Technical explanations and referenced specification guidance: definitions and composite history.
Understand wood–plastic composite: ingredients, history, manufacturing, decking, cladding, advantages, limitations, tests, maintenance and recycling.
Understand WPC, NFC and wood-thermoplastic terminology, and learn which material details architects should request before specifying a composite product.
Explore WPC history, from Bakelite and reported early automotive uses to the 1991 Madison conference and today's engineered composite products.
Understand WPC terminology for composite decking, cladding and fencing: materials, manufacturing, installation, testing and environmental evidence.