Compared to most wood processing industries the quality requirements placed on the forest resource for the production of MDF are far less demanding. Much of the MDF manufactured worldwide utilises wastage wood fibre in the form of small logs and branches, wood chips and saw dust generated in the production and processing of sawn timber and plywood. Historically this waste wood fibre has been burnt either in the forest or in the furnaces at the mill site.

The wood fibre requirements of MDF manufactured by the Merbok Hilir Group is supplied from mature rubberwood plantations or other plantation species. The rubber plantations are cultivated extensively throughout Peninsula Malaysia for the production of Latex. Rubberwood's fast growth rates, light colour and uniform texture provide an excellent wood fibre resource for manufacturing MDF.

Before the birth of the MDF industry in Peninsula Malaysia, all of the "Small Residue" rubberwood resource (70% of the total volume) was burnt to waste before plantation re-establishment. Seizing the opportunity to utilise this resource the Merbok Hilir Group over the last decade has developed into South East Asia's largest rubberwood MDF producer. Our establishment, growth and future dependent on the efficient utilisation residual plantation forest resources - "the humble rubberwood tree" as well as other plantation species.