FPInnovations is Canada’s leading not-for-profit forest products innovation centre which performs R&D, technical services and tech transfer activities relating to wood harvesting, wood products, pulp and paper, nanotechnology and bio-energy and chemical production.
FPInnovations’ hallmark is tackling issues and opportunities along the full length of the forest sector value chain. FPInnovations provides a sector-wide voice on issues of global importance to the Canadian forest industry and its customers. FPInnovations assists companies in product development by designing flexible and competitive forestry and transportation processes, advanced wood products, next generation pulps, papers and nanoproducts. It also helps create new energy and chemical products from forest biomass.
FPInnovations employs 550 people and has research laboratories in Québec City, Montréal, Vancouver and technology transfer offices across Canada.