SPRING 2024 10 14 WPAC’s Gordon Murray brought an entourage to Taiwan on a trade mission. “After the trip, I can say for certain that Taiwan is emerging as a market of interest for Canadian wood pellet producers and has the potential to reach a similar scale to South Korea and Japan,” he says. 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 Postcards from Taiwan AWARDS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR COMPANY OF THE YEAR THOUGHT LEADER OF THE YEAR COMMUNITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 16 We unveil the three industry legends who took home the hardware at the 2024 Canadian Biomass Awards. Hint: One is a “grandfather.” Lifetime Achievement Awards 17 Gordon Murray, Jesse Douglas and Joe Webster honoured. Champion of the Year 18 Read the stories of Liezl van Wyk, Benjamin Patton, and Jamie Stephen. Thought Leader of the Year 10 ENDLESS FLEXIBILITY 19-20 Project of the Year | Company of the Year SixRing, a Calgary-based company, is redefining biomass technology with its pioneering chemical delignification process. Led by president Scott Treadwell, the company has developed a method that offers exceptional flexibility in converting non-food biomass into valuable products like biofuels and specialty chemicals. Congratulations to the Village of Fort Simpson, Arctic Energy Alliance, Belledune Port Authority, Ecostrat, Fink Machine, and BSB. 21 Forestry workers are second only to construction when it comes to opioid poisonings. Find out how to respond to an overdose. Confronting the opioid crisis 14 DEPARTMENTS 6 Industry news 22 4 8 “You don’t want to go straight in with the injection because naloxone puts people into what we call precipitated withdrawal.” Read the full story on page 21 COLUMNS Editorial WPAC – R&D positions Canada for long-term success Our Cover Markus Weissenberger, chief technology officer at SixRing, operates a rotovap that is used to purify products and process chemicals. Photo: SixRing Canadian BIOMASS 3
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