
Wood, and permanently push the panel industries to modify and optimize Panel producers to shift towards alternative sources, including recovered Has dramatically increased in many regions. Moreover, the demand from other industries and of theĮnergy sector for wood previously used mainly for panel manufacturing For example, forest management schemes have altered and willĬontinue to do so. The raw material supply, but also changes over time caused by severalįactors. However, there are not only regional variations of Relatively small catchment area, and therefore may vary considerablyīetween different sites. Individual production line usually depends on what is available in a

Wood-based panels and the respective production processes is theĬontinuously changing raw material situation. The third major driving force for the permanent further development of Again, product and process adaptations are needed to Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from wood-based panels hasĬome to the agenda. InĪddition, a relatively new issue which is the detection and reduction of

Last decades, and further reduction is still the subject of huge effortsĪpplied by panel manufacturers, adhesive suppliers and researchers. Product formaldehyde emissions have been dramatically reduced over the Panels have no negative effects on human health. Manufacturers and research institutes towards product innovations.Įxamples of such developments are the increasing demand for lightįurniture, or the need to adapt panel properties so that new coatingĬonsiderable endeavours have been made to ensure that wood-based But there is also a continuous market pull that drives the panel Or, in other words, to secure the competitiveness of the wood-based panel Improve product quality and reduce manufacturing costs at the same time, Wood-based panels industry has been motivated by the requirement to The adaptation of these technologies to the Technology, as well as online measuring and control techniques, have

Panels and their manufacturing processes.Īdvances particularly in the fields of adhesive formulations, production New market and regulative requirements, combined with a steadilyĬhanging raw material situation, drive continuous improvements of woodbased Technological developments on the one hand and Optimization are still a long way from being fully developed and they

However, even those panel types having a long history of continuous While some panel types are relatively new on the market, others haveīeen developed and successfully introduced more than hundred years ago. Products, which have an impressive range of engineering properties. Wood-based panels is a general term for a variety of different board
