Kerto® LVL
Fast, Light, Green
Metsä Wood's Kerto® LVL is a laminated veneer lumber product used in all types of construction projects, from new buildings to renovation and repair. Kerto LVL is incredibly strong and dimensionally stable. Kerto LVL delivers its high strength from the homogeneous bonded structure.
Kerto LVL is produced from 3 mm thick, rotary-peeled softwood veneers that are glued together to form a continuous billet. The billet is cut to length and sawn into LVL beams, planks or panels in according to customer´s requirements. See a video how Kerto LVL is produced.
Kerto LVL products are CE marked and certified by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, no 184/03.
Kerto LVL can be further processed in many different ways according to its end-use and the customer’s particular wishes. The further processing service is an integral part of the customer service and supply chain.
See also applications for Kerto LVL.
Kerto LVL products fulfil or exceed the requirements for strength class requirements defined at European LVL producers LVL Bulletin September 2019 according to the following table
LVL 32 P -> Kerto LVL T-stud
Watch a video how Kerto LVL is produced.
2005 /
Metsä Wood timber products are used to built the FMO Tapiola wooden office building. See how the wooden office building looks like!
2010 /
Wooden interior design of One Main office shows the astounding possibilities of Kerto LVL. The client’s vision was to make their office space convey true commitment to environmental sustainability.
2016 /
The Hurlingham Club Racquet Center got a light roof structure with Kerto® LVL elements. The sunken low-profile shape and a curved green sedum roof minimize the environmental impact of the building.
2012 /
Viikki residential area in Helsinki has a unique wooden quarter, made with Metsä Wood timber. Read more about Metsä Wood Multi-Storey System.
2013 /
Metsä Wood Kerto LVL is used in DB Schenker wooden terminal building. Read more how Kerto LVL is used in large scale industrial buildings.
Metsä Wood tailor made Kerto LVL Q-panels are used in ASSYX concrete block shuttering. Read how dimensionally stable LVL panels can be used in shuttering.
Metsä Wood timber products have been used in the Mega Market in Stockach, Germany. Kerto-Ripa wooden roof and floor elements are ideal for long span roof structures, suitable for large department stores.
Metsätapiola, the head office of Metsä Wood, has been supported and decorated with curved glulam beams and massive Kerto columns. Read more about the timber framing and roofing solutions used!
2009 /
Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury has been built using Metsä Wood Kerto. Read more how Kerto LVL can be used in construction.
Tommi Mäkinen Racing building has a a glulam frame and the roof has been made with Kerto roof elements. These products are ideal contruction materials for various of buildings.
2011 /
The My Green World exhibition centre in Netherlands has been constructed from Metsä Wood’s Kerto laminated veneer lumber. See how flexible wood construction can be!
Kerto LVL and Kerto LVL roofing elements have been used for framing of Edinburgh Center for Carbon Innovation. The timber frames made of Kerto LVL are flexible to design and fast to install.
2005-2011 /
Kerto LVL has been used to build the Parasol Metropol - one of the largest wooden buildings in the world. See how the incredible building has been made!
Metsä Wood Kerto LVL and glulam is used in Kannustalo's ready-to-move houses. Read more how reliable deliveries means less costs.
Kerto LVL Q-panels are used in door manufacturing. Read how Rocal uses Metsä Woods products in manufacturing.
Metsä Wood delivers Kerto® LVL products to Balteschwiler. For over 30 years Balteschwiler (timber merchant in Switzerland) and Metsä have had a strong partnership.
The use of Kerto LVL wooden elements in Karisma shopping centre's interiors and exteriors makes it a comfortable and pleasant for customers.
2013-2014 /
The roof of the Diesel Benelux headquarter's is a masterpiece. Building with Kerto LVL elements was fast and the elements are produced efficiently and sustainably
Koski Manor produces organically raised Hereford beef cattle. The farm's new cowshed was constructed with three-pin frame made of Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber).
2014 /
The Ämmässuo sorting station canopy of approximately 3000 square meters is constructed of pre-waterproofed Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) box elements.
Metsä Wood supplied wooden construction materials and it’s expertise for social care initiative “The Children’s Home of the Future” in Kerteminde, Denmark.
2015-2016 /
Distinctive wood architecture of Paris police department's extension combines the new with the old using of Kerto® LVL laminated veneer lumber
The innovative and efficient wood design of Immanuel Kirche was constructed using a rib structure made of Kerto LVL (laminated veneer lumber) beams.
Straagaarden was build with only nature's own raw materials. Using Kerto LVL as structures, the building is firm and green, both at the same time.
2015 /
Use of Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) enabled the quick and thorough renovation of De Roma cinema building. The 3D design was done in BIM, including acoustics.
1895, renovation 2015 /
Kaifu is a historically listed building, which required particular renovation techniques. Load-bearing structure of the roof uses Kerto-Q beams. The rafters were made of Kerto-S beams.
Schlagwerk produces musical instruments. Their new production facilites (open hall of 1,600m²) are made of Kerto® laminated veneer lumber and glulam.
Wooden frame of the Berlin-Britz open air stage is made of re-glued Kerto LVL (laminated veneer lumber) Q-panels. The frames are impregnated against the weather.
Le Pavillon de Terre-Bonne office building was build using Kerto LVL elements. With wooden elements the construction stays relatively slim and with this solution large spans can be easily achieved.
De Karel Doorman consists of the renovation of a shopping building: Ter Meulen and an added residential building. Prefab additional floors were build using Kerto LVL S-beams and Metsä spruce plywood.
An additional storey for an apartment block was constructed using Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) wooden roof elements.
Cockfield Windmill is a windmill structure converted to accommodation for holiday lets. Kerto LVL Q was used to form the curved rib structure.
Six new apartments were made from Kerto LVL roof elements on a 1960s building in Paris. Wood elements are a lightweight solution for additional floors.
The Clamart sports centre shows innovative use of Kerto® LVL. The complex shape was enabled by long spans, freedom of curvature and high connection strength.
The Östermalm's famous market hall required a complete renovation. A temporay building for market hall's entreprenours was built with Metsä Wood's Kerto® LVL. The temporary hall became a success story.
SI-Modular has developped a wood framing system aimed at the one and two-storey house construction. With this system, the houses are constructed in timber completely without screws, using interlocking connections.
2017 /
The wooden Dome of Visions in Aarhus, Denmark, provides inspiration for a future with more sustainable and climate-friendly timber construction.
Schwäbisch Gmünd college's dining/event hall's exceptional roof construction was completed with Kerto LVL Q-panels and S-beams. The load-bearing and dimensionally stable LVL enabled the grillage frame structure.
2018 /
Metsä Group’s visitor centre in Äänekoski, in Central Finland, is a prime example of the fast construction using wood.
Kokoon, compact and flexible modular housing with Kerto LVL, is one of the winners of Metsä Wood’s Open Source Wood award.
SPA-Bungalow is made of wooden modules built with Metsä Wood's Kerto LVL Q-panels.
The construction of three new waterside lodges at the Center Parcs site in Elveden Forest is an ambitious architectural and engineering project.
The tailor cut and dimensionally accurate Kerto LVL beams make the production easy and efficient and the structure strong.
Using material-efficient Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) products makes the building process fast, light and green.
Metsä Wood’s new birch plywood mill was inaugurated in Pärnu, Estonia in October 2018. Due to the tight construction schedule, the use of prefabricated elements was the best option.
2019 /
The world’s tallest wooden building, the Mjösa Tower – sturdy, high-quality floors with the help of Kerto LVL
Hotel restaurant de KASerne stands on a three-pin frame made of Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber). The frame was erected quickly thanks to light and prefabricated parts.
The use of lightweight Kerto LVL (laminated veneer lumber) made it possible to build the roof structure fast and sustainably.
Plywood walling and a wooden frame for a horseback riding arena in Belgium
The whole Verksbyen area in Norway presents the future of sustainable living – and Metsä Wood’s Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) is part of the story.
The four-storey Building D(emountable) in Delft, Holland is a hybrid building: the structure combines a steel frame and prefabricated wooden elements.
Showcasing green building materials, Metsä Group’s visitor centre combines the flexibility of Kerto LVL with innovative architecture.
The unique Macallan Distillery features an undulating wooden roof made of prefabricated Kerto LVL (laminated veneer lumber) and glulam structures.
The Stayokay hostel in Bergen op Zoom is unique regarding the special manner in which the constructive Kerto LVL wooden element floors have been applied.
As part of the Cranleigh School’s development project, two squash court buildings were redeveloped and expanded. The new building, van Hasselt Centre, was built using a hybrid structure combining steel frame with Kerto LVL roof and floor elements.
