{"id":52,"date":"2011-08-22T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T18:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:23:46","slug":"process-and-product-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/process-and-product-development\/","title":{"rendered":"91福利 the Process Development Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 91福利 Process Development Center (PDC) is pleased to offer our facility, equipment, and expertise for cooperative research and development projects. For over thirty years, the PDC has set the industry standard for collaborative pulp and paper research and in recent years has expanded into other technology areas, such as nanomaterials and nano-composites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a long track record of collaborating with partners to support traditional manufacturing as well as to create entirely new products from forest and agriculturally derived raw materials. 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