Abstract: Temperature and moisture content are the most important factors which can determine the panel properties directly. The effects of temperature and moisture content on the compression behaviour of flakes were investigated. This was done to identify the mechanism of the consolidation mechanism of wood composites during hot pressing. The results showed that the stress-strain relationship of individual compressed flake had the same trend as that of the compressed wood at room temperature. It was temperature and moisture content dependent, which was confirmed that the Young’s modulus of compressed flakes was a function of temperature and moisture content. Further, the experimental data in this study will improve the computer models designed for optimizing hot-pressing process and predicting panel properties.