In 1812, French Machinist obtained the first patent for veneer sawing machine. By 1825, this veneer sawing machine could not be used in industrial production.
After that, it was improved and manufactured in Hamburg, Germany. The first veneer slicer was developed by the Frenchman Charles Picot and was patented in 1834. It took nearly 30 years before it was used in industrial production. The development of the plywood industry benefited from the invention and application of the veneer peeling machine. There are several theories about the invention of the first peeling machine. The first peeling machine was invented in 1818; in 1819, the Russian Professor Feissel invented At the time, it was called the veneer planer; some people think that the veneer was invented by the British engineer Fevilear; in 1840, John Dresser obtained the US patent No. 1758 for the rotary cutter, and in 1844, Carand was in France. Obtained another patent for the rotary cutting machine. In the middle of the 19th century, Germany established its first veneer manufacturing plant. Most of the rotary cutting machines were French, and Germany also imported American-made rotary cutting machines.