MONTREAL — Technoparc Montreal and FPInnovations have announced a land deal that will lead to the construction of a new forestry-sector innovation centre in the technology park.
The lands, totalling more than 360,000 square feet, are in the southern part of the Technoparc, the Eco-campus Hubert Reeves section.
“I am pleased in regard to this first step toward building an integrated international biomaterials innovation centre under FPInnovations’ leadership. This is an opportunity for the greater Montreal area as well as for the Quebec and Canadian forest industry to lead the way in the field of biomaterials and clean technologies,” said Pierre Lapointe, president and CEO of FPInnovations.
FPInnovations is a not-for-profit research organization that specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness, the statement indicated. FPInnovations employs more than 430 people. Its research and development laboratories are located in Quebec City, Montreal and Vancouver and it has technology transfer offices across Canada and in Atlanta.
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