Economic feasibility of forest plantation thinnings for wood composites

Ismariah A., . and Rahim S., . (2006) Economic feasibility of forest plantation thinnings for wood composites. [Proceedings Paper]

Major wood composites products in Malaysia are the MDF particleboard cement-bonded particleboard and to a lesser extent the blockboard. The growth of wood composites industry was partly driven by the structural change in its end use sector and by the abundance of raw material. Because of timber scarcity furniture industry a major consumer of MDF particleboard and other composites is substituting away from solid wood timber to wood composites and other non solid wood materials. Signoficant expansion in wood composites production was due to abundance raw materials recycled from sawmill and plywood mill residues and from rubberwood. However consistent with the general forest policy of reducing timber harvests quantities of log consumption hence mill residue in primary processing industry is expected to decline. Since securing the supply of rubberwood logs is also problematic seeking alternative raw materials for wood fiber is critical. Several option are available one of which is wood fiber from forest plantation thinning. Studies at FRIM have established technical feasibilities of such raw material for OSB manufacturing. The objective of this paper is to access the economic feasibility of using wood fibre from forest plantation thinning for wood composites. The economics would stimulate increase investment in forest plantation if there were evidence of cash flow improvement from using thinnings.

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Major wood composites products in Malaysia are the MDF particleboard cement-bonded particleboard and to a lesser extent the blockboard. The growth of wood composites industry was partly driven by the structural change in its end use sector and by the abundance of raw material. Because of timber scarcity furniture industry a major consumer of MDF particleboard and other composites is substituting away from solid wood timber to wood composites and other non solid wood materials. Signoficant expansion in wood composites production was due to abundance raw materials recycled from sawmill and plywood mill residues and from rubberwood. However consistent with the general forest policy of reducing timber harvests quantities of log consumption hence mill residue in primary processing industry is expected to decline. Since securing the supply of rubberwood logs is also problematic seeking alternative raw materials for wood fiber is critical. Several option are available one of which is wood fiber from forest plantation thinning. Studies at FRIM have established technical feasibilities of such raw material for OSB manufacturing. The objective of this paper is to access the economic feasibility of using wood fibre from forest plantation thinning for wood composites. The economics would stimulate increase investment in forest plantation if there were evidence of cash flow improvement from using thinnings.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Summary only
AGROVOC Term:	FORESTRY
AGROVOC Term:	FOREST PLANTATIONS
AGROVOC Term:	WOOD
AGROVOC Term:	FIBRES
AGROVOC Term:	WOOD PRODUCTS
AGROVOC Term:	WOOD INDUSTRY
AGROVOC Term:	MALAYSIA
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16866

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