Founded in Canada in 1976, the Structural Board Association (SBA) represented leading Oriented Strand Board (OSB) mills around the world. The Association was incorporated in Canada and the U.S. and its name and logo were registered in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
As the structural wood panel industry's authoritative source for OSB product and technical information, the SBA managed an extensive market and member driven OSB research and technical development program. In recent years, industry groups including SBA were active in educating architects, builders, consumers, specifiers and engineers about OSB's performance characteristics.
The SBA was formed to represent various OSB mills in the United States, Canada and offshore. The SBA efforts were targeted at gaining building code acceptance, developing product standards, and coordinating the promotional and technical activities of those mills.
Starting with the National Building Code, the association relentlessly pursued product acceptance in Canada, America and offshore with the objective of convincing specifiers, builders, and contractors of the performance and value in using oriented strand board or OSB.
OSB received national attention in the late seventies with the introduction of the first American performance standard for OSB. This named OSB as an equal alternative to plywood for use as a sheathing product, and destined oriented strand board (OSB) to be the successor to the earlier developed product known as waferboard.
For over 30 years, the Structural Board Association (SBA) represented Oriented Strand Board (OSB) manufacturers worldwide. Providing a variety of research and support services, the SBA was comprised of producing, associate, allied and research members.
In late 2008, SBA was acquired by TECO of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.