Woodplastic Group
Success Story. WPC – WOODPLASTIC a.s. is our partner and producer of wood-plastic composite decking. They have grown from scratch into well-respected and established global producer exporting to more than 25 countries. Their business doubles each year in production as well as revenue and profit. Take a look at.
Recycling of waste poly(vinyl chloride) fill materials to
Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is one of the most commonly used plastics and its main applications include pipes, electric wires, window profiles, siding, etc. Recently, wood fiber reinforced PVC is becoming more popular because of its acceptable mechanical properties, moisture and fungus resistance, long lifetime, wood-like surface performance
Frontiers | Mechanical properties of PVC-based wood–plastic
Compared with traditional wooden building materials, polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-based wood–plastic composites have advantages of good weather resistance, easy processing capability, energy conservation, and environmental protection and have been popular and widely used in the field of civil construction and garden engineering in recent years. Due to the difference in the thermal expansion
Wood Plastic Composite (WPC) Market Research, 2025-2030
In 2025, the global Wood Plastic Composite (WPC) market size was USD 5367.4 million and it is expected to reach USD 10250 million by the end of 2027, with a CAGR of 9.2% between 2025 and 2027
J. Compos. Sci. | Free Full-Text | Durability of High-Density
Wood-plastic composites (WPCs) have shown exceptional promise as a building material, especially for outdoor uses. Using renewable wood fiber as the reinforcing filler in WPCs increases the material’s environmental sustainability. While virgin commodity thermoplastics are primarily used in these composites, using post-consumer plastic further contributes to their sustainability. While
- What are wood-plastic composites (WPCs)?
- Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber / wood flour and thermoplastic (s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA). In addition to wood fiber and plastic, WPCs can also contain other ligno-cellulosic and/or inorganic filler materials.
- What is a WPC composite material?
- WPCs as the name suggests are composite materials containing a wood component and polymer in the matrix. The wood component in WPCs can be either a wood fibre or wood flour. The polymer matrix can be either thermoplastic polymer or thermosetting polymer.
- Who makes WPC?
- Covema made WPC under the tradename Plastic-Wood. After a few years from the invention of the Plastic-Wood the company Icma San Giorgio patented the first process to add wood fiber / wood flour to the thermoplastics (WPCs).
- Are wood fiber plastic composites ligno-cellulosic or inorganic fillers?
- In addition to wood fiber and plastic, WPCs can also contain other ligno-cellulosic and/or inorganic filler materials. WPCs are a subset of a larger category of materials called natural fiber plastic composites (NFPCs), which may contain no cellulose -based fiber fillers such as pulp fibers, peanut hulls, coffee husk, bamboo, straw, digestate, etc.
- What are WPCs made of?
- As mentioned earlier in the section, WPCs are generally manufactured from thermoplastics. Thermoplastics are polymers that can be heated, formed, cooled and hardened and then reheated and reformed. This allows the WPC to be moldable and for complex shapes to be developed.
- Which polymers are used in the production of WPCs?
- Most PO and other commodity polymers such as PE, PVC, PP, etc., are used in the production of WPCs.
