NGen has announced funding for 15 new advanced manufacturing
projects valued at $59M. The investments will support 31 companies
in various manufacturing sectors across Canada. The announcement
follows recent NGen programs including the Commercialization of
Quantum Technologies (National Quantum Strategy), Electric Vehicle
Value Chain Program, and Moonshot for Mining, Minerals and
Manufacturing (Canadian Space Agency). NGen’s investment of $21.4M
in these projects leveraged a total of $37.4M in industry
contributions from 15 project consortia.
To date, NGen has approved 211 Cluster projects with 483
industry partners and 313 research groups from across Canada. To
date, those investments have resulted in $7.2 billion in new sales
- a 5x return on Federal taxes. As a result of NGen projects, 66
new companies and 3,901 direct jobs have been created.
The following project consortia represent the latest cohort of
NGen’s Advanced Manufacturing programs:
Commercialization of Quantum Technologies Stream
(National Quantum Strategy)
$5.6M NGen Investment | $8.5M Industry Contribution | $14.1M
Total Project Value
Quantum Simulations for Materials Discovery
- OTI Lumionics (Toronto, ON)
- Nord Quantique (Sherbrooke, QC)
Manufacturing of 3D Packaging for QPUs
- Anyon Systems (Dorval, QC)
- Centre de Collaboration MiQro
Innovation (Bromont, QC)
Advanced Processes using Pulsed Lasers for Integrated
Quantum Chips
- Femtum (Quebec City, QC)
- WhalePix (Quebec City, QC)
- Solution Novika (La Pocatière,
QC)
Manufacturing of multisite atomic force microscopy for
quantum device metrology
- ICSPI Corp. (Waterloo, ON)
- Applied Nanotools (Edmonton,
AB)
Moonshot for Mining, Minerals, and Manufacturing
(Canadian Space Agency)
$2.3M NGen Investment | $2.3M Industry Contribution | $4.6M
Total Project Value
Automated Task Learning Technology for Easy and Fast
Setup of Autonomous Robots
- Guidebolt (Mississauga, ON)
- Lauer (Amaranth, ON)
UGPS for Space Exploration
- Aposys Technologies (Mississauga,
ON)
- Cheetah Networks (Ottawa, ON)
Swarm Construction
- Canadian Space Mining Corporation
(Toronto, ON)
- Mission Control Space Services
(Ottawa, ON)
Characterization and Presentation of Critical Minerals
Reserves and Assets
- Sayona (La Motte, QC)
- MayaHTT (Westmount, QC)
Manufacturing of nano alumina dopped with Rare Earth
Elements
- AEM Technologies (Montreal, QC)
- Neoctech (Montreal, QC)
Sustainable Copper Oxide for Lunar
Applications
- Destiny Copper (St. Catharines,
ON)
- Canadian Space Mining Corporation
(Toronto, ON)
EV Value Chain Program
$13.5M NGen Investment | $26.5M Industry Contribution | $40M
Total Project Value
Advanced manufacturing processes for EV power
electronics heat exchangers
- Dana Canada (Oakville, ON)
- KA Imaging (Waterloo, ON)
Lithium-Ion Battery Innovations and Integrated Systems
for Next Gen EVs
- Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center
(Windsor, ON)
- SPM Automation (Windsor, ON)
Recycling of Graphite from Secondary Sources for use in
Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Green Graphite Technologies
(Montreal, QC)
- Calumix Technologies (London,
ON)
One Pot Reactor Optimization
- Nano One (Vancouver, BC)
- Chemetics (Vancouver, BC)
Sustainable and High-Performance Fuel Cells used in
EVMPs
- Plasmagear (Montreal, QC)
- Ionomir Innovations (Vancouver,
BC)
Quotes
“Our government is proud to collaborate with NGen to
accelerate innovation and advancements in support of our key
advanced manufacturing sectors like quantum and electric vehicles,”
said the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of
Innovation, Science and Industry. “Projects like these advance the
development and adoption of cutting-edge solutions and deliver
important benefits to Canadians while creating jobs and
contributing to economic growth, demonstrating Canada’s
world-leading capabilities in manufacturing and
technology.”
“Canada’s Global Innovation Clusters program is helping
innovative businesses to come together and bring benefits to the
lives of Canadians,” said the Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of
Small Business. “Through our government’s investments in the
Advanced Manufacturing Cluster, NGen has brought together more than
370 small and medium businesses to tackle challenges such as
securing supply chains, protecting our environment, improving
healthcare, and supporting technology adoption across the country.
Today’s projects are going to keep building on this critical
work.”
“Through advanced manufacturing, we are creating jobs and
promoting productivity here at home, while at the same time helping
Canada become more competitive internationally,” said the
Honourable Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board and Member
of Parliament for Oakville. “We are proud to support NGen and
projects like the one led by Dana Inc Canada in Oakville as they
support business growth through innovation.”
“By investing in innovation and research, we’re supporting
high-quality, highly skilled jobs right here in B.C. and across
Canada,” said the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport
and Physical Activity. “Today’s announcement, along with the 14
other projects under the NGen initiative, represent one more step
towards a future that will be made better by today’s
innovations.”
“From the development of new quantum technologies for
manufacturing to mining on the moon, Canada’s advanced
manufacturing ecosystem is tackling big challenges,” said Jayson
Myers, CEO, NGen. “Through NGen’s collaborative approach to
innovation, we’re creating private and public sector partnerships
across provincial boundaries that are building world-leading
advanced manufacturing capabilities in Canada, creating new
high-value jobs for Canadians, and addressing many of the world’s
most pressing challenges.”
About NGen
NGen is the industry-led not-for-profit
organization that leads Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for
Advanced Manufacturing. Its mandate is to help build world-leading
advanced manufacturing capabilities for the benefit of Canadians.
NGen works to strengthen collaboration among its membership of more
than 9,000 manufacturers, technology companies, innovation centres,
and researchers, and provides funding and business support to
industry-led initiatives that aim to develop, apply, or scale-up
transformative manufacturing solutions in Canada for
commercialization in global markets. www.ngen.ca/membership
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