North American composites including laminated veneer lumber, oriented strandboard, and medium density fiberboard were treated by vapor boron technology and subsequently tested in static bending. Tensile properties were also determined for the two composite boards. The study was designed as 3 x 2 factorial with three treatment levels and two mill locations for each composite type. In general, mill location significantly affected most property values while treatment level caused significant reductions at the highest treatment level only. The significance of mill location was taken to mean a significant difference due to species as species varied between locations for each composite type.

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