An Overview of Manufacturing Process of Glued-Laminated Timber

Malaysian building industry is yet to fully explore the utilisation of glulam as a building material. The interest of uptakers in glulam manufacturing appears to be fairly mild and we can only find a handful of glulam manufacturers in the country. Nevertheless, we could easily equate the market demand of such product by looking at the present global trend in emphasizing the use of sustainable building materials and the needs of wood-based products in the building industries, particularly in seismic proned countries. Perhaps, it is high time for our local timber industries to be proactive and diversify by venturing into new technologies so they could meet the global demand. It is hoped that this article would bring public awareness about glulam, most importantly to shed some lights to the timber industries and to stir interest in the potential uptakers.