Laminated wood-based fibrous web and molded article formed of such web and process for manufacturing article

A molded article comprising a laminated wood-based fibrous web molded into a desired shape by a compression molding operation, said laminated wood-based fibrous web including a wood-based fibrous web base and a synthetic fiber scrim laminated to said web base, said web base being formed of a fiber composition mainly constituted of wood pulp, synthetic fibers and binder, said scrim being impregnated with a synthetic resin prior to the compression molding operation and prior to being laminated to said web base.

A method of manufacturing a molded article comprising the steps of:

• impregnating a synthetic fiber scrim with a synthetic resin;
• laminating said synthetic fiber scrim to a wood-based fibrous web base for producing a laminated wood-based fibrous web, said wood-based fibrous web base being formed of a fiber composition mainly constituted of wood pulp, synthetic fibers and binder, and
• molding said laminated wood-based fibrous web and scrim into a desired shape by a compression molding operation, said synthetic resin being permeated into said wood-based fibrous web base during the compression molding operation, thereby to fixedly bond said scrim to said wood-based fibrous web base.