Media Invitation - FPInnovations and Resolute Forest Products to inaugurate the TMP-Bio plant in Thunder Bay Français

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May 23, 2019, 12:13 ET

THUNDER BAY, ON, May 23, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - FPInnovations and Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) invite the media to attend a press conference where they will announce the commissioning of the new TMP-Bio plant in Thunder Bay (Ontario), which produces biomass-derived lignin and sugars for use in the development of innovative bio-products.

What:

Inauguration of the TMP-Bio plant in Thunder Bay

When:

May 27, 2019, at 11:30 a.m.

Where:

Resolute Forest Products –Thunder Bay pulp and paper mill
2001 Neebing Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6S3
(All visitors will be required to follow safety procedures at the venue. Only closed-toe shoes will be permitted on site.)

Speakers:
  • Don Rusnak, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay – Rainy River (Canada)
  • Bill Mauro, Mayor of Thunder Bay
  • Derek Nighbor, President and CEO, FPAC
  • Stéphane Renou, President and Chief Executive Officer, FPInnovations
  • Remi Lalonde, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Resolute Forest Products

RSVP

Séverine Lavoie
FPInnovations
Team Leader, Communications
514 782-4507
[email protected]

About FPInnovations

FPInnovations is a not-for-profit world leader that specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector's global competitiveness and responds to the priority needs of its industry members and government partners. It is ideally positioned to perform research, innovate, and deliver state-of-the-art solutions for every area of the sector's value chain, from forest operations to consumer and industrial products. Its R&D laboratories are located in Québec City, Montréal, and Vancouver, and it has technology transfer offices across Canada. For more information about FPInnovations, visit www.fpinnovations.ca.

About Resolute Forest Products

Resolute Forest Products is a global leader in the forest products industry with a diverse range of products, including market pulp, tissue, wood products, newsprint and specialty papers, which are marketed in close to 70 countries. The company owns or operates some 40 facilities, as well as power generation assets, in the United States and Canada. Resolute has third-party certified 100% of its managed woodlands to internationally recognized sustainable forest management standards. The shares of Resolute Forest Products trade under the stock symbol RFP on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Visit www.resolutefp.com for more information.

SOURCE FPInnovations

Marjolaine Dugas, FPInnovations, Communications Director, 514 782-4595, [email protected]; Karl Blackburn, Resolute Forest Products, Director, Public Affairs and Government Relations - Canada, 514 394-2178, [email protected]

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