MISSION INNOVATION QUÉBEC – ITALY
- Company: Aluminium Valley Society
Contact person: Luc Roby
Description: Supporting the aluminum industry, the mandate of our corporation is to foster the development, start-up expansion of aluminum businesses in one of the world’s most advantageous sites for aluminum processing.
Participation goal: We are looking to find business partners, who are interested in developing the North-America market.
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- Company: Centre Québécois de recherché et de developpement de l’aluminium
Contact person: Lise Plourde
Description: we finance projects for SMEs.
Participation goal: to find technological and research partners.
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- Company: GCP Énergies Inc.
Contact person: Richard Ross
Description: Energy management based on customers energy and environmental economics and strategies objectives for supplying demand, energy use and efficiency, and CO2 gas emissions.
Participation goal: Enterprises with energy and environmental systems or technologies interested to develop the Canadian and US market via business partnerships.
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- Company: Tecnar
Contact person : François Nadeau
Description: Ultra-specialized sensors for industrial process controltecnal build sensors that measures the qulaitu and speed of spraying; they are in the spray coating machinery. They would be interested in meeting companies that are in the thermal sparying sector. Any manufacturing company that finishes it's production process with a layer of spray coating wuold be of interest for them to meet with such as car manufactures, plane manufactures etc...... "
Participation goal: to find distributors and clients.
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- Company: Simex Technologies
Contact person : Nabil Halouani
Description: Simex Technologies Inc. is a world leader in advanced vinyl ester prepregs development. In search for advanced prepreg materials that are easy to process and economically competitive to epoxy prepregs, Simex has invented a novel approach, patent pending, very suitable to produce prepregs from vinyl ester resins.
Participation goal: To find clients, distributors, license agreements (industrial partners), and financial and business partners.
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- Company: Hydro Québec
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Description: Hydro-Québec is the most important distributor and producer of electricity/energy in North America. It builds infrastructures for production and transport; it also explores other sources of energy. It works in five areas of activity: Distribution, Transmission, Generation, Construction, and Technological Innovation.
Participation goal: The aim is to explore partnership opportunities with Italian counterparts, especially in terms of cooperation and know-how synergies.
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- Company: Pratt & Whitney
Contact person: Hany Moustapha
Description: Its reach extends to a growing number of places and market segments around the world. It collaborates with some 30 original equipment manufacturers and 9,000 operators worldwide. It powers more than 180 different types of aircraft and helicopters, with new market segments in development. It is now working on new products and markets for large business aircraft and mid-sized helicopters.
Participation goal: To increase cooperation with Italian enterprises and explore new possible businesses.
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- Company: Minicut International
Contact person: Alberto Minicozzi
Description: It is specialized in the manufacturing of high-precision cutting tools for the aerospace and metalworking industries.
Participation goal: the objective is to create business relationships with Italian partners and cooperation based on knowledge and expertise.
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- Company: CMC Electronics
Contact person: Sergio Coletti
Description:CMC Electronics is a world leader in the design, manufacture, sales and support of high-technology electronics products for the aviation and global positioning markets. The company's principal locations are in Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; and Chicago, Illinois..
CMC's capabilities are broadened by a network of sales and service agents and representatives supporting CMC's activities worldwide.
CMC Electronics' business strategy is to gain a leadership position in growing niche markets where products and systems of the utmost quality, highest reliability and most innovative features are required. The company is a major supplier to the aerospace and high-technology industries, airlines, military agencies and government customers around the world.
Formerly known as Canadian Marconi Company, CMC Electronics has been designing and building innovative communication and electronics systems since 1903.
Participation goal: the objective is to create business relationships with Italian partners and cooperation based on knowledge and expertise.
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- Company: Alcoa
Contact person: Gilles Dufour
Description: Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation, and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production, and other capabilities of Alcoa’s businesses as a single solution to customers.
Participation goal: To increase cooperation with Italian enterprises and explore new possible businesses.
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- Company: Alcoa Auto & Truck Structures
Contact person: Sanjeer Gaikwad
Description: Alcoa Auto and Truck Structures (AATS) integrates its superior design and materials knowledge with Alcoa's engineering and manufacturing expertise to develop advanced solutions that address specific Automotive and Commercial Vehicle customer needs.
Participation goal: To increase cooperation with Italian enterprises and explore new possible businesses.
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- Company: Wavesat
Contact person: Michel Gray
Description: Wavesat Inc. is a privately held fabless semiconductor developer of WiMAX broadband wireless network chips and development tools. As a market leader, Wavesat has released the first WiMAX chip in the world. It offers silicon solutions to allow system manufacturers and operators to deploy WiMAX fixed wireless networks now and transition smoothly to WiMAX 802.16e mobility technology in the future.
Participation goal: the objective is to create business relationships with Italian partners and create cooperation based on knowledge and expertise.
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- Company: CRIAQ (Consortium for Research & Innovation Aerospace in Québec)
Contact person: Dominique Sauvé
Description:.is a non-profit consortium, established with the financial support of Valorisation-Recherche Québec, Le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies , industries and universities, to promote and perform collaborative pre-competitive industry research projects primarily at universities.
As the first Quebec aerospace innovation network’s objectives are to increase the competitiveness of the aerospace industry, and enhance the collective knowledge base in aerospace through improved education and training of students.
Participation goal: the objective is to create relationships with Italian partners and cooperation based on knowledge and expertise.
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- Company:ADRIQ
Contact person: Claude Demers; Caroline De Guire
Description: ADRIQ is Quebec's primary business network for technology leaders in the New Economy. It reaches some 800 innovative organizations and 1,800 decision-makers. It is dedicated to provide favorable conditions to help Quebec innovative organizations succeed. It is the main business reference in Quebec on issues regarding the emerging technologies and the new economy.
Participation goal: To increase cooperation with Italian enterprises.
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- Company: Camera di Commercio Italiana in Canada
Contact person: Albert De Luca (President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce), Associate, Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche s.e.n.c.r.l.
Secrétaire-trésorier, Association de la recherche industrielle du Québec
Description: The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada is a member-based non-profit organization that bridges the Italian business community with their Canadian counterparts. It identifies and develops business opportunities, organizes missions to fairs and conventions, supports organizations during their internationalization process.
Participation goal: To stand by Italian enterprises that aim to expand their business in Canada.
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- Company: Ministère du Dévelopment Économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation
Contact person: Johanne Patoine- Direction de l’Europe
Description: The mission of the department is to support economic development, innovation and export trade, as well as research, particularly by encouraging coordinated and concerted action among the various players in the economic, scientific, social and cultural areas in order to promote job creation, economic prosperity, scientific development and sustainable development.
Participation goal: To get a better insight into Italian innovative realities and to improve institutional relationships with Italy.
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- Company: Mecanica Solutions
Contact person: Daniel Gelinas
Description: Mecanica Solutions is a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management tools to help you successfully manage your product development processes while ensuring optimal product quality, reduced cycle time and enhanced profitability.
Participation goal: To meet with enterprises in the transport sector that want to manufacture lighter/environment friendly vehicules.
Would like to meet with Technubus’s President in order to develop collaboration agreements
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- Company: Desjardins Capital de Risque
Contact person: Louis L.Roquet – President and Chief Operating Officer
Description: Desjardins Venture Capital is the venture capital fund management arm of the Mouvement des caisses Desjardins. It also manages the assets of Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins, a public fund whose assets under management are projected to reach $1.325-billion over the next 10 years. To meet the needs identified by businesses, Desjardins Venture Capital also offers a mezzanine financing product, a financial instrument that combines the characteristics of a loan with those of equity financing. More than a financial partner, Desjardins Venture Capital makes its network and expertise available for businesses in their growth and expansion, as well as their plans for mergers, acquisitions or public offerings. Nearly 200 companies are already associated with Desjardins Venture Capital. With 30 years of experience in venture capital, Desjardins Venture Capital is present in all regions of Quebec.
Participation goal: Establish links with research centers, identify technologies/companies (in I.T. telecom and life sciences sectors) of interest for our portfolio companies
Financial partnerships/Investments
Licence Agreements
Co-Development agreements
Mergers/Acquisitions
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