This paper presents an overview on the role of wood adhesion as joining and bonding technology in the forest products industries. As key factors for the development of wood products and wood composites, wood adhesives, their application and processing technologies are expected to be of prime importance for the future of the whole sector. The development of adhesive technology was driven by continous adaptations and demand for higher adhesive qualities and competitiveness, but also increasing requirements from the costumer sectors in terms of reliability, process ability as well as environmental and safety issues. This trend is expected to continue, because the realisation of a maximum ressource efficiency in our industry is essentially linked to adhesion as joining processes. In order to improve the technologies, some emerging challenges especially for the wood adhesion industries are sketched, and current research questions and their relevance for the future advancement are delineated.     «

This paper presents an overview on the role of wood adhesion as joining and bonding technology in the forest products industries. As key factors for the development of wood products and wood composites, wood adhesives, their application and processing technologies are expected to be of prime importance for the future of the whole sector. The development of adhesive technology was driven by continous adaptations and demand for higher adhesive qualities and competitiveness, but also increasing req...     »