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Alliance for Environmental Technology: An international association of chemical manufacturers and forest products companies dedicated to improving the environmental performance of the pulp and paper industry. Provides information about ECF and TCF pulp bleaching technologies.

Alberta Research Council - Forest Products Unit: Offers a full-service research and testing facility for engineered composite panel products, new processes and product testing, and scale-up capabilities. Also offers state-of-the-art facilities and expertise in pulp and paper making processes.

Canadian Model Forest Network: The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Forest Service, launched Canada's Model Forest Program to address the challenge of balancing the extensive range of demands that are placed on today's forests.

Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS): The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS) is a globally recognized and industry-valued academic center, creating knowledge and tools that support paper industry decision-makers, and producing interdisciplinary graduates who contribute to the long-term success of the paper industry.

CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products: CSIRO is Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. One of the world's largest and most diverse scientific global research organizations whose work includes forestry, wood and paper industries.

European Forest Institute: An independent non-governmental organization conducting European forest research.

Fapet Oy: Founded by the Finnish Paper Engineers' Association (PI) and the Finnish Paper and Timber Journal Publishing Co., Fapet has published a series of 19 books that cover the entire paper manufacturing process from wood raw material to end product.

Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA): Established in 1917, Metla's social task is to promote—through research—economically, ecologically and socially sustainable management and utilization of Finland's forests.

Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC): A private, non-profit research and development organization whose goal is to improve Canadian forestry operations related to the harvesting and transportation of wood, and the growing of trees, within a framework of sustainable development.

Herty Foundation - Research & Development Center: A nonprofit, independent, contractual R&D organization that conducts a broad range of lab tests , pilot scale investigations, and limited production of all fibrous materials. Herty is structured to serve corporations as a contractual lab for development trials, exploratory R&D programs, quality control studies, and specialized product production runs.

Institute for Commercial Forestry Research: A privately funded forestry research institute in South Africa, located on the campus of the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Research undertaken by the ICFR concentrates on all the applied aspects of commercial timber growing and is conducted in close collaboration with the growers.

Institute of Paper Science & Technology: The Institute is an independent, privately supported institution devoted to education and research in engineering and the natural sciences, particularly as applied to the pulp and paper industry.

Institute for Surface Chemistry (YKI): The Institute for Surface Chemistry, abbreviated YKI after its Swedish name Ytkemiska Institutet, is an industrial research institute within applied surface and colloid chemistry.

Limerick Pulp & Paper Centre: Located on the Fredericton campus of the University of New Brunswick, the Centre provides research and education programs in pulp and paper science for undergraduate and graduate students.

McGill Pulp and Paper Research Centre: The teaching and research unit called the Pulp and Paper Research Centre, McGill is a partnership of the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada (Paprican), McGill University and government.

Paper Industry Research Association (PIRA): Specializes in providing business and technical information for organisations within the packaging, paper, printing and publishing industries.

Paprican: The Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada is a not-for-profit research and educational organization. It operates research laboratories and pilot plant facilities in Pointe-Claire, Quebec; and Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, with over 340 scientists, engineers, and support staff.

The Pulp and Paper Fundamental Research Society: An independent, charitable organisation registered in Great Britain for the promotion of research and education in the pulp and paper industry.

Skog Forsk: SkogForsk is the research institute of the Swedish forestry sector. It carries out applied research in a variety fields; development of technology, environmental and conservation issues, breeding of forestry trees, organisational issues and many other topics.

University of British Columbia Pulp & Paper Centre: The Centre houses collaborative research and teaching programs between the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada (Paprican).

University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation: Offering full tuition scholarships to students studying in nearly a dozen accredited engineering curricula covering all aspects of the engineering profession.

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