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DicinFoam to build Burns Lake plant for 1,000-tonnes yearly

8/21/2026

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DicinFoam, owned by the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, produces wood foam at a plant in East Vancouver.
The plant can make up to 200 kg of wood foam daily.
UBC professor Feng Jiang invented the process that CTO Yale Zhu scales with pulp and residues.
CEO Richard Chen says the foam diverts waste that could fuel wildfires.
DicinFoam plans a Burns Lake facility to produce up to 1,000 tonnes of wood foam yearly.

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DicinFoam, owned by the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, produces wood foam at a plant in East Vancouver.
The plant can make up to 200 kg of wood foam daily.
UBC professor Feng Jiang invented the process that CTO Yale Zhu scales with pulp and residues.
CEO Richard Chen says the foam diverts waste that could fuel wildfires.
DicinFoam plans a Burns Lake facility to produce up to 1,000 tonnes of wood foam yearly.