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Woodsafe® PRO™

Woodsafe® PRO™ is a perfect choice for fire-retardant treated wood in both interior applications such as wall and ceiling cladding and acoustic panels, as well as for exterior façade cladding intended for paint coating.

Woodsafe® WFX™

Woodsafe® WFX™ is the only fire-retardant treatment on the market approved according to use class EN 16755 EXT, making it possible to choose façade cladding designed for natural weathering — that is, without surface coating.

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Building for the Future – When Today’s Decisions Shape Tomorrow’s Responsibilities

What is being built today must function for decades. For the developer, it’s not just about meeting requirements in the here and now, but about making decisions that stand the test of time—even as conditions change. Many of the decisions that shape a building’s future are made early in the process, often before the consequences are fully apparent.

Fire safety, sustainability, and use class are all interconnected. It is only much later that the difference between the right and wrong choices becomes clear. That is why the developer needs a solid, long-term basis for decision-making—even when those choices are reviewed retrospectively or by external parties.

This provides you, as the building owner, with a solid basis for decision-making—even during external reviews.

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What You Get with Woodsafe

Six reasons to choose Woodsafe for documented material selections that stand up to technical, environmental, and regulatory scrutiny.

  • 1EPD & Verified Environmental Data
    Provides a transparent and fact-based basis for assessing the project’s climate impact over its entire life cycle
  • 2Life Cycle Perspective
    Solutions with verified performance throughout the entire life cycle, technically tested and environmentally sustainable.
  • 3Environmental Initiatives
    Certified to ISO 14001:2015 and awarded EcoVadis Gold, which places us in the top 5% of all evaluated companies.
     
  • 4EN 16755 – Use Class EXT
    Documented and verified durability for exterior environments. Type approval certificate No. 0263-08.
  • 5Traceable Forest Raw Materials
    Our partners use responsibly produced, PEFC-certified wood with full transparency throughout the entire raw material supply chain.
  • 6Responsible Construction
    Woodsafe offers you material options that meet requirements for technical performance, environmental responsibility, and regulatory compliance—both now and in the future.

Building for the future sounds obvious.

Woodsafe supports builders and designers with expert advice and training on fire-resistant wood—explained in a way that people can actually understand, not just through tables and technical terms.

Yet many crucial decisions are made early in the project—when time constraints, budget, and off-the-shelf solutions take precedence over long-term functionality.

As a developer, it’s easy to focus on:

  • ensuring the project is completed
  • ensuring that requirements are met upon delivery
  • staying within budget

But the future raises other questions:

  • Does the fire protection system meet the requirements for the building’s use class?
  • What happens when the building changes use?
  • Who is responsible if the documentation does not stand up to scrutiny?

This is where a long-term perspective begins to take on real significance.