Article: Cellular PVC deck board gains following.(poly vinyl chloride)(TimberTech Ltd.)

Byline: Matt Griswold

Wood composite deck maker TimberTech Ltd. is bringing a cellular PVC deck board to market later this year - a sign that wood composite lumber extruders recognize the performance of the material made popular by Procell Decking Systems, and are working to be players in the category.

TimberTech's new decking, XLM, is being extruded in-house. The boards are made from a proprietary blend of foamed PVC and minerals. The Wilmington, Ohio-based company is the first wood composite deck maker also to offer cellular PVC.

Moosic, Pa.-based Azek Building Products Inc. bought Procell in 2006 and has changed the name to Azek Deck. Azek ...

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