Wood Technology Standardization and Wood Products

Dear Colleagues,

Standardization is a key factor concerning the organization of society and has a significant impact on the system of transactions and production processes. It concerns all people since it can be applied to all the fields of human activity. Its application can be implemented spontaneously as a result of a habit or a custom, but it can also be implemented consciously after thoroughly planning with the introduction and application of certain rules described in technical specifications/norms or standards.

For wood-based products or constructions, standardization has been proven of particular importance due to their wide and varied utilization options. The process of their standardization, however, encounters difficulties since wood, as a natural, biological material, has, on the one hand, a varied structure, chemical composition and appearance, and on the other hand, new possibilities for its utilization are constantly appearing.

The specific Special Issue focuses on the analysis of the standardization of round wood, sawn wood, wood-based products (veneers, plywood, glued laminated timber, fiberboards, particleboards, OSB, CLT, LVL, wood–plastic composites, among others), wooden structures and furniture, chemical products of wood and its components, forest biomass-based biofuels (pellets, briquettes, etc.), wood adhesives, wood preservatives and the respective methods applied for the production of wood products, as well as their preservation and quality assessment. 

Prof. Dr. Ioannis A. Barboutis
Dr. Vasiliki Kamperidou
Guest Editors

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