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Forest Products Laboratory

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
- 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

Forest Products Laboratory
USDA
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI
53726
USA
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http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us
mailroom_forest_products_laboratory@fs.fed.us
(608) 231-9200

Type: 
Government