UMaine Composites Center cited in Press Herald editorial on future of wood products industry
A Portland Press Herald editorial credits the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center with finding new, innovative ways to use the materials that make up wood. The editorial comes days after another mill in Maine announced that it would shut down a paper machine and lay off 190 workers. The newspaper mentions a startup, run by Nadir Yildirim with the UMaine Composites Center, that’s turning cellulose nanofiber, one of the building blocks of wood, into foam insulation.