The top brand from elka: esb Plus - with the PLUS in healthy living and sustainability.

The esb Plus board, produced exclusively by elka, is the first wood-based panel on the German market to be certified climate-neutral in 2021. It has a whole range of advantages over OSB boards and is an ecological and sustainable building product "Made in Germany"!

It is the first wood-based panel on the German market to meet the high requirements of the stricter guidelines of the
Blue Angel (version 1.1.2017) and has been recommended by the low-emission Sentinel Haus Portal since 2016.
The board was awarded the international innovation prize of the Iconic Award 2017 Winner & the Material Award 2018 in the category Ecology.
Esb Plus meets the high requirements of the MVVTB (Musterverwaltungsvorschrift Technische Bestimmungen) for wood-based materials and was also the first panel to be certified with the DIBT expert opinion.

- High board density over 620 kg/m³= better strength values

- Largely open to diffusion: ensures moisture transport through the wall thickness. (OSB is a closed board & susceptible to mould!)

- 100% fresh wood, without odour emissions

- Low VOC through use of low-resin spruce wood

- Very light surface and excellent appearance, no blue stain

- Surface already sanded ex works

- High bending strength in all directions

- Better edge finishing

- Optimised chip geometry for cutting optimisation

- Higher transverse tensile strength than OSB (approx. 40% higher)

- Lower swelling than OSB, better nail pull-out values

- Certification as sarking board N+F according to ZVDH regulations/Cologne

- Better airborne sound insulation & lower burn-off rate than OSB

- Easy-to-process MUF gluing with better recycling of the board and without isocyanate

- Sustainable building product as only sawmill by-products are used.

- Climate neutral product (certified in 2021)