The Challenge Simcoe, Ont.-based Meadow Lynn Farms is a mixed farming enterprise that includes cash crop, dairy, CSA market gardens and strawberries. The farm has been family-owned for 73 years. The owners wished to capture a niche market for the thousands of pounds of wasted strawberry seconds (imperfect, under-or over-ripe…
Left to right: Daniel Hacikyan, EarthOne; Sidhanth Pereira, EarthOne; Sherif Abdou, AMIC; Edward Garcia-Torres, AMIC Research has shown that it’s beneficial to talk to plants but wouldn’t it be nice if the plants could talk back? Leveraging support from the Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI), EarthOne Inc….
George Balyasin (left), founder of Acrebot Inc. and Ramzy Ganady (right) a research technologist with CAMDT. For many Canadians, flashbacks to March 2020 conjures images of panic buying and empty grocery store shelves. However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the food supply chain in other, less obvious ways. …
Four All Ice Cream scoops, including their Chocolate Orange Vegan Ice Cream Vegan ice cream enthusiasts are flocking to Four All Ice Cream, a Kitchener-based artisanal ice cream brand with a cult following that was dreamed up by entrepreneur Ajoa Mintah. The small-batch ice cream manufacturer places customers at the…
Image caption: The Gastronomous team. People are thinking carefully about new ways to work and the rules of engagement. In general, more people are leaving their jobs. There’s been a full-scale exodus from hospitality during the pandemic. The global health crisis exasperated a pre-existing condition. Filling jobs has been hard…
Dr. Allan Spence, WAMIC research lead, giving the prototype developed to Kevin LeBlanc, Brilliant Photonics CEO. Brilliant Photonics is well known for developing high-tech industrial lighting systems for the agricultural and horticultural industries. Now the Kitchener, Ont. company is adding another market to its list – industrial disinfection technology to…
The Challenge Many helicopter body components are made from carbon fibre composite sculptured surface-shaped parts. At present, Airbus Helicopters Canada Ltd. uses fibreglass fixtures to mechanically clamp the parts, and excess material is trimmed away manually by an operator. This is fatiguing, and the process is open to operator error…
Credit: Merq Automation The Challenge In food, chemical and environmental labs, a syringe is a crucial tool for dispensing and transferring liquids. But it is also a tool that must be used with precision and care, especially when working with liquids that are high in particulate matter. The process of…
The challenge Geissberger Farmhouse Cider, located in Hampton, ON, has since 1970 manufactured both hard (alcoholic) and sweet apple ciders, as well as apple cider vinegar. The business needed analysis of the shelf stability of their sweet apple cider once opened, in order to verify their target of a stable…
Image: Niagara College Research & Innovation The Challenge MTechHub is an association of 400 Canadian Manufacturing SMEs created by Burlington-based software development company Seradex. Their aim is to overcome common industry business challenges through the use and adoption of digital technologies. They came to the Research & Innovation division to…
