{"id":1705,"date":"2012-08-21T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/?page_id=1705"},"modified":"2018-10-23T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:50:17","slug":"usda-forest-products-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/pdc-staff__trashed\/our-partners\/usda-forest-products-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Forest Products Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/01\/woodpile-3-1229344-1280x960.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a>The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is a\u00a0research station\u00a0of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. FPL works to conserve and extend the nation&#8217;s forests by promoting efficient use of wood products and by conducting research in the areas of advanced structures and composites, nanotechnology, woody biomass, forest mycology and many other areas. FPL offers access to their laboratories and equipment to research and industrial partners. Over the past century, FPL has obtained hundreds of patents for their technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The PDC entered into a joint venture with FPL in 2012, working together to conduct research on the properties of nanocellulose and advance commercialization of nanocellulose-based materials. FPL has recently opened a pilot-scale\u00a0demonstration facility for nanocellulose and, as of 2013, the PDC&#8217;s own nanofibril pilot plant is operational and producing materials.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit their <a title=\"Forest Products Laboratory\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fpl.fs.fed.us\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0or their blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpl.fs.fed.us\/labnotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lab Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/process-and-product-development\/pdc-staff\/our-partners\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4045\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2018\/10\/back-button.png\" alt=\"back\" width=\"99\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is a\u00a0research station\u00a0of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 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