Improving Rollforming Efficiency and Sustainability

Principal Investigator Wladimir Figueiredo with student researchers Bryan Díaz Moscoso and Varvara Nefedova showing a 3D-printed optimized part of the Vortex Press™.

Leveraging support from the Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI), Samco Machinery (Samco) partnered with Centennial College (Centennial) on a collaborative research and development project to enhance the performance and efficiency of their Vortex Press™—a variable-pitch stamping machine used in rollforming. Read more about the project here.

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SONAMI awarded $266,000 investment from Intellectual Property Ontario

Partnership supports innovators in developing, managing, and commercializing their intellectual property The Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI), led by Niagara College, has been awarded $266,000 from Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON) for year two of its pilot program, further augmenting the capacity of Ontario postsecondary institutions’ innovation and…

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SONAMI and CBARN join forces to elevate Canadian bio-based companies

The Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI) has formed an ecosystem partnership with the Canadian Bio-Cleantech Applied Research Network (CBARN), a network of six colleges and universities that collaborate with small- and medium-sized bio-based companies to provide access to research and innovation services to support the development of new and optimization of existing biotechnologies that generate advanced commercialization and job growth.

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