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The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing is Canada's national centre of excellence for the wood products industry. We provide specialized research, consulting services and teaching programs to strengthen the market competitiveness of Canada's wood products manufacturing sector.
Located at the Forest Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia, the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing was constituted in 1996 through a partnership of the Canadian and British Columbia governments, Forest Renewal B.C. and the Canadian wood products industry. Our mandate is to promote value-added manufacturing of Canada's most important natural resource, wood.
Our roles are to - conduct industry-supported applied research projects
- provide consulting services, technical support and customized knowledge-transfer programs
- introduce leading-edge technologies and processes to industry through workshops, conferences and training
- develop industry professionals by providing advanced wood processing education to graduate students
- operate co-operative education programs that provide a poolof technical expertise to industry, and valuable work experience to undergraduate students
We are an applied research and learning centre, modelled on successful industry-specific technical institutes in Europe - the Fachhochschule Rosenheim in Germany and the Bernet Fachhochschule in Switzerland - and tailored to serve the particular needs of Canada's wood processors. We provide industry with specialized graduates who have sound knowledge of wood as a material, solid understanding of wood manufacturing processes, and a core of key business skills.
Our world-renowned specialists, staff and faculty associates are drawn from academic departments at UBC and other international institutes. We also feature state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for classroom and laboratorylearning, and a $2 million wood products manufacturing pilot plant.
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