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At our Ayr, Ontario location, The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State (Science and Technology), recently recognized Atlantic Industries Limited (AIL) as a Canadian Innovation Leader in developing a wide range of innovative bridge and retaining wall products for use in public and private infrastructure.
"The Government of Canada believes that investments in science and technology are investments in Canada's future," said Minister Goodyear. "Our ideas, innovation and inventiveness ensure our long-term economic competitiveness. Today, I am proud to recognize AIL as a Canadian Innovation Leader."
A Canadian Innovation Leader is a small- or medium-sized enterprise that demonstrates specific advances in research and development within its industrial sector. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) created the Canadian Innovation Leader Certificate Program to recognize Canadian firms that have successfully developed and applied innovative technologies. The NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) provides a range of both technical and business-oriented advisory services along with necessary financial support to qualified innovative Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises.
"Working with NRC-IRAP has allowed us to create innovative solutions in corrugated steel," stated Dale Gaston, AIL Vice President of Operations, Central Region. "We've been able to engineer high quality, durable corrugated steel products for major industries like transportation, hydro, mining and forestry."
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From left to right: Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science & Technology), Dale Gaston, Vice President of Operations, Central Region, Atlantic Industries Limited, Pat Mortimer, Vice-President, Technology and Industry Support, National Research Council, Tony Rahilly, Director General, NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
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