NGen launches 15 new manufacturing projects valued at $59M

NGen has announced funding for 15 new advanced manufacturing projects valued at $59 million. The investments will support 31 companies in various manufacturing sectors across Canada. NGen’s investment of $21.4 million in these projects leveraged a total of $37.4 million in industry contributions from 15 project consortia.

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).

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)

“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.”