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THUNDER BAY — It was a low-key visit that escaped media coverage but one that may some day pay off in the form of investments in the bioeconomy sector in the Thunder Bay region. The Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) partnered last fall with the Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bioeconomy (CRIBE) to organize a trade mission to three Nordic nations. Representatives were joined by Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre, Thunder Bay Pulp & Paper, Domtar, Dryden Fibre and Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc… “We had been working on a strategy to attract companies to Thunder Bay in the bioeconomy space,” CEO Jamie Taylor of the CEDC said. “We have an abundance of hardwood fiber, over a million cubic meters, which is a lot. How we came to that was in discussion with our major employers, both Domtar and Thunder Bay Pulp & Paper, about what their needs were.”