"It’s the entrepreneurs among us who know how to do that — the hands-on, hard-nosed types who spot an opportunity, dig into their pockets, and roll up their sleeves to stubbornly pursue a dream, no matter how long it takes, or how many obstacles are thrown in their way."

 - GARY LAMPHIER AT EDMONTON JOURNAL, ABOUT BIOCOMPOSITES GROUP     

Seminar offers the lowdown on industrial hemp

By Alberta Agriculture and 
Forestry
February 1, 2018
The pending legalization of cannabis is boosting interest in growing industrial hemp. And it’s expected it will be easier to grow the crop in 2018 once a review of federal regulation on the use of chaff (leaves and flowers) and the licensing procedure is completed.

​Drayton Valley receives provincial funding for industrial hemp

By Laine Mitchell
April 10, 2017
The Town of Drayton Valley has received $117,525 from the Alberta government as the interest in hemp production and processing continues to sprout. 

European manufacturing company visit AB, farmers encouraged to plant hemp

By Justine Kimoden
March 13, 2017
 BioComposites Group, a local company that produces products made from common plants and trees, including hemp, gave a tour of its facility to a representative from VDL Group

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BioComposites Group attracts attention from international company

By Laine Mitchell 
February 23, 2017
As Alberta keeps buzzing about hemp, the BioComposites Group plant in Drayton Valley received a visit from a high profile company. 

Hemp Production; Alberta’s Newest Cash Crop

February 7, 2017
It doesn’t take an economics degree to recognize Drayton Valley is a town hard hit by low oil prices and a struggling provincial economy, but on Friday, December 16, a small group of stakeholders

From farm to freeway: Alberta company creates car parts out of hemp, flax, wood

By Wallis Snowdon
​July 12, 2016
With a little elbow grease and a lot of ingenuity, a new Alberta business is churning out biodegradable auto parts made from...

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​Innovative Drayton Valley firm eyes auto parts market

By Gary Lamphier 
​July 2, 2016
Innovation is on everyone’s lips these days, but it’s a frightfully difficult thing to achieve. It can’t be bottled or prescribed, there’s no simple

Alberta Bound

By Arthur Hanks 
​December 23, 2014

Industry activity positions the province to become a hemp fiber leader and provides real world and relevant examples for how new American hemp industries can proceed....

Cars made out of ...Wood? 

By Tony Kryzanowski 
The BioComposites Group plant in Alberta is very close to bringing its unique product wood fibre mat products from refined SPF wood fibre to industries such as auto manufacturing that are looking for greener materials...

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High Fibre: Industry searches for new ways to use trees

By Peter Burrows 
March 11, 2014
Until the 1970s, foresters considered poplar a weed – nobody had found a commercial use for it. But through the 1980s, industry, researchers and government worked at finding a profit in poplar

Unique biocomposites plant in Drayton Valley turns wood waste into auto parts 

By Dave Cooper 
January 22, 2014 
Dan Madlung, Chief Executive of BioComposites Group, at the firm's new... 

Drayton Valley biocomposites plant begins operation

January 24, 2014
The Biocomposites Group plant in Drayton Valley has begun its initial phase of operation,  making biocomposite fibre...

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Fibremat plant set to enter market

By Paul Brian 
November 25, 2013

The BioComposites Group (BCG) fibre mat plant is currently getting its ducks in a row as it begins beta-testing items for its innovative...

Fibre mat plant to open soon

By Paul Brian 
September 3, 2013

Drayton Valley will soon be shipping environmentally-friendly, cutting-edge fibre mats for car manufacture once the BioComposites Group (BCG) fibre mat...

Biocomposites for Lightweight Vehicles

By Chantal Hunter 
August, 2013
A new facility in Alberta will soon be generating parts for vehicle interiors made of wood and agricultural fibre, helping to...