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Green Gold: Wood Residuals Summit 2025

Date & Location

May 6 - 8, 2025 in Traverse City, MI, USA

Purpose & Objectives

To build global commercialization bridges across sectors to realize the value of wood residuals for a profitable and sustainable economy.

  • Demonstrate the value proposition for wood residuals
  • Identify challenges facing wood residual market development
  • Build a global network to accelerate development, tech transfer and commercialization of wood residuals.

Who Should Attend

Soyad™ Adhesive Technology

Water-based systems wood adhesives formulated with natural soy flour and a proprietary crosslinking resin. Soyad adhesive technology is a patented, bio-based, formaldehyde-free adhesive system developed by the modification of amino acids of soy proteins, resulting in environmentally friendly hardwood plywood and engineering wood flooring. The soy flour and resin blend forms a durable, water-resistant thermoset adhesive similar to the strength and performance of urea-formaldehyde-based adhesives.