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Wood processing is anengineering discipline in thewood industry comprising the production offorest products, such aspulp and paper,construction materials, andtall oil.Paper engineering is a subfield of wood processing.
The majorwood product categories are: sawntimber, wood-basedpanels,wood chips, paper and paper products and miscellaneous others including poles andrailway sleepers.
Forest product processing technologies have undergone extraordinary advances in some of the above categories. Improvements have been achieved in recovery rates[clarification needed],durability and protection, greater utilization ofNTFPs such as various grainstalks andbamboo, and the development of new products such as reconstituted wood-panels. Progress has not been homogeneous in all the forest product utilization categories. Although there is little information available on the subjects of technology acquisition, adaptation and innovation for the forest-based industrial sector, it is clear thatsawmilling has been far less affected by the spread of innovations than the manufacturing of panel products.[1]