Brugère, a company specializing in beech veneer peeling and veneering, has been working with LaBoMaP (Burgundy Materials and Processes Laboratory) since 2015 to advance its R&D, improve its production, and invent new applications. This partnership, known as Bopli (Bourgogne placage innovation), also benefits researchersArts et Métiers, who can draw on industrial tools and expertise to carry out fundamental research on peeling.
Bopli aims to invent new applications for Brugère's production. One of the challenges concerns the characterization of beech plywood, which is rarely used in France. The laboratory's work will focus on two complementary areas:
- Improving the quality of veneers and mastering the initial processing of beech wood;
- Mastery of the secondary processing process (manufacture of panels and plywood and product innovations).