WOOD-BASED PANELS INDUSTRY is a new textbook covering the wood value chain from the forest to wood-based panel products and further to the customers. The book is divided into six parts: raw materials, plywood industry, LVL industry, particleboard industry, other wood-based panels and other issues in the wood-based panels industry. Together, they create an image of the modern wood-based panels industry and its significance for the national economy, and of related technologies, products and markets. The writers of the book are experts in the wood-based panels industry, having worked for long in their respective fields of expertise and acquiring a wide perspective on the topics in Finland and abroad. The editorial group of the book represents the different sectors of the wood-based panels industry. Finnish wood-based panels are global products used by the construction, transport vehicle and carpentry industries, which allow the excellent properties of Nordic wood to really shine. The book also describes a number of wood-based panels not manufactured in Finland. The Wood-Based Panels Industry book is published as part of a project for new learning material. A new book dealing with sawmilling was published in early 2017. Electronic learning material based on these two books will be published online, deepening and expanding the know-how and insight of the wood products industry. Ms. Ritva Varis, the Editor-in-Chief of this book, has a long experience in working as a journalist for the professional press in the wood industry. She is also an author of numerous history books concerning the wood sector and has been awarded for her prose.