IDROLEB PANELS

Formaldehyde (or formalin) is a substance used in the production of many glues and resins and these are, in turn, also used in the production of wood panels. The panels produced in this way can release molecules of formaldehyde in the form of gas.
For the chipboard components of Scavolini kitchens (carcase, some types of doors, etc.), the company has chosen to use only low formaldehyde emission materials.  Besides demanding exclusively E1 materials (as outlined in the corporate specifications), the company checks panel emissions by running periodic tests on samples to determine the emission limits.
According to the European E1 classification, the maximum permissible formaldehyde content is 3.5mg/m2h. Tests performed on our panels in compliance with UNI EN 717-2 normally yield much lower results, generally below 1.0mg/m2h.
Therefore the panels that reach the consumer have lost nearly all their initial formaldehyde content.

Scavolini uses water-proof IDROLEB panels for the carcase of all its kitchens. These panels are the perfect blend of environmental safety and maximum safeguarding of consumer health.
In fact, the ecological IDROLEB chipboard panels have the lowest formaldehyde emissions in the world (type P3 EN 312): 0.3 mg/liter according to the JIS standard. Indeed, IDROLEB emissions are even lower than the F**** rating certified by the Japanese Ministry, the strictest environmental protection standard in the world.
What also makes the IDROLEB Ecological Panel unique and revolutionary is the attention placed not only on the final product, but on the entire production proces.

IDROLEB panels are also guaranteed by CATAS which ran a year of steady emissions testing, performed in compliance with EN, European and JIS Japanese standards. The result is a certificate held valid and comparable worldwide and unequivocally attests to the fact that IDROLEB is the ecological chipboard panel with the lowest formaldehyde emissions.

 

In Europe, for example, the current limit is set at 0.1 ppm, and panels that meet this limit are called E1.
In Japan, emissions are classified according to the designated use of the product; in this case the panels are classified from F* to F****.
IDROLEB emissions actually fall under the Japanese rating of F**** (the strictest), a full 5 times lower than the E1 requirement.

 

In California — the American state always most highly attuned to questions of ecology and health — a law sets new emission limits for all wood-based products. In particular, during an initial phase (2009), the emission levels must be below 0.18 ppm (parts per million); later (2011) they will need to be below 0.09 ppm.