Success Stories

Each day, IMI's specialists are expanding the frontiers of science and technology. This creative and often visionary work can naturally be viewed as a great success, both with regard to the advancement of the materials industry, and the major benefits reaped by industry from the work conducted by our experts.

We can thus say with certainty that many of our projects conducted through partnerships and collaborative efforts have resulted in success stories. Here are just a few examples:

Collaborative Projects

• Environment Canada - Laser and ultrasound: A winning combination for the environment
• Corma Inc. - Quality control, on-line and real-time
• Timken Company of Canton, Ohio - International market opportunity for a Canadian technology
• RTICA Corporation - a new and improved environmentally friendly insulation made from recycled plastics
• Kautex-Textron Inc. - Kautex-Textron has been appointed preferred supplier to two international automobile manufacturers
• Noranda Inc. - For better environmental control
• Montreal PVC Plastics - Total quality of PVC door and window encasements, thanks to IMI's ultrasounds
• The Québec Cartier Mining Company - Protective coatings: an innovation of international scope
• Noranda Technology Centre - Joint R&D efforts to optimize a manufacturing process for high-performance wheels
• Quebec Metal Powders Limited (QMP) - New metal powder compositions for on-line production of automobile parts
• Kautex Textron Inc. - Lighter is better : Optimizing the design of a plastic gas tank

Multi-partner Projects and Consortium

• CRTI - IMI prepares Canada for a bioterrorist attack
• Collège Ahuntsic (Montréal), Université Laval (Québec), McGill University (Montréal), École Polytechnique (Montréal), University of Windsor, University of New Brunswick (Moncton) - Building bridges between IMI know-how and industry
• Consortium « Projet Bessemer Inc. » -The NRC has developed a new metal strip casting process, in collaboration with a consortium of Canadian steel mills.

Technology Groups and Special Interest Groups

• Novoplas - As a result of the R&D efforts of Blendtech, the polymer mixing technology group, the firm Novoplas of Montréal has introduced a production line of engineered materials derived from recycled plastics.

Spin-off Companies

• RTICA Corporation - RTICA Corporation creates a division to exploit an IMI technology
• Tecnar Automation Limited - Tecnar Automation markets IMI's technologies in the thermal projection field, and has become a world leader in this specialty.
• SYNTHESARC inc. - A new leader against industrial wear.
• Tecnar Automation Limited - Tecnar Automation is carving its niche in the international arc welding market, thanks to a technology developed at the NRC.

A Few Testimonials...

«I was impressed by the quality and ability of IMI's experts, as well as by the technologies developed...»
Noranda

«At IMI, we discovered a dynamic research team that listened to our needs. IMI is a strategic partner and a necessary asset to the growth of our company»
Novoplas

«Aside from providing immeasurable support in developing the DPV-2000, IMI's researchers... accelerated up its market development,
surpassing all of our forecasts...»
Tecnar

«This initial collaboration with IMI has been extremely positive for our company. The success of this project opens the door to
other opportunities for collaboration.»
The Québec Cartier Mining Company