Bending test on a cross laminated timber plate produced from the wood species birch.
TU Graz, through its Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology and the "holz.bau forschungs gmbh" Competence Centre, is developing innovations that strengthen Austria as a prime location for the timber industry. Almost half of Austria's national territory is covered by forests. As a renewable resource that binds carbon dioxide wood not only contributes to climate protection, it also creates some 300,000 jobs. This makes wood an immensely important economic factor, in particular for structurally weak rural areas. Processing timber and transforming it into high-quality industrial products adds considerable value to the raw material, especially if domestic enterprises are involved and the value is created locally. One such product that enjoys increasing popularity both at home and abroad was developed to a significant extent at TU Graz. It is called cross laminated timber (CLT).
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