Partners

Our partnership to industry and academia is based on personal relationships and ranges from a variety of different backgrounds through previous projects. Our partners support CrossLink with innovative raw materials for product development, testing and manufacturing facilities, technicians and scientist up to notified bodies for certifying new products for international market entries.

BASF - Head Quarters Germany

As the world's leading chemical company, BASF combines economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. In it's division of Polymer Dispersions for Natural Fiber and Particle Bonding Dr. Michael Kalbe (based in Germany) and Henning Karbstein (based in United States) provide innovative resin systems for new trends in the wood and bamboo composite industry. CrossLink is proud to call BASF it's partner since it has been established.

CAWP - Center for Advanced Wood Processing

Canada’s national centre for education, training and technical assistance for the wood products manufacturing industry is hosting strategically important facilities for our work. We are able to discuss latest trends and challenges from the industry with highly qualified CAWP personnel and offer a wide range of collaboration for in-plant training, product development, and manufacturing improvement services with Iain MacDonald's team at UBC. We are excited to get in contact with interested students for co-op terms and internships to support CrossLink's projects.

FP Innovations, Vancouver

Their inspiring vision of a world where products from sustainable forests contribute to every aspect of daily life matches with CrossLink's philosophy of joint projects. Sharing the same motivation and passion for wooden materials, FP Innovations is equipped with the latest state of the art equipment for applied research to support in product testing facilities. Postdoctoral Structural Engineer Johannes Schneider is part of a new generation of driving forces and builds the bridge between UBC's academic state of the art results and FP Innovations' challenges of the present North American building industry.

University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim

As a leading educational establishment for wood technology engineers, Rosenheim influences this sector on a global scale and offers its students innovative perspectives and an international network of contacts - CrossLink benefits from a reliable network of Rosenheim Wood Engineers who are involved in a wide range of projects in different industries. CrossLink Technologies' CEP and Founder, Felix Böck, is one of their recent Rosenheim graduates who has worked on projects in 15 countries over the last 5 years.