PalmwoodNet
Network for promoting the sustainable use of oilpalm wood for high value-added products.
Members of PalmwoodNet
- Industry: Equipment manufucturers , wood processing industry (local)
- Trade: Wholesalers, exporters, importers
- Plantation sector
- Engineering companies
- Industry and government organizations
- R+D-organizations
First Priority Target countries: Malaysia and Thailand
Areas of Concern
Targeted Products from Oilpalm Wood
(first phase until mid 2017)
- Lumber dry (possibly molded)
- Lumber in standard sizes, finger-jointed, molded
- Glued products (beam type) in standard sizes
- Cross laminated lumber (solid wood „plywood type panels“)
- Kiln-dried sawn timber
- One-layer, edge-glued panels for markets, panel cores
- Composite panels with oilpalm-core (oilpalm wood-back side)
- Flash doors
- Laminated flooring
- Light weight furniture elements (boards)
Project Measures
The project objectives are to be achieved by the following project measures:
- Analyze and assess the actual situation regarding ecological, economic and social effects of utilizing oilpalm wood, develop an overview on the availability of the resource and locations as a basis for a utilization strategy in Malaysia and Thailand
- Analyze which product types and designs can be optimally produced with oilpalm wood
- Develop marketable products for markets with existing or expected demand in the near future
- Develop machines, tools, cutting materials and optimize manufacturing processes for utilizing oilpalm wood
- Develop logistic concepts under consideration of resource and processing locations
- Develop comprehensive production systems for products made of oilpalm wood – from the raw material input to the dispatch of products
- Develop technical-economic utilization models for assessing methods for oilpalm wood utilization (showing manufacturing cost, return on investment, payback period, risks, etc.)
- Assess ecological aspects of oilpalm wood utilization for high value-added products by a preliminary environmental analysis and climate gas balance
- Determine an accredited certification system for proving sustainability, Chain of Custody and legality of oilpalm wood products
- Actively cooperate with Asian partners from the R+D sector, processing industry, associations, plantation business, NGOs and RSPO
- Promote the utilization of oilpalm wood (products / markets / technology / economy / ecology ) with local stakeholders and in international markets
- Document properties and manufacturing processes of oilpalm wood in a manual/ website for knowhow transfer
- Assess socio-economic project effects for the population in the resource countries
Project Breakdown in Sub-Projects
- Project management, international cooperation
- Analysis of actual situation, documentation of the existing knowledge on cultivation, harvest, properties, processing and utilization of oilpalm wood
- Products and markets
- Management of plantations, harvest, transport, protection of oilpalm trunks (incl. logistics)
- Machines and tools
- Processes and plants/machines for utilizing / processing oilpalm wood
- Ecology / certification
- Economy
- Promotional activities for the utilization of oilpalm wood / knowhow transfer and training