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The development of wood technology and technology developments in the wood industries—from history to future

Zur Entwicklung der Technologie des Holzes und technologische Entwicklungen in der Holzwirtschaft – von der Vergangenheit zur Zukunft

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Abstract

The term technology is frequently used in every-day communication and in the specific areas of producing goods and providing services. Technology comprises the science of knowledge and usage of tools and techniques or its systems, methods, organization and material products thereof. The meaning of the word technology itself as well as the specific meaning of the term wood technology has changed over the past centuries of industrialized production systems. The current paper analyses the development of wood technology over a period of about 300 years. Based on various COST Actions and the European Forest-sector Technology Platform current topics of wood technology are addressed and a future outlook is given.

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Im Alltag wird der Begriff Technologie häufig in einer sehr allgemeinen Bedeutung verwendet. Grundsätzlich umfasst der Begriff Technologie die Wissenschaft der Anwendung der Technik, wird aber häufig auch als Synonym für die eingesetzte Technik an sich verwendet. Der vorliegende Essay beleuchtet die Entwicklung des Begriffes Technologie sowie spezifisch die Technologie des Holzes, deren Entwicklung analysiert und diskutiert wird. Dabei werden die aktuellen technologischen Fragestellungen anhand der Themen verschiedener COST-Aktionen sowie der Europäischen „Forest-based Sector Technology Platform“ beleuchtet und ein Ausblick auf technologische Herausforderungen der Zukunft gegeben.

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This article is dedicated to Gerd Wegener on the occasion of his retirement as professor at the Technische Universität München.

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Teischinger, A. The development of wood technology and technology developments in the wood industries—from history to future. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 68, 281–287 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-010-0458-2

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