Latest News
- Joint Position Paper on the Renovation Wave StrategyNovember 3, 2020
- Press release on the Renovation Wave Strategy: the opportunity to turn the built environment into a carbon sinkOctober 15, 2020
- EPF gives feedback to DG ENERG on the IIAs on the review of EED & the revision of RED IISeptember 21, 2020
- The European Woodworking Industries are ready to match the EU increased ambition towards the 2030 Climate targetsSeptember 17, 2020
- Statement made today by EC President Mrs Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union to the EPSeptember 16, 2020
Videos
Events
- “Train the Trainer Seminar” on the Action Guide on Formaldehyde on Thursday 19 November 2020October 26, 2020
- 12th European Wood-based Panel Symposium postponed until 12-14 October 2022August 14, 2020
- Programme of the 12th European Wood-based Panel Symposium, 30 September – 2 October 2020 in Hamburg, GermanyMay 26, 2020
Publications
- NEW EPF Annual Report 2019-2020
- NEW EU Forest-based Industries 2050 : How Storage, Sequestration and Substitution (the 3S framework) make a positive climate contribution equivalent to 20% of all EU fossil emissions
- EU Forest-Based Industries 2050: a Vision of sustainable choices for a climate-friendly future [Vision 2050] [ FBI Vision 2050 Full]
- Action Guide on Formaldehyde signed on 28 Nov 2018 in Lisbon
Wood-based panel industry in Europe
What is a wood-based panel?
Wood-based panels combine wood in different forms (fibres, sawdust, chips, flakes and veneers) into sheets of differing thicknesses and constructions. Formed under heat and pressure typically with the addition of a synthetic adhesive (some fibreboard products utilise the natural binders found within wood), panels are engineered to provide a wide variety of strength and other physical attributes that enable them to satisfy a wide variety of end uses particularly in the building products and furniture industries.
The broad categories of wood-based panels manufactured by European Panel Federation members include:
Within these broad categories, there are a multitude of value added variants available with enhanced characteristics which is why today wood–based panels are used extensively in the home, in modern furniture and in construction. Although often hidden beneath coatings, veneers and other coverings, or embedded in the structural fabric of a building, wood-based panels are ubiquitous in our society.
