TORONTO – Stelumar Advanced Manufacturing Inc. has successfully completed the first-of-its-kind North American BioBoosters Hackathon. The Hackathon addressed two urgent and interconnected challenges facing Canada: the need to accelerate housing supply through innovation in construction and the opportunity to unlock new value for Ontario’s forestry sector through advanced building products. In partnership with the Centre for Research & Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE) and the Interreg Norway Sweden project Circular Bioeconomy Arena, Stelumar brought together seven teams from Canada, Norway, Sweden and Finland, industry experts and innovation leaders to explore scalable, sustainable building solutions that could be implemented directly in Stelumar’s manufacturing operations. …Throughout the two-day event, participating teams presented concepts ranging from advanced wood-based chemicals, materials and solutions supporting circular material approaches, and low-carbon manufacturing processes, with an emphasis on scalability, performance and alignment with Ontario’s forestry resources.