Kebony is a

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wood producer. The company has its roots in Wood Polymer Technologies (WPT), which was founded in 1996 and changed its name to Kebony in 2007. Kebony has a factory in

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(Norway) and offices in

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(Norway).

Technology

Kebony has developed an environmental technology which provides an alternative to threatened and endangered tropical hardwoods, and traditional impregnated wood. In the process, a liquid byproduct of the sugar industry,

furfuryl alcohol Furfuryl alcohol is an organic compound containing a furan substituted with a hydroxymethyl group. It is a colorless liquid, but aged samples appear amber. It possesses a faint odor of burning and a bitter taste. It is miscible with but unstabl ...

, is used to treat the wood. Using pressure, vacuum and heat treatment, the liquid transforms to

furan resin Furan resin refers to polymers produced from various furan compounds, of which the most common starting materials are furfuryl alcohol and furfural. In the resin and in the cured polyfurfurol, the furan rings are not connected by conjugation. Th ...

and is tied together with the cell structure of the wood in order to improve the wood's abilities permanently. The woods used are FSC-certified, PEFC-certified and carry the Nordic Ecolabel "the Swan". The technology has been described in multiple articles in media such as CNN, BBC, The Economist and Financial Times. CNBC Business has listed Kebony as one of Europe's 25 most creative companies.

References

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External links

Kebony website
Forestry in Norway Sustainable technologies