned for adding value and creativity to its products with professional management and service to its partners along with the conciseness of society and sustainability.

Panel Plus is Thailand’s leading manufacturer and distributor of particle board, medium density fibreboard, melamine faced board and high pressure laminate. The head office is in Bangkok with two operating plants in Samutsakorn and Songkhla, Thailand.
It can produce 330,000 cubic meters of particle board, 670,000 cubic meters of MDF and over 3.5 millions of melamine faced board yearly.

Over the past 33 years, Panel Plus has continuously grown both domestically and internationally. Besides, it expands its business to Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia to support the rise in customer demand and it has become a well-known wood substitute materials business in ASEAN and internationally.

Milestones

2023

2023

  • Set up Panel Plus (Vietnam) official office and factory
  • Expand its global market to 21 countries, such as Japan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates to deliver comprehensive solutions and services to customers.
milestone-year-2022

2022

Established Panel Plus (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

2021

2021

Installed a solar roof that utilizes renewable energy according to green industry guidelines.

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2020

Discontinued the production of Emission2 (E2) particleboard, melamine faced chipboard, in order to ensure customer’s safety.

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2019

Established Panel Plus (S) Pte.LTD. (Singapore)

milestone-year-2019

Installed a dust collector with an Electrostatic Precipitator (Wet ESP) for protecting and reducing air pollutants.

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2017

Added a production line for MDF (Line 2) to increase production capacity to 670,000 cubic meters per year.

milestone-year-2017

Established Panel Plus Bio Power Co.,Ltd.

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2012

Expanded Panel Plus Co.,Ltd. (Hat Yai)’s MDF production capacity up to 370,000 cubic meters per year.

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2004

Established Panel Plus Co.,Ltd. (Hat Yai) with its production capacity 330,000 cubic meters of particle board per year, which made it the leading wood substitute manufacturer in Thailand.

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1995

Established Panel Plus Co.,Ltd. (Samutsakorn) with its 1.5 million board production per year.

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1990

Established sugar factory in Dan Chang, Suphanburi, and its own particleboard business.

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1946

Mitr Phol Sugar, originating from the household industry in Ratchaburi, supplied sugar to brown sugar factories.