Veneer Manufacturing

Abstract

Although nowadays the use of veneer has spread all over the world to an extraordinary extent and the production of veneer developed into a significant industrial branch, the first beginnings of this craft date back as far as to the early history of man. When the sepulchral chamber of Tut Anch Amon of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt was disclosed, evidence was found that the artisans of the time of 1350 B.C. had mastered the craft of veneering. We also know masterpieces of the Hellenic times of Greeks and Romans. However, up to modern times veneering as inlaid work was a mere craft. It was the technical development of the 19th century that also brought immense progress to the production of veneer. The ever-increasing demand of large parts of the population for a refined style of living and the possibilities offered by a technology that developed in leaps and bounds, also opened vast chances for the establishment of an industry that produced veneer.