CORESTA Meeting, Smoke/Technology, Hamburg, 1997, ST45
Particleboard from tobacco stalks: development and commercialization strategies
National Tobacco Administration, Ilocos Norte - Philippines.
Particleboards were successfully manufactured from tobacco stalks. Generally, these boards passed the standards set by the Philippine Standards Association. Commercial production run showed that it is even cheaper to produce particleboards using tobacco stalks than when wood is used as raw material. To ensure the commercialization of the technology, the active participation of the private sector and the local and national government officials is being tapped.