Jag Ply Pty Ltd was formed in February 2006., following a disasterous $53,000,000 fire that completley destroyed the Norply Plymill in Kyogle, Northern NSW, on September 15th 2005, leaving 140 people without a livelihood.
The company is owned and operated by former managers of the Norply facility, who between them possess a vast wealth of plywood manufacturing experience in numerous Australian and New Zealand plywood mills.
Jag foresaw an opportunity to legimately test imported structural grade plywood for compliance to strict Australian standards and to that end, purchased a mechanical plywood stress grading machine and established a testing laboratory to conduct plywood tests, including "A-Bond" glue testing.
This facility was NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) accredited to conduct these tests in July 2006.
Jag made the decision to cease its accreditation in July 2009.
Jag was diligent in its testing regime, its technicians being long term plywood professionals, who strive to ensure that every panel labelled as meeting the required standard is individually stress tested (F grade), visually graded and batch tested for bond quality to AS/NZS 2269:2004.
Despite the best efforts of Jag, the EWPAA (Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia) has done its utmost to undermine and publicly discredit imported plywood since its inception.
The EWPAA were unsuccessful in applying for a federal court injunction in November 2006 to cease Jag Ply's operation.
This link details Justice Spenders reasons for not granting that injunction;
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2007/54.html