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.

The demand for traditional newsprint may be on the wane but an ongoing FPInnovations pulp and paper research project focusing on transitional products — new applications and markets for newsprint, such as packaging products, holds promising results for our member mills.

During the past year, FPInnovations presented commercial thinning workshops in British Columbia—in Prince George, Quesnel, Smithers, and Vernon.

FPInnovations, in collaboration with British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, invites interested parties to a one-day symposium on bio-sourced materials, to be held March 11, 2019 in Vancouver’s Convention Centre.

FPInnovations recently updated the Forest Operations Solutions and Technologies web page where members, partners, and clients can easily and quickly access the portfolio of solutions and technologies offered by our team of experts.

The three Rs of the environment — reduce, reuse, and recycle have been the mantra of environmentally conscious individuals and companies for decades.

A team led by Dr. Lin Hu, Senior Scientist at FPInnovations, has achieved a huge milestone lately at the CSA O86 meeting when the light-frame wood joisted floor design method finally passed the 100% “Yes” voting and will be published in 2019 by CSA O86.

FPInnovations’ partnership with Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY is revitalizing the Canadian pulp and paper industry by collaborating on integrated energy optimization studies to maximize efficiency, increase the sale of green power, and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG). The results have been incredible.

Montreal – February 4, 2­­­­­019 — Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and FPInnovations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on January 13, at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

From February 4 to 7, Montréal will be hosting Paperweek Canada 2019 and Biofor International 2019.

Most of us have done it at one point—leave a take-out restaurant or café with our order in a plastic bag or in a polystyrene (PS) foam container, but times are changing and more consumers are willing to adapt their habits in the interest of protecting the environment.

FPInnovations is currently supporting the first industrial implementation of the continuous precision drying technology.

The complexities of bleach plant chemistry sometimes lead to severe bleachability issues and increased costs.

History was made as FPInnovations' transportation division PIT Group, Transport Canada, Auburn University, and Minimax Express Transportation collaborated to perform Canada's first ever on-road commercial vehicle platoon trial.

FPInnovations attended the 13th annual Vancouver Island Safety Conference held in Nanaimo, British Columbia on September 29, 2018.

With the upswing in the construction sector in Canada and the United States, the supply of chips produced by Quebec sawmills is greater than the demand, creating large surpluses in various regions of the province.

FPInnovations is proud to announce the adherence of a new Bioproducts member, BillerudKorsnäs, which invests into research and development in advanced packaging.