Business North: Louisiana-Pacific, NRRI create a new way to partner

17 Jul 2023
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Part showroom, part builder “playroom,” part R&D site for an international corporation and part portal linking university researchers and industry manufacturers – the new LP Innovation Center at the Natural Resources Research Institute shoulders a lot of roles.
The center, opened June 21 with a flourish and a room full of University of Minnesota and Louisiana-Pacific Corp. dignitaries, represents the latest iteration of decades of collaborations between the University of Minnesota Duluth’s NRRI and the LP Corp. (LP Building Solutions, NYSE: LPX).
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