PERFORMANCE BIOFILAMENTS INC.

Performance BioFilaments Inc., a joint venture between Mercer International Inc. and Resolute Forest Products Inc., develops commercial applications for nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC). NFC is a natural, renewable, and sustainable biomaterial derived from wood fibre. It can be used to enhance the strength, stability, flexibility, and longevity of a variety of materials including composites, coatings, packaging, and consumer products. NFC is ideal for enhancing materials and chemicals used in construction, automotive, aerospace, energy, manufacturing, consumer goods, and countless other domains where innovation is key to gaining competitive advantage, satisfying customers, reducing risk, saving costs, increasing sustainability and growing your business. The company provides nanocellulose additives that deliver significant enhancements to strength, rheology, thermal stability, and other key properties of concrete, mortars, cements, polymer composites, foams, nonwovens, filter media, protective coatings, industrial fluids, and numerous other advanced materials and specialty chemicals.