Production techniques

Wood Veneer

Veneer production

The origins of wood veneer have been traced back to the ancient Egyptians at the time of the pyramids.

Wood veneer is a thin slice of wood usually about 0,6mm in thickness which allows for optimal use of the log. The surface coverage of wood veneer is approximately 40 times that of 25mm solid wood!

Veneering consists of glueing this thin slice of wood on to a baseboard with good structural properties, as Chipboards or MDF boards which, along with their stability, allow larger formats.This process allows also to take advantage of the decorative properties of natural wood.

Comparative advantages

Comparative advantages of wood veneer

When wood veneer is applied to a stable board such as chipboard, MDF of plywood, it has many advantages when compared with solid wood:

• problems of splitting and movement associated with solid wood are avoided.
• colours and patterns can be matched more easily thanks to the large quantity of surface material which is produced from each log.
• he cost of veneered panels is much more economical than that of solid wood.
• rom an environmental point of view the use of Nature´s precious resources is fully optimised.