NRC Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (NRC-IMTI)

(London, Ontario)

Breaking New Ground for Canadian Industry

NRC-IMTI focuses on the research and development of integrated technologies for the manufacture of products and equipment. It carries out focused, innovative and strategic research in collaboration with industrial, university and government partners in virtual manufacturing and precision freeform fabrication to give Canadians access to new products that cannot be created by conventional technologies.

NRC-IMTI programs centre in two fields:

Two researchers examining samples produced from laser consolidation

• System Simulation and Controls Research — strives to provide manufacturers with the tools needed to reduce costs and time to market through better understanding customer design needs, researching advanced simulation and virtual prototyping techniques, and addressing the global nature of today's manufacturing through agent based distributed planning and scheduling tools, developing flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing technologies.
• Production Technologies Research — to provide manufacturers with novel production processes to deliver the best products for clients, taking full advantage of material properties, making shapes or features that are difficult or impossible to produce using conventional processes.

NRC-IMTI's research, conducted with collaborators in key industry sectors such as aerospace, automotive, tooling, medical devices and electronics, is breaking new ground for Canadian industry.