Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. has arranged, subject to regulatory approval, a non-brokered private placement consisting of the issuance of up to 1,400,000 units (each a "Unit") of the company, at a subscription price of $1.00 per Unit, to qualified investors, raising up to $1,400,000 by the company (collectively, the "Private Placement").

Each Unit of the Private Placement is comprised of one common share and one-half of one share purchase warrant (each a "Warrant") of the company, with each whole Warrant entitling the subscriber thereof to acquire an additional common share (each a "Warrant Share") of the company for a period of three years from the date of issuance of the Warrants at an exercise price of $1.25 per Warrant Share.

Ken Barker, CEO of Naturally Advanced Technologies stated: "As announced on April 27, 2010, our successful spinning trials have verified the commercial quality and volume capabilities for CRAiLAR Organic Fibers and solidified the commercialization potential of our CRAiLAR(r) technology. As a result, we are in the final phase of our joint development agreement with Hanesbrands, Inc. and working together to develop a commercially viable supply chain and economic, marketing and branding strategies. Based on this progress, we expect this private placement to get us to the point where we start recording our initial revenue from producing commercial levels of CRAiLAR."

Finders' fees may be paid by the company in conjunction with the completion of the Private Placement in accordance with TSX Venture Exchange policies.

Proceeds of the Private Placement will be used to advance the development of the company's business and for general corporate and working capital purposes.

About Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc.

Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. is committed to unlocking the potential of renewable and environmentally sustainable biomass resources from hemp and other bast fibers. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, CRAiLAR Fiber Technologies Inc., is developing proprietary technologies for production of bast fibers, cellulose pulp, and their resulting by-products, in collaboration with Canada's National Research Council and the Alberta Research Council. CRAiLAR(r) technology offers cost-effective and environmentally sustainable processing and production of natural, bast fibers such as hemp and flax, resulting in increased performance characteristics for use in textile, industrial, energy, medical and composite material applications. The company was founded in 1998 as a provider of environmentally friendly, socially responsible clothing and adheres to a "triple bottom line" philosophy, respecting the human rights of employees, the environmental impact of the company's operations and fiscal responsibility to its shareholders. See www.naturallyadvanced.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements or information are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or information and including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties relating to: any market interruptions that may delay the trading of the company's shares, technological and operational challenges, needs for additional capital, changes in consumer preferences, market acceptance and technological changes, dependence on manufacturing and material supplies providers, international operations, competition,regulatory restrictions and the loss of key employees. In addition, the company's business and operations are subject to the risks set forth in the company's most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other SEC filings which are available through EDGAR at www.sec.gov. These are among the primary risks we foresee at the present time. The company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements.

Investor Contact

Kirsten Chapman / Cathy Mattison
Lippert / Heilshorn & Associates
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Dyadic International, Inc. ("Dyadic") (Pink Sheets: DYAI), a leading-edge biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of specialty enzyme products and solutions for the bioenergy, industrial enzyme and biopharmaceutical industries, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The financial information contained in this press release should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related footnotes which have been posted on the Pink Sheets website at www.pinksheets.com and on Dyadic's website at www.dyadic.com.

Dyadic's President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Emalfarb, stated, "We are pleased with our first quarter results as we continue to build our infrastructure to meet the increasing demands for our enzyme products and further the advancement and monetization of our technologies. We are particularly encouraged by the 30% increase in our product sales from the same period last year."

First Quarter Highlights and Recent Events
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Achieved approximately 30% growth in first quarter product revenues over the same period last year
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Improved product margins
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Increased production capacity to meet current and anticipated demand
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Resolved the securities class action stockholder lawsuit
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Strengthened Dyadic’s leadership team through the appointment of an Executive Director Strategic Alliances and a Vice President Sales & Marketing
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Dedicated a greater portion of Dyadic’s research and development capabilities to profit generating collaborations

SOURCE Dyadic International, Inc.

Protacon exhibits at the largest and most important show for the pulp, paper, board and converting industry worldwide in 1.-3. June 2010 at the Helsinki Exhibition & Conference Centre.

Welcome to our stand 6m47 to find out about Protacon’s extensive electric automation engineering services.

Metso has received an order to supply a recausticizing plant for Metsä-Botnia’s Kemi mill in the city of Kemi in Finland. The new plant will replace an existing recausticizing line and is scheduled to start up during autumn 2011. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The order is included in Paper and Fiber Technology’s Q2 orders received.

Metso's scope of supply covers a complete recausticizing plant comprising a clarifier, a decanter centrifuge, a green liquor cooler, a slaker, causticizers, a pressure disc filter for white liquor) and storage tanks. The new recausticizing plant is designed for 7,000 m³ of white liquor per day. The delivery also includes basic and detail engineering for piping, erection and start-up.

The new recausticizing plant will lower the maintenance costs and improve the efficiency and environmental performance at the Metsä-Botnia Kemi mill and will be the first recausticizing plant to be delivered by Metso to Finland.

Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab is part of the Metsäliitto Group. UPM-Kymmene Corporation owns 17 % of Metsä-Botnia. Metsä-Botnia operates four mills in Finland and is one of Europe’s top producers of chemical pulps. The production capacity of the Kemi mill is approximately 590,000 tons of kraft pulp per year, the total production of Metsä-Botnia being approximately 2.4 million tons per year.

Further information for the press, please contact:
Thomas Malmqvist, Sales Manager, Recausticizing, Fiber business line, Metso, tel. +46 54 14 23 87 (in English and in Swedish)
Hannu Tähkänen, Senior Vice President, Wood and Pulp Handling, Fiber business line, Metso, tel. +358 40 551 7947 (in English and in Finnish)

Tamfelt has been a part of Metso Corporation since December 28, 2009. During the first months of 2010, Metso and Tamfelt have been integrating their operations. The market situation in Tamfelt’s line of business continues to be challenging.

For economic and production reasons, and due to the reorganization of operations, the company has today given a negotiation proposal according to the employee negotiations act to the representatives of all personnel groups at Tamfelt Corp. and Tamfelt PMC Corp., both Tampere and Juankoski plants. The negotiations do not apply to office staff and workers at the production departments.

The employee negotiations will discuss the measures needed to adjust the operations to the present situation. Measures that can be used are temporary lay-offs, part-time work, and layoffs. The need for personnel reduction is maximum 30 people. The negotiations will be completed in June 2010.

In addition to personnel reductions, the operations will be made more efficient and cost efficiency will be improved also through other measures, in order to secure competitiveness and operations also in the future.

Tamfelt is part of Metso’s Paper and Fiber Technology segment and it employs about 900 people in Finland.

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries.www.metso.com

For more information, please contact:
Martti Heinola, President, Tamfelt PMC Corp., tel. +358 40 594 4254
Kimmo Pärssinen, CFO, Tamfelt Corp., tel. +358 40 505 3755

On 24th March 2010, FSC Sweden submitted the SLIMF version of the national standard.  Since then an assessment has been made by FSC PSU and submitted to the FSC Director General (DG), who is in charge of national standards decisions until the FSC Policy and Standards Committee is fully implemented.  The Director General has approved the Swedish SLIMF Standard on 5th May 2010.

The Swedish SLIMF standard is a component of the national Swedish FSC standard that sets specific requirements for small and low intensity managed forests. On 24 February 2010 the "Swedish FSC Standard for Forest Certification" was approved. The Swedish national standard together with the SLIMF requirements will come into effect for all forest management certification in Sweden from 1st June 2010.

For further information, please contact Richard Robertson, the FSC Policy Manager in charge of coordinating the development of FSC national standards.

Related article: National Forest Management Standard for Sweden approved

Related article: FSC certification offered by Swedish economic association Södra

A new Forest Products Industry Technology Roadmap released today by the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance invites the global research community to engage in collaborative, pre-competitive research, development, and demonstration programs that will provide the foundation for deployment of new breakthrough technologies for the forest products industry.

The 2010 Roadmap outlines technology objectives and research needs in six areas of critical importance to the industry:

* reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions,
* reducing fresh water consumption,
* increasing the supply of woody biomass for a variety of purposes,
* creating value from woody biomass in new ways,
* enabling new products and product features,
* and increasing recovery and recycling of waste products.

In addition, the Roadmap discusses how the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance will advance essential technology development programs that will benefit the industry.

“I look forward to the active role Agenda 2020 will have in achieving these critically needed results,” said Ron Brown, the Alliance’s Executive Director.  “We will implement the Roadmap by working with the industry to highlight priority needs and drive research progress, with government agencies to further national and societal goals such as energy security and job creation, and with academia to involve the best possible talent.  Together, we will execute research programs that address industry’s technology opportunities while contributing pathways to critical national objectives.”

The Technology Alliance promotes development of new technologies for the forest products industry as a special project of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA).

AF&PA President and CEO Donna Harman added, “The forest products industry is committed to improving the environment that makes our future success possible.  We have made great strides in our sustainability efforts so far, and we are committed to doing more. The 2010 Roadmap will help us achieve the breakthrough technologies needed to continue our progress while strengthening our leadership in the use of renewable energy and efficient manufacturing processes that are better for the environment and better for business.”

The 2010 Roadmap was developed by the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, in partnership with The Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Tech, and with financial support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program.

An electronic copy of the 2010 Roadmap is available at www.agenda2020.org.

For More Information:

Carlton Carroll
001(202) 463-2587
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UPM's Otepää Plywood Mill celebrates its 10th anniversary on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Otepää is the only plywood mill in Estonia and the second largest plywood maker in the Baltic Countries.

Otepää manufactures birch plywood from local raw material. In addition to standard plywood, the mill further processes top quality WISA plywood for use in transport and furniture industries and construction, among others.

90% of the mills production goes to exports, primarily to Europe. Otepää's location in the Baltic Rim allows even one-day deliveries to be made to its main markets in northern parts of Central Europe. The mill has an important role in UPM's plywood business both product-wise and logistically.

"After the mill extension in 2008 and the big investment in further processing completed last year, the annual production capacity is 50,000 cubic meters of plywood, of which more than half is further processed by coating, cutting or machining," says Kaido Kukk, Director at UPM Plywood.

Otepää plywood mill is one of the biggest employers in the Valgamaa region. The mill employs regularly 170 persons and several hundreds more indirectly in trade and services as well as in various projects and construction and maintenance tasks.

Estonian Forestex AS established the mill together with Sylvester AS and UPM on May 12, 2000, when UPM's share of the mill was one third. UPM became the sole owner of the mill in 2003.

For more information, please contact:

Kaido Kukk, Director, UPM Plywood, tel. +358 40 776 4751
Ando Jukk, Mill Manager, UPM Otepää, tel. +372 51 434 70