Regional Innovations Networks (RINs) - ELORIN (Eastern Lake Ontario Regional
Innovation Network)
Investors
PARTEQ Innovations
Working with Queen's University researchers and the business and venture
capital communities to bring the benefits of scientific discovery to the public.
Contact: John P. Molloy
Tel: (613) 533-2342
Web: http://www.parteqinnovations.com
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF)
A joint initiative between the Federal government and Industry Canada/FedNor
committing aid to the economic development of Eastern Ontario by addressing
such issues as business development, access to capital skills, development,
attraction and retention of youth, and technology enhancements.
Contact: Dan Borowec
Email: dan@eodf.org Web: http://www.eodf.org
Local Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDC)
Community-based non-profit organizations assisting local rural communities
to strengthen and diversify their economies by providing access to capital,
business services, and strategic community planning and development.
Trenval Business Development Corporation
Contact: Gerrit DeBruyn
Tel: (613) 961-7999
Web: http://www.trenval.on.ca
Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington CFDC
Contact: Craig Desjardins
Tel: (613) 476-7901
Web: http://www.pelacfdc.ca
Frontenac CFDC
Contact: Anne Pritchard
Tel: (613) 372-1414
Web: http://www.frontenaccfdc.com
1000 Islands Community Development Corporation
Contact: Tom Russell
Tel: (613) 345-6216 ext 102
Web: http://www.ticdc.ca
Community Ventures Capital Fund (CVFC)
Partners with CFDCs, municipal development agencies and all levels of government
to provide investment such as growth financing, first / second / third round,
spin-offs, and early stage company turnarounds and restructurings.
Contact: James dePater
Tel: (613) 258-3919
Web: http://www.communityventures.ca
The NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)
Providing technical and business-oriented advisory services along with potential
financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Contact: Harriet Waterman
Tel: (613) 542-3995
Web: http://irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Delivering financial, investment and consulting services to small businesses,
with a particular focus on the technology and export sectors of the economy.
Contact: Brett Prikker
Tel: (613) 545-8637
Web: http://www.bdc.ca
First Capital Challenge (FCC)
An annual competition for the best plan to start a high potential new business
in Kingston, with a prize of $50,000.
Contact: Barbara Caldwell
Tel: (613) 531-9282
Web: http://www.firstcapitalchallenge.com
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Research
Research Organizations
National Research Council Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC-IBS)
Working within the region to develop enzyme technology to replace chemical
processes in hemp fibre production, among other industrial applications.
Contact: Dr. Wing Sung
Tel: (613) 990-2114
Web: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Queen's University V.P. Research
As one of Canada's leading research-intensive universities, Queen's researchers
conduct innovative studies across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including
the physical, natural, and applied sciences
Contact: Sandra Crocker
Tel: (613) 533-6000 ext. 75715
Web: http://www.queensu.ca/research
Centre for Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics and Nanomaterials (CMACN)
Develops research and prototype manufacturing of high-technology ceramics
for the electronics, aerospace, automotive, chemical, defence, petrochemical
and mining industries.
Contact: Dr. Vladimir Krstic
Tel: (613) 533-2760
Web: http://www.ceramics.queensu.ca
Queen's Centre for Water and the Environment
Addressing contaminated water problems resulting from environmental pollution
by developing innovative technologies and finding new solutions through multi-disciplinary
research.
Contact: Dr. Kevin Hall
Tel: (613) 533-2742
Web: http://www.cwe.queensu.ca
Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Applied Research Centre
Advancing the knowledge base for addressing the key technology challenges
to the adoption of fuel cell applications
Contact: Dr. Brant Peppley
Tel: (613) 543-6000 ext. 6702
Web: http://www.fcrc.ca
High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL)
Providing researchers with secure High Performance Computing (HPC) resources
to conduct innovative research in disciplines within the sciences, engineering,
medicine, social sciences and the humanities.
Contact: Dr. Ken Edgecombe
Tel: (613) 533-6000 ext. 78257
Web: http://www.hpcvl.org
Human Mobility Research Centre
A partnership between Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital (KGH)
serving as a point of collaboration between the disciplines of medicine, engineering,
health sciences, and information technology.
Contact: Marg Alden
Tel: (613) 548-2432
Web: http://me.queensu.ca/hmrc
The Monieson Centre (for Knowledge-Based Enterprises)
Focusing on knowledge production, knowledge transmission, and knowledge diffusion,
with respect to issues of critical importance to management.
Contact: Jim McKeen
Tel: (613) 533-2360
Web: http://business.queensu.ca/knowledge
Queen's-RMC GeoEngineering Centre
Draws on experts from geology, civil engineering, engineering mechanics,
hydrogeology and geochemistry.
Contact: Dr. Ian Moore
Tel: (613) 533-3160
Web: http://www.geoeng.ca
Queen's Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory (PEARL)
A group of about 30 research scientists, post-doctoral fellows, graduate
students, and other scientists dedicated to using paleolimnological techniques
to provide historical perspectives to environmental change.
Contact: Dr. John Smol
Tel: (613) 533-6147
Web: http://biology.queensu.ca/~pearl/
St. Lawrence College
Incorporates sustainable energy systems into all new buildings; faculty and
staff participate at the local, provincial, national and global level in public
information workshops, research advisory committees and industry associations.
Contact: Don Young
Tel: (613) 544-5400 ext. 1530
Web: http://www.sl.on.ca
Loyalist College Department of Applied Sciences and Computing
Aatos Lehtila (Dean of Applied Science and Computing) helped to build the
college's first research laboratory, and has been instrumental in the development
of the Biosciences cluster and various partnerships in the community.
Contact: Aatos Lehtila
Tel: (613) 969-1913 ext. 2322
Web: http://www.loyalistc.on.ca
Kingston General Hospital Clinical Research Centre
Serves as a resource for data based clinical research throughout the hospital,
providing methodological and biostatistical services for researchers.
Contact: Dr. Sam Ludwin
Tel: (613) 533-2818
Web: http://www.kgh.on.ca/research/research.asp
BIOCAP Foundation
Seeks biosphere-based solutions to climate change and the economy by identifying
key research gaps in four areas: Forestry and Natural Ecosystems, Agriculture,
Bioenergy and the socioeconomic or "Human Dimension" aspects of climate change
mitigation.
Contact: David Layzell
Tel: (613) 542-0025 ext. 29
Web: http://www.biocap.ca
CMC Microsystems
Providing microsystems researchers with industry-calibre design resources,
access to state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies, and support services.
Contact: Dr. Brian Barge
Tel: (613) 530-4653
Web: http://www.cmc.ca
Stonehedge Phytomedicinal Consulting
Research, development, and technology transfer as it applies to the production,
processing, and utilization of medicinal plants and industrial hemp. Stonehedge
focuses on Cannabis bio prospecting, plant breeding and the development of
the industrial hemp fibre industry in the Eastern Lake Ontario Region.
Contact: John Baker
Tel: (613) 395-2690
Natural Capital Resources Inc.
Carrying out research, studies, and analyses to support new products, while
working with institutions and government to bring new solutions to market.
Contact: Kathryn Wood
Tel: (613) 376-6006
Web: http://www.ncronline.ca
Individual Researchers
Dr. Caroline Baillie - natural composites: including UPCYCLE
(using natural fibres for the upgrading of recycled plastics), and biomimicry
(mimicking natural structures for the design of new materials).
Dr. Andrew Daugulis - fermentation: cultivating cells in bioreactors
for biosynthetic (industrial) and degradative (environmental).
Dr. Phillip Jessop - cleavable and switchable solvents, and
switchable surfactants.
Dr. Ronald Neufeld - immobilization of biological materials:
living cells, enzymes, DNA, and therapeutic recombinant proteins and peptides.
Dr. Bruce Ramsay - production of bioplastics through fermentation
processes; bioremediation.
Dr. Juliana Ramsay - development of fermentation processes;
producing biodegradable thermoplastics from renewable agricultural resources;
treating contaminated groundwater; decolourizing effluents.
Dr. Victor Snieckus - synthetic aromatic chemistry; new chiral
ligands; links to emerging reactors.
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Chemicals
DuPont Canada Research and Development Centre
Providing knowledge-based products and processes to advanced materials and
polymer-linked businesses by infusing them with highly skilled and insightful
people who apply business expertise, technical capabilities, and core technologies.
Contact: David Berg
Tel: (613) 548-5131
Web: http://www.ca.dupont.com
Queen's Chemical Engineering
Access to centres and labs including (but not limited to) the Polymer Characterization
Lab and the Centre for Advanced Gas Combustion Technology. Research focus
includes emerging technologies, process systems engineering, polymer and reaction
engineering, and biochemical engineering.
Contact: Dr. Ronald Neufeld
Tel: (613) 533-2785
Web: http://www.chemeng.queensu.ca
Technology, Engineering and Management (TEAM)
A multidisciplinary project course placing engineering, commerce and science
students from Queen's on industrial consulting projects; currently consulting
with Shell Canada on CO2 capture techniques and its feasibility for the oil
sands industry.
Contact: David Mody
Tel: (613) 533-6618
Web: http://www.chemeng.queensu.ca/team/
Loyalist College CO2 Supercritical Extraction Facility
New applied research project and the first college-level training program
of its kind in Ontario; focused on botanical extracts with applications in
functional foods and nutraceuticals.
Contact: Kari Kramp
Tel: (613) 969-1913 ext. 2290
The Robinson Group
Consists of four independent businesses: an information technology firm designing
business management software; an investment company; a property development
company; and a 60,000 square-foot Kingston pre-manufacturing facility that
pre-mixes chemicals used to make tires.
Contact: Bernie Robinson
Tel: (613) 389-7611
Goodyear Tire Plant
Process includes mixing basic rubbers with process oils, carbon black, pigments,
antioxidants, accelerators and other additives, blended in Banbury machines.
Tel: (613) 354-7411
Web: http://www.goodyear.ca
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Fuels/Energy
Performance Plants Inc.
The premier Canadian biotechnology development company has weatherproofing technology and plant varieties that will dramatically improve the yield and production cost of global biofuel and food crops.
Contact: Dr. David Dennis
Email: information@performanceplants.com
Web: www.performanceplants.com
Quantum Renewable Energy Inc.
A knowledge-based company staffed by PV and solar thermal specialists using
cutting-edge technology.
Contact: Rick Rooney
Tel: (613) 546-2326
Web: http://www.quantumenergy.ca
Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Applied Research Centre
Advancing the knowledge base for addressing the key technology challenges
to the adoption of fuel cell applications
Contact: Dr. Brant Peppley
Tel: (613) 543-6000 ext. 6702
Web: http://www.fcrc.ca
SWITCH
An active cluster of alternative and renewable energy businesses, research
institutions, volunteers and public sector participants working together to
position Kingston as a leading edge centre for renewable energy.
Contact: Stephen Sottile
Email: switch@kingstoncanada.com
Web: http://www.switchkingston.ca
Wolfe Island Wind Farm
A $410 million (86 turbine) wind farm project to be implemented in 2007;
expected to generate 537,000 MWh per year, enough to power 75,000 households.
Contact: Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Tel: (519) 836-6050
Web: http://www.canhydro.com/www2005/newprojects_wolfeisland_wind.htm
Vector Wind Energy Inc.
Currently developing: a 3.0 MW wind farm behind INVISTA's nylon plant in
Kingston; a 7 - 10 MW wind farm in an industrial complex owned by Loyalist
Township, in Lennox & Addington County; and a wind farm project on Amherst
Island.
Contact: Graham Findlay
Tel: (613) 233-WIND
Web: http://vectorwindenergy.com
Hearthmakers Energy Cooperative
A cooperatively owned and community-based business providing renewable energy
and environmental services and products.
Tel: (613) 547-8122
WEb: http://www.hearthmakers.org
EnerWorks
Developing a prototype solar hot water heater using patented heating technology
invented by Dr. Stephen Harrison, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
at Queen's University.
Contact: Dr. Stephen Harrison
Tel: (613) 533-2588
Web: http://www.enerworks.com
Nexum Research Corp.
Developing and manufacturing custom instrumentation products and test equipment
for end-use, quality assurance and R&D applications.
Contact: David Gardiner
Tel: 613-384-7894
Web: http://www.nexumresearch.com
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Fibres
Stonehedge Phytomedicinal Consulting
Research, development, and technology transfer as it applies to the production,
processing, and utilization of medicinal plants and industrial hemp. Stonehedge
focuses on Cannabis bio prospecting, plant breeding and the development of
the industrial hemp fibre industry in the Eastern Lake Ontario Region.
Contact: John Baker
Tel: (613) 395-2690
Proctor & Gamble
R&D at P&G is based on a strong commitment to find the best researchers,
and retain them with a culture designed to reward success, stimulate learning,
and nurture innovation.
Contact: Glen Leclair
Tel: (613) 966-5130
Web: http://www.pg.com
Lafarge North America
A world leader in building materials, including cement, roofing, aggregates,
concrete, and gypsum; with locations for aggregates, concrete & asphalt in
Kingston, Napanee, and Belleville.
Contact: Robert Cumming
Tel: (613) 352-7711
Web: http://www.lafargenorthamerica.com
Strathcona Paper Company
The manufacturing facility in Napanee produces a 100% recycled clay coated
boxboard that has superior performance in terms of strength, brightness and
plybond.
Contact: Brian Best
Tel: 613-378-6672
Web: http://www.strathconapaper.com
Norampac Inc., Belleville Division
Manufacturing of corrugated packaging containers with an annual production
capacity of 750 million square feet.
Contact: Ron Demers
Tel: (613) 392-6505
Web: http://www.norampac.com
Sonoco Trent Valley mill in Glen Miller
Featuring a Kobayashi Ultra-Former paper machine, which can produce 350 tpd
of lightweight paperboard grades.
Contact: Chris Freeman
Tel: (613) 392-1231
Web: http://www.sonoco.com
OMG Group
Producing metal organics to meet the needs of producers of paints and inks,
petrochemical-based products and polyester-based products.
Contact: Mike Hewitt
Tel: (613) 966-8881
Web: http://www.omgi.com
Nordenia Canada Belleville
Focusing on the hygiene industry, but making extensive progress in developing
new markets in other sectors such as food packaging, confectionary, lawn &
garden, and the pet food industry.
Contact: Robert Muentz
Tel: (613) 962-5365
WEb: http://www.nordenia.com
Interface Flooring Systems (Canada)
Manufacturing nylon carpet tiles in Belleville, while setting industry standards
for innovation in product design and engineering.
Contact: Rahumathulla Marikkar
Tel: (613) 966-8090
Web: http://www.ifsia.com
Belleville Oriented Polypropylene Film Plant
Manufacturing polypropylene packaging products.
Contact: Rob Hallsworth
Tel: (613) 966-5533
Web: http://www.exxonmobilchemical.com
Moorcroft Hemp Farms
Growing hemp on 50+ acres and selling bales for the construction of straw/hemp
houses; also developing a market for chopped hemp for use as mulch, animal
bedding and insulation.
Contact: Grant Moorcroft
Tel: (613) 473-2713
Web: http://www.hemphomes.ca
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Contact
Executive Assistant
Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network (ELORIN)
Tel: (613) 533-3300 ext.3
Email: execassistant@elorin.ca
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