Increasingly, bio-sourced products derived from biomass are gaining attention in the pulp and paper industry. For hardwood kraft-dissolving pulp mills, the production of furfural would not only enhance the use of biomass, but also generate additional revenue, and create a reliable source of furfural in North America.

Effective forest management requires collaboration and cooperation between First Nations, industry, and government.

Encouraged by what they learned during last year’s test campaign, FPInnovations and its partners plan to continue evaluating cooperative truck platooning technology in the coming months. This year’s goals are more ambitious.

Driven by a competitive market, FPInnovations’ Forestry 4.0 initiative aims at automating the forest operation sector. However, a lack of adequate communication networks reaching remote locations is a barrier to real-time supply chain management data for forestry operations.

We are pleased to announce that a redesigned FPInnovations website is now live and ready for you to check out!

With technical advances in the field of cellulose nanomaterials such as cellulose filaments (CFs) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), the development of functional forest-based materials could lead to enhanced applications in multiple industries: intelligent packaging, cosmetics, paints and coatings, foods, and advanced electronic and photonic materials, among others.

Over 400 participants attended the 2019 TAPPI Nano conference (International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials) held in Chiba, Japan the first week of June, including several FPInnovations scientists and managers, among who gave presentations and chaired sessions.

FPInnovations’ most popular course, the Pulp, Paper, and Bioproducts Course, hit a record attendance in 2018.

The market for paper and paperboard grades is highly competitive leading many pulp and paper mills to diversify their product lines, including producing new paper grades with growth potential, while for other mills, the focus is on cost reduction or on lightweighting.

Thunder Bay, Ontario – May 27, 2019 – FPInnovations and Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced the commissioning of a new TMP-Bio plant in Thunder Bay (Ontario).

Over 150 delegates attended the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Summit (CFMS), hosted in Montreal on April 10, 2019.

The LIGNA 2019 show in Hannover, Germany, will be taking place May 27 to 31 and this year, two representatives from FPInnovations will be offering presentations as part of the wood industry summit.

FPInnovations’ Frédéric Parent, paper and consumer products manager, will be a presenter at TAPPI’s 12th annual PaperCon taking place from May 5 to 8 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where nearly 2,000 attendees are expected to participate in technical sessions and networking events.

The program for the Woodrise 2019 conference, to be held in Quebec City from September 30 to October 4, is now complete, and attendees can look forward to an exciting range of international speakers.

Over the past year, FPInnovations’ pulp and paper experts have given several customized courses on pulp and paper topics requested by member companies.

Vancouver – April 18, 2019 – FPInnovations’ President and CEO Stéphane Renou, today welcomed Western Economic Diversification Canada’s commitment to continue investing in Indigenous communities by allocating $1.65-million to FPInnovations’ B.C. Indigenous Forest Sector Technical Support Program.

British Columbia’s forest resources and fibre supply have supported the province’s economy and Canada’s GDP for decades.

FPInnovations and its partners are proud to introduce the FastTRAC project, a forest genomics research project.

FPInnovations’ Fibre Supply Group is proud to introduce FPDat II, a tool designed to collect and analyze forestry machine performance and production data.

Montréal – March 22, 2019 – Stéphane Renou, President and CEO of FPInnovations, applauds the 2019-2020 provincial budget of François Legault’s government, a budget which identifies the forest sector as a key player in the fight against climate change.

Montreal, Québec – March 19, 2019 – FPInnovations’ President and CEO Stéphane Renou, today welcomed Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s commitment to continue investing in the competitiveness of the Canadian forest industry by allocating $251.3-million over three years beginning in 2020-21 to encourage the forest sector to continue growing and develop new technologies.