date:Sep 07, 2012
$860,000 will help the Composites Innovation Centre (CIC) develop Canadian-sourced industrial alternatives to plastic and fibreglass, such as wheat, hemp, and flax fibres combined with resins. The investment will increase the competitiveness of natural fibres, leading to increased profits for farmers.
This builds on a previous investment of $440,000 under the FPT Growing Forward policy framework that helped the CIC develop initial commercial opportunities for flax and hemp fibre use in automoti