![]() Scientists at the University of Göttingen have already been able to improve the stability of size and shape, weather- and water-resistance, as well as the resilience to wood-destroying fungi of native wood species. ![]() But tropical wood often comes from non-sustainably managed forests and have to be transported over long distances. However, those wood species show disadvantages such as low fungal resistance or poor shape stability, compared to tropical woods. The world’s largest forestry and wood processing industry in the USA, Canada and Europe uses softwood and hardwood from sustainably managed forests or plantations. This situation looks set to change thanks to this new method which will, in the future, be exclusively marketed worldwide by Archroma. The structurally modified wood in most cases cannot be used in construction as a structural or cladding element due to strict fire safety regulations, and the hardwood is not suitable for outdoor use. ![]() Until now, European softwood and hardwood could either be structurally modified to have physical and biological properties similar to tropical hardwood, or it could be treated with chemicals to become fire resistant, where the chemicals would bleach out of the wood by contact with water. Forest scientists at the University of Göttingen, together with the Swiss company Archroma, a global specialty chemicals company, have developed a new method for turning affordable and ecologically friendly wood from European forests into high-quality, fire-resistant construction timber. ![]()
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