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InnovativeorSimplyPostModern?
NewParadigmsintheStudyof"WoodProcessing"

Woodprocessingisanengineeringdisciplinecomprisingtheproductionofforestproducts,suchaspulpandpaper,constructionmaterials,
andtalloil.Paperengineeringisasubfieldofwoodprocessing.Themajorwoodproductcategoriesare:sawntimber,woodbasedpanels,wood
chips,paperandpaperproductsandmiscellaneousothersincludingpolesandrailwaysleepers.Forestproductprocessingtechnologieshave

undergoneextraordinaryadvancesinsomeoftheabovecategories.Improvementshavebeenachievedinrecoveryrates,durabilityandprotection,
greaterutilizationofNTFPssuchasvariousgrainstalksandbamboo,andthedevelopmentofnewproductssuchasreconstitutedwoodpanels.

Progresshasnotbeenhomogenousinalltheforestproductutilizationcategories.Althoughthereislittleinformationavailableonthesubjectsof
technologyacquisition,adaptationandinnovationfortheforestbasedindustrialsector,itisclearthatsawmillinghasbeenfarlessaffectedbythe
spreadofinnovationsthanthemanufacturingofpanelproducts.

Woodprocessingproducesadditivesforfurtherprocessingoftimber,woodchips,celluloseandotherprefabricatedmaterial.
Processingstrategies
Typicalproductsinwoodprocessingare:

frompulp

asengineeredwood