FPInnovations – Forintek Division

FPInnovations – Forintek Division is Canada's national wood products research institute. Its role is to support the forest products industry in characterizing attributes of Canadian wood species from existing and future forests, optimizing manufacturing processes, extracting higher value products from the available resource and meeting customer's expectations of performance, durability and affordability. With major research facilities in Vancouver and Quebec City, and regional offices across Canada, Forintek delivers technological solutions in such areas as lumber, panels and other value-added wood products, wood drying, wood protection and building systems. Forintek also conducts market and economic studies and plays a key role in the development of building codes and standards, both nationally and internationally.