3. Wood products
The unofficial term “wood-based products” broadens the former, restrictive term “wood-based panels” to include other existing and future wood-based products that do not necessarily take the form of a panel. These recently introduced products are described in §
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This category includes panel materials made from wood in various forms (solid wood, veneer, fiber, particleboard) bonded together using a synthetic adhesive or a mineral binder. Their manufacturing process allows them to overcome the dimensional limitations imposed by the tree. These industrially manufactured materials are characterized by the uniformity of their physical and mechanical properties. They are composite materials that exhibit certain characteristics of wood—such...
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