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Tuesday 22. January 2008

DSM and ROQUETTE jointly develop bio-based intermediate for ‘green’ performance materials

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, and the French starch and starch-derivatives company ROQUETTE have joined forces to implement and commercialize the fermentative production of biorenewable succinic acid, which – amongst other applications – opens the possibility to produce bio-based performance materials. By the end of 2009 a demonstration plant in Lestrem (France) will be operational.
Tuesday 22. January 2008

Canfor Announces the Indefinite Closure of its PolarBoard and Tackama Mills

Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) announced today that due to the continued poor wood product markets, a high Canadian dollar and record low oriented strand board (OSB) prices, it will be closing indefinitely its PolarBoard OSB and Tackama plywood mills in Fort Nelson, B.C. once existing log inventories are utilized and finished products shipped. This is expected to occur in April for the Tackama mill and during the summer for the PolarBoard operation.

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