International Panel Products Symposium (IPPS) 2015

The composite manufacturing sector represents a major industry for the use of wood and non-wood fibres. Products such as plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), medium density fibreboard (MDF), particleboards and fibreboards are commonplace in modern society. Increasing the performance of these products will help increase market opportunity and introduce new products. The International Panel Products (IPPS) is one of the main international conferences dealing with all aspects of panel products. 

Founded in 1997 as the European Panel Products Symposium (EPPS) and changing its name to IPPS in 2007 to accommodate increasing global interest, IPPS is the leading technical conference on wood based panels, including all aspects of panel production technology, feedstocks, resins and additives, market analysis and the use of wood based panels in furniture and construction applications. The full conference runs every two years, and in the intervening year a Masterclass allows a focused look at important topics in a more informal learning-friendly environment.

In 2015, COST FP1303 combined forces with IPPS to hold a joint conference. The programme from the conference can be downloaded here, whilst the presentations from the FP1303 session can be downloaded below.

Dennis Jones	Overview: Performance of bio-based building materials – viewpoints from the first year of COST Action FP1303
Daniel Stratev	From model rooms towards a modelled indoor environment
Sergej Medved	Formaldehyde and VOC emissions in wooden model house
Mark Lawther	Emissions testing of straw and non-wood fibre based panels
Teresa de Troya	Durability of Maderon®, a non-wood composite, against wood decay organisms
Edgars Kuka	Wood plastic composites made with thermally modified birch wood residues
Sarah Himmel	Process analysis using multivariate regression models exemplified by WPC processing with a single-screw extruder

 

  

The best poster prize was awarded to Dr. Matthew Schwarzkopf from the University of Primorska, Slovenia. His attendance at the conference was funded by COST FP1303.

 

Copies of the proceedings can be purchased directly from the Biocomposites Centre, UK. A review of the conference can be downloaded from here.