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IMPLEMENTATION OF

PROJECT TRANSFER OF INNOVATIVE LIGNIN
PROJECT CODE
RDU141006 ; I-GT/32 (UMP-14) BASED BIOADHESIVE KNOWLEDGE

PROJECT LEADER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
ASSOC. PROF. DR. ARUN GUPTA
PARTICLEBOARD
ACADEMICIAN
1. PROF. DATO’ TS. DR. ROSLI
BIN MOHD YUNUS
2. DR. SAIDATUL SHIMA BINTI JAMARI
3. DR. CHUA @ YEO GEK KEE
4. DR. SURIATI BINTI GHAZALI

INDUSTRIAL / COMMUNITY PARTNER
MIECO CHIPBOARD BERHAD

CORE FOCUS AREA
MANUFACTURING OF PARTICLEBOARD AND LAMINATED WOOD
COMPOSITE FOR THE LOCAL AND EXPORT MARKET

DURATION
15th February 2014 – 14th August 2016
30 months

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Particleboard is manufactured by combining wood fibers with a synthetic
thermosetting resin such as urea-formaldehyde (UF) or phenol-formalde-
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hyde (PF) and hot pressed into various shapes and sizes. In this entire process, 76
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basically, only one foreign component not present in the natural wood is
added that is the synthetic adhesive. The major drawback of formaldehyde
based adhesives is that they release formaldehyde vapours that can cause
cancer.
Most of the developed countries have imposed restrictions on import of
wood composite with high formaldehyde content. Lignin is considered
as a potential substitute for formaldehyde-based adhesives due to its
phenol based composition and huge availability. In the present work, wood
fibres were treated with Laccase enzyme to improve the fiber surface and to generate an active lignin solution.
Lignin solution was collected from the wood fibres. The collected solution, called organosolv lignin (OSL), was
concentrated until the solution reached 3% solid content. The OSL alone or mixed with soy flour can act as a very
good bioadhesive.
The newly developed bioadhesive with the optimum conditions will be applied by the industrial collaborator
(Mieco Chipboard Berhad) as it will help in reducing the cost of adhesive and the wood composite will be more
ecofriendly and biodegradable.
AREA OF EXPERTISE INFORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL / COMMUNITY PARTNER

NO. LEADER / AKADEMICIAN /GI AREA OF EXPERTISE NO. ITEM DETAILS
1. COMPANY’S NAME MIECO CHIPBOARD BERHAD
1. ASSOC. PROF. DR. ARUN GUPTA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(12849-K)
2. PROF. DATO’ TS. DR. ROSLI BIN MOHD CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
YUNUS
2. NAME OF OWNER / LIM KAR HOR,
3. DR. SAIDATUL SHIMA BINTI JAMARI MATERIAL ENGINEERING MANAGER HEAD OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
4. DR. CHUA @ YEO GEK KEE ENZYME ENGINEERING 3. BUSINESS ADDRESS AND LEVEL 10, MENARA BRDB,
PHONE NUMBER
5. DR. SURIATI BINTI GHAZALI CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 285 JALAN MAAROF, BUKIT BANDARAYA,
6. MS. NADIA ELIZA NATRAH BINTI GRADUATE INTERN 59000 KUALA LUMPUR
PHONE (OFFICE): 09-5835120
JAMALUDIN
PHONE (MOBILE): 0129001811
7. MS. JAYSHREE THURAISINGAM GRADUATE INTERN
4. NUMBER OF STAFF 800
5. NUMBER OF 800
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