A grant awarded to the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) will aid in upgrading FBRI’s Technology Research Center (TRC) in Old Town as well as UMaine’s Process Development Center (PDC) in Jenness Hall to bolster ongoing efforts to create new bioproducts, increase production and find uses for woody biomass materials typically considered read more $4.8M will upgrade Forest Bioproducts Research Institute facilities, bolster bioproduct research