Demand for forestry products continues to grow despite decreases in industrial wood products from natural forests. High demand for wood in the forestry industry due to increasing population and new applications puts great pressure on existing forest resources. The decline in raw materials deleteriously affects the medium-density fiberboard (MDF) sector, as well as others. Cosequently, the wood industries seek new substitute materials. Since wood waste materials or other residues are plentiful, widespread, and easily accessible, researchers have emphasized on such materials. One of such materials is Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) which has been widely cultivated. It is estimated that, there are 100.000.000 Date Palm trees around the world. Date palm should be pruned and each tree produces 34 Kg residues annually and it can be strongly said that at least 10 Kg residues are produced by each tree. Therefore, a study was undertaken on the properties and characteristics of pruning residues of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) tree, with an emphasis on the possibility of using them in MDF manufacture. Dry process was employed to produce MDF in pilot plant scale and the results show that boards made of Date Palm pruning residues fibers feature better properties than the MDF property requirements which is recommended by ASTM and EN standards particularly inspect of mechanical properties. Therefore, Date palm could be proposed as an alternative material for the manufacture of MDF in dry process.weiterlesen