Fast Facts

Forest Products Laboratory

• Located in Madison, Wisconsin, since 1910
• Nation's only federally funded wood utilization research laboratory
• Currently employs 60 Research Scientists
• Primarily or partly responsible for many of today's wood-based technologies, including wood preservatives, glulam beams, oriented strandboard, and fiber-based packaging
• Research partnerships located in virtually every state in the Nation

Early research highlights

• Reduced timber demand for railroad ties by 75% through preservatives research
• Increased average lumber yield per log from 25% to 60%
• Wood frame technology used in over 90% of our Nation's homes
• Designed and constructed Nation's first prefabricated home

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Woody Biomass
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