The work reported on here, developed in the Wood and
Timber Structures Laboratory (LaMEM) of the São Carlos
School of Engineering (EESC), University of São Paulo
(USP), aims at demonstrating the possibility of producing
WPC with superior mechanical properties to those of untreated
wood, using reforested species of the genera Eucalyptus
and Pinus and in situ polimerization of styrene and
methyl methacrylate monomers.