Process Development Center focus of ‘Wild Maine’ radio show
Michael Bilodeau, director of the Process Development Center at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Bob Duchesne’s “Wild Maine” radio show on 92.9 FM The Ticket. The show focused on the center and its various research projects, particularly the new advanced products that can be made out of wood. Bilodeau said the center works primarily with industrial clients on products that are close to commercialization. “Traditionally we’ve been doing research in pulp and paper; finding ways to make it more efficient — better, faster, cheaper, that sort of thing — but it became clear that our clients were looking for more diversification in their product line, other revenue streams,” Bilodeau said. “Clearly we had to make different types of products with the decline in the demand for paper.”