The material got its start in the United States in 1966, at a plant in upstate New York. As it became clear that making MDF offered a far better use of residual wood than disposing of it, production soared. It is today produced and consumed worldwide and is internationally traded. It is now in a phase of the product life cycle where cyclical factors are determining market supply and demand balances, prices, and profitability. Today there are some 27 plants in the US and Canada, and more than 100 worldwide. Recently the industry has expanded its use of recovered...
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