2009 Cool Companies
Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials in Alberta
Alberta is Canada’s fastest growing nanotechnology and advanced materials cluster and home to some world-class innovator leaders in this space. As of May 2008 the cluster was 42 companies strong: 31 are active Alberta-based companies (profiles start p.10), 6 have corporate R&D programs in Alberta, and another 5 are not yet ready for publicity. Of the 37 companies profiled in this article, 20 are nano-based (54%), 13 are MEMS-based and 4 have a composite or ceramic technology.
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Nanotechnology means manipulating and controlling atoms and molecules to create useful materials, devices and systems that have new and different properties from what we normally see in our everyday world. Key concepts: nanoparticles, MEMS, Lab on a Chip, Carbon Nanotubes, Cleanrooms and Bunny Suits. Nanotechnology and MEMS fall under the broader class of material science called advanced materials, which covers all man-made engineered materials with superior properties.
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Advanced Integrated Microsystems
Alberta Nanometals
Applied Nanotools
Aqua Screen
Artsinteg
Aurora NanoDevices
Black Cat Blades
Electronic Dietary Foods
Exciton Technologies
Golder Associates
Hemisphere GPS
HydroQual Laboratories
Hyperion Technologies
i-LOC
Indexable Cutting Tools
Intelligent Nano
IPL
Micralyne
NeuroSilicon
Norcada
NOVA Chemicals
NovaPure
NovAtel
NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals
PBR Laboratories
Quantiam Technologies
Resin Systems
SciMed Technologies
Shaw Pipe Protection
Sulzer Metco
VisibleDust
Companies with corporate R&D in Alberta:
3M Canada
HP Labs of HP Corporation
Raith
Syncrude Canada
Sun Microsystems of Canada
Xerox Research Centre of Canada
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Canada’s province of Alberta is bursting with activity in nanotechnology and advanced materials. Its nanotechnology research flagship—the world-class NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)—isn’t the only talk of the province. There are many other first-rate initiatives to support research, development and commercialization in this cluster in Alberta.
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The National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) located in Edmonton Alberta is Canada’s flagship nanotechnology institute. It is one of only six major nanotechnology research facilities of its kind in the world. NINT provides opportunities for multi-disciplinary, cross-faculty collaboration with researchers coming from diverse fields including physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, pharmacy and medicine.
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The birth of nanotechnology. The creation of Alberta’s nanotechology cluster. Analysis of Alberta’s nanotechnology cluster. Nanotechnology in Canada: A conservative forecast is that the global nano-enabled product market will be $1 trillion a year by 2020. It is currently estimated at $8 billion. The race to capture a share of this $1 trillion market by 2020 is on. Canada aims to achieve 10% of the total global market and the United States is expected to secure the largest share at 33%.
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