A recent study by Ottawa-based Doyletech Corporation, commissioned by the NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT), found that economic payback from NRC-IIT falls into two broad categories: sales and employment of firms that have licenses or have purchased technology from NRC-IIT; and sales and employment of firms whose origins can be clearly traced to the transfer of people and/or technology from NRC-IIT.
Canada's Minister of Industry, the Honourable Jim Prentice, presented Ground Effects Environmental Services with a Canadian Innovation Leader certificate in Regina, Saskatchewan. The company is a leader in soil remediation and environmental clean-up technologies.
Ocean Nutrition Canada claims to be the world's leading provider of top-quality omega-3 fish oil as a nutritional supplement and functional food ingredient. NRC is proud to have helped this company build a solid foundation for success.
On July 9, 2007, Chemaphor Inc. officially opened its research quarters, the first of four biotech startups to reside in NRC's latest industry partnership facility (IPF). The new facility is located at the NRC Institute for Nutrisciences and Health in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
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