Developing Sustainable Materials and Products from Renewable Resources

Organizations across forestry, agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and consumer products are seeking ways to improve performance, reduce environmental impacts, and create higher-value products from renewable resources.

InnoTech Alberta helps clients develop, test, optimize, and scale bio-composite materials and fibre-based products. Through applied research, material characterization, pilot-scale production, and process validation, we help transform biomass, agricultural residues, wood fibre, and other renewable materials into commercially relevant products and solutions.

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How We Help

How We Help

Specialized Facilities and Equipment

Specialized Facilities and Equipment

Typical Client Projects

Typical Client Projects

Industries We Serve

Industries We Serve

Why Work With InnoTech Alberta?

Why Work With InnoTech Alberta?

How We Help

Develop New Bio-Based Products

We support the development of innovative bio-composite and fibre-based materials that create new opportunities for manufacturers and product developers. Our expertise includes:

  • Bio-composite materials
  • Fibre-reinforced products
  • Bio-based coatings and additives
  • Adhesives and binders
  • Sustainable packaging materials
  • Renewable and recycled-material applications
  • Advanced cellulose and lignin-based products

Evaluate and Improve Product Performance

Understanding material performance is critical to product development and commercialization. We help clients:

  • Characterize material properties
  • Evaluate physical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical performance
  • Compare alternative materials and formulations
  • Assess durability and long-term performance
  • Validate product quality and performance requirements

Improve Production Efficiency, Product Quality & Scalability

We work with organizations to reduce technical risk while improving product consistency, production efficiency, and commercial readiness.

Our services include:

  • Manufacturing process assessment
  • Process optimization and troubleshooting
  • Equipment and process recommendations
  • Validation of process improvements
  • Scale-up and commercialization support
  • Demonstration and pilot-scale trials

Develop and Validate Engineered Composite Products

Our team supports the development and evaluation of engineered composite products such as:

  • Strand-based panels
  • Fibre-based boards
  • Laminated products
  • Agricultural fibre composites
  • Specialty engineered materials

Using pilot-scale manufacturing capabilities, we can produce and evaluate products under realistic processing conditions before full-scale deployment.

Specialized Facilities and Equipment

InnoTech Alberta offers unique pilot-scale and demonstration-scale infrastructure that enables clients to move beyond laboratory research and evaluate technologies under realistic operating conditions.

Capabilities include:

Specialized equipment such as automated composite forming systems and full-scale pressing capabilities allow clients to assess technologies and products before making significant commercial investmen

Typical Client Projects

We frequently support projects involving:

  • New bio-composite product development
  • Sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based materials
  • Agricultural fibre utilization
  • Forestry by-product valorization
  • Circular economy initiatives
  • Material substitution and performance improvement
  • Product scale-up and commercialization
  • Manufacturing process optimization

Industries We Serve

Our clients include organizations in:

  • Forestry and forest products
  • Agriculture and agri-processing
  • Construction and building products
  • Consumer goods and packaging
  • Advanced materials manufacturing
  • Clean technology
  • Circular economy initiatives

Why Work With InnoTech Alberta?

Clients engage InnoTech Alberta to de-risk development and accelerate the commercialization of sustainable technologies. By combining applied research, materials engineering, and process optimization with pilot-scale manufacturing and testing infrastructure, we help organizations enhance product performance and unlock full value from renewable resources.