Abstract: A shaped part is provided for use as a construction material, and includes at least one natural, fiber-containing biogenic material, and at least one biopolymeric natural binder. The binder is selected from the group consisting of starches, dextrins, pectins, collagens, proteins and caseins, and is present in the shaped part at a percentage of 5-85 wt. %. The fiber-containing material and binder are formed to define a dense outer surface and an interior core in which particles of the fiber-containing material are distributed within a structure-defining closed-cellular matrix.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of new shaped parts, preferably made from chipboards, wherein a mass formed from at least a binder and a small-particled material brought into contact with this binder is subjected to extrusion at elevated temperature and pressure. In the process according to the invention, a mass possessing a total moisture content of 6 to 25 wt. % or adjusted to the stated moisture content and made up of at least one biopolymeric preferably starch-containing binder, which converts into a melt and/or gel at extrusion temperatures and pressures, and further made up of the small-particled material, is subjected to extrusion and immediately thereafter undergoes decompression and spontaneous expansion.