North America Bio-materials: a synthesis report
November 2010
Chris Gaston, François Robichaud & David Fell, FPInnovations
Executive Summary
Significant change is expected over the next ten years in the Canadian forest sector.
Companies
can expect large...
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North America Bio-materials: a synthesis report
November 2010
Chris Gaston, François Robichaud & David Fell, FPInnovations
Executive Summary
Significant change is expected over the next ten years in the Canadian forest sector.
Companies
can expect large changes in supply and demand patterns from countries such as Brazil, China,
India and Russia that will also impact on supply within Canada.
They can also expect changing
product attribute demands resulting from an economy focused more on sustainability.
These all
provide transformational opportunities for industry.
This Bio-materials Synthesis Report attempts
to identify the best path forward for industry based on these expected changes and is one of the
outcomes of the Bio-pathways II project.
Forest industry stakeholders believe it is essential for
Canada to continue to hold its competitive advantage with traditional products, and to expand
further into value-adding products and services.
Summary of Findings:
1.
Integration of
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