New composite materials marrying natural veneers such as bamboo, wood, palm leaf etc to various substrates. Various embodiments include substrates such as repositionable adhesive, simple sealants or flexible thick rubber like materials. These composites are used for a variety of needs from kitchen cutting boards to temporary or semi-permanent surface coverings to new wooden fabric replacement for making soft goods such as bags, purses, containers, clothing etc.

A floor element comprises a supportive layer, a reinforcement layer adjacent to the supportive layer, a top layer, and an outer layer. The arrangement has the supportive layer and the reinforcement layer between the top layer and the outer layer, and the floor element has, at its periphery, connection means for connection to another floor element. The supportive layer and the outer layer are composed of a cork material and at least the supportive layer and the reinforcement layer extend into the connection means.

A multi-layered orthopedic insole has at least four layers. The first layer is leather, the second layer is molded high-density recycled latex foam, the third layer is a molded, rigid density cork-EVA (Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate) footbed, and the fourth or bottom layer is moleskin or moleskin coated to provide a natural grip for gripping a shoe insole. The different layers are fused to form the orthopedic insole of the present invention. The third layer of the multi-layered insole is generally thicker than the other layers and includes sidewalls covered in a leather wrap. The multi-layered orthopedic insole is specifically designed to provide comfort and support to a user's foot using the specified materials, shapes, and contours.

A building panel with a surface layer including a wood veneer, a wood fibre based core and a sub-layer between the surface layer and the core. The sub-layer includes wood fibres and a binder. The surface layer has surface portions including material from the sub-layer. The surface portions including material from the sub-layer extend into the wood veneer.

A method of producing a veneered element, including providing a substrate, applying a sub-layer on a surface of the substrate, applying a veneer layer on the sub-layer, and applying pressure to the veneer layer and/or the substrate, such that at least a portion of the sub-layer permeates through the veneer layer. Also, such a veneered element.

A multi-layered orthopedic insole has at least four layers. The first layer is leather, the second layer is molded high-density recycled latex foam, the third layer is a molded, rigid density cork-EVA (Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate) footbed, and the fourth or bottom layer is moleskin or moleskin coated to provide a natural grip for gripping a shoe insole. The different layers are fused to form the orthopedic insole of the present invention. The third layer of the multi-layered insole is generally thicker than the other layers and includes sidewalls covered in a leather wrap. The multi-layered orthopedic insole is specifically designed to provide comfort and support to a user's foot using the specified materials, shapes, and contours.