Process for producing wood particleboard

In a process for producing wood particleboard, in which wood particles, optionally after a preceding comminution step, are treated with a crosslinkable binder and are subsequently pressed together under pressure and, if desired, elevated temperature to produce boards, the improvement comprising selecting as the binder a binder comprising two constituents A) and B), where

• A) comprises a copolymer derived from one or more base comonomer unit(s) selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylic esters of branched or unbranched alcohols having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, methacrylic esters of branched or unbranched alcohols having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, dienes, olefins, vinylaromatics and vinyl halides, and from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer, of one or more comonomer units comprising carboxyl, hydroxy, or NH functional groups, and
• B) is at least one compound having at least two reactive groups which can react with the functional groups of A) and which are selected from the group consisting of epoxy, N-methylol, isocyanate, ethylene carbonate groups, and mixtures thereof.