{Destination AI; Project location: Pan-Canadian<br/>Project partners: Destination AI; <ul><li> The formation of the start-up cluster, Destination AI, a new, industry led, not-for-profit vertical cluster has the potential to be a critical enabler of the growth and increased sophistication of advanced manufacturing in Canada. This group will work with industry to solve manufacturers' shop-floor and office-based problems using AI technologies, methodologies and solutions.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.16M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Quality Control and Predictive Maintenance with AI/ML; Project location: Aurora, ON<br/>Project partners: CrossWing Solutions Inc., ASC Canada Inc.; <ul><li>The project applied AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) modeling, which brings cognitive decision-making capability, to significantly enhance the process of Quality Control at ASC and their car sunroof manufacturing/installation processes. The project helped to address the inspection challenge by using an intelligent quality control system through novel implementations of computer vision, AI, and systems control and integration across ASC to specifically support, enable, and enhance industry 4.0 applications.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.22M / GIC funding: $1.26M</li></ul>; null,Ventilator Components; Project location: Winnipeg, MB<br/>Project partners: BOMImed, Synergy Mouldworks, Precision ADM; <ul><li>This project will support the rapid development and production launch of high quality, fast-to-produce and cost effective ventilator components to fulfill critical requirements for Canada?s COVID-19 response. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.93M / GIC funding: $0.93M</li></ul>; null,An Al-Enabled Robotic Solution for Building Component Prefabrication; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Promise Robotics, Landmark Group of Companies Inc.; <ul><li> The proposed project aims to develop an AI-enabled computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) pipeline to automate component design and production control processes. The project will help to address the housing supply challenge in Canada by enabling the adoption of advanced manufacturing technology in the housing industry. By implementing Promise Robotics' robotic automation technology in an operational manufacturing facility, the project will become a pivotal step for the company to commercialize the technology and enter the market as a deep-technology partner and AI solution provider to North American homebuilders ? ultimately benefitting society with more affordable and sustainable housing for Canadians.</li><li>Total project budget: $6.54M / GIC funding: $2.2M</li></ul>; null,Flex-Ion Advanced Battery Innovation Center ? Advanced Manufacturing Research (Project Tau); Project location: Windsor, ON<br/>Project partners: Ventra Group, ECAMION; <ul><li> The project will establish a Battery Innovation Centre with all the equipment required for experimental Li-ion battery production to strengthen Canada?s global leadership position in battery cell research and development. It will also support the growth of Canada?s next generation of talent which will further strengthen Canada?s emerging battery cell manufacturing and vehicle electrification industry</li><li>Total project budget: $9.67M / GIC funding: $3.55M</li></ul>; null,Digital Twin of the Aluminum Strip Casting Process via Computational Materials Science and Big Data Analysis; Project location: Kingston, ON<br/>Project partners: NetProCore, Ai-innovate, Hazelett CASTechnology; <ul><li> This project is designed to combine computational materials science and big data analysis to generate a comprehensive digital twin of the aluminum strip casting process, aligned with the fourth wave of industry.  The project aims to address two major challenges of current technologies of continuous aluminum sheet and plate production: process design for new alloys and real-time surface inspection. This platform enables producers to 1) automatically detect/classify defects in real-time, 2) model the process progress, and 3) optimize the process via feedback to operational equipment. The success of this project will place Ontario in a unique position in the global market.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.15M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Micro-Power-Plant Advanced Manufacturing Demonstrator; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners:McGuire Aero Propulsion Solutions, Burloak Technologies; <ul><li>This project will showcase the benefits of Industry 4.0 to realize a novel advanced green energy generation technology by piloting a micro-power plant that uses advanced manufacturing for a green energy technology with zero emissions.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.67M / GIC funding: $2.24M</li></ul>; null,Transformation of the Stone Veneer Panel Manufacturing and Installation Process ; Project location: Moncton, NB<br/>Project partners: Apex Industries Product Development & Automation Group Inc., 709960 NB Ltd.; <ul><li>This pilot project aims to develop a manufacturing process and installation method for manufactured stone veneer panels. This process advancement will include the development of an automated concrete colour 3D printer providing precise volumetric and positioning control along with the enhancements of a novel patented attachment mechanism integrated into a single stone veneer panel manufacturing process.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,New PCB Manufacturing Process; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Addem Labs Inc., COREngineering Ltd. 
; <ul><li>This pilot project aims develop a innovative professional printed circuit board manufacturing facility in Ontario, in order to attract the electronics supply chain to Canada and provide an ultra-clean option to manufacture electronics in record time.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers; Project location: Cambridge, ON<br/>Project partners: Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers; <ul><li> The Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers (CAPPEM) was created under this cluster building project, to ensure that Canada would never again be vulnerable to shortages of personal protective equipment during a time of pandemic or otherwise.The support of NGen to this Cluster Building project will drive the infrastructural development to establish a robust, pan-Canadian PPE manufacturing capacity.  Much of the early support for this industry came from NGen's COVID-19 pivot. This cluster-building project will continue to develop an essential partnership between industry and regulators, that could also be a model approach to other emerging manufacturing sectors including electric vehicle manufacturing, particularly as related to manufacturing and sustainability.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.28M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,TaComp: Global First Advanced Process for Lightweight Part Manufacturing; Project location: Tillsonburg, ON<br/>Project partners: Marwood International Inc., Aerlyte, Dieffenbacher North America; <ul><li> The project is a world-first and includes the development of a complete process chain for components made of hybrid materials in a large-scale manufacturing process for the first time. The project aims to implement a first-of-its-kind technology in Canada enabling the supply of a new material to an OEM (Toyota) by expanding an existing business in high-strength steel structural applications (Marwood) to composite lightweight solutions.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.76M / GIC funding: $2.49M</li></ul>; null,Creating automated manufacturing equipment and supplying N95 masks; Project location: Coquitlam, BC<br/>Project partners: Novo Textile Company Ltd., Harbour Technologies ; <ul><li>This project consortium will design, develop and produce a unique N95 mask manufacturing process that will be fully automated and first of its kind in Canada. </li><li>Total project budget: $2.4M / GIC funding: $0.91M</li></ul>; null,Manufacturing denaLi C Green Lithium Extraction Modules; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Summit Nanotech, Ionic Solutions ; <ul><li> This project will expand the manufacturing and assembly line for their advanced materials and extraction modules. These modules will be built to last 20 years which aligns with the life cycle of a typical lithium mine.  The extraction process consists of two compartmentalized units that function in unison to perform the extraction process. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.94M / GIC funding: $3.97M</li></ul>; null,Next Generation NMP-free Cell Manufacturing; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Electrovaya, Lantern Machinery Analystics, EECOMOBILITY ; <ul><li>This project aims to bring a proprietary NMP-free electrode processing technology to a commercial scale through collaboration between Electrovaya, Machinery Analytics, and EECOMOBILITY. The project partners will aim to overcome challenges in maintaining quality assurance, while operating at high output, through the integration of machine learning software applied to in-line process monitoring and advanced rapid cell testing technology.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.87M / GIC funding: $0.93M</li></ul>; null,Establish CoE for HVM of HFCs  for HDCV to realize Canada?s GHG emissions target by 2030 & 2050; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Hydrogenics, AIS, Konnexio,Shelley Industrial Automation; <ul><li> The primary objective of the project is to build a pilot production process capability to manufacture up to 20,000 fuel cell units per year by the end of 2022.  The target cost of the HFCs will be US$100/kW, which is down from the current cost of US$1,000/kW (currently at 1,000 units/year). To achieve this net goal of US$100/kw, both the supply chain and manufacturing automation process has to be improved. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.77M / GIC funding: $3.67M</li></ul>; null,Large Scale Industrialization of the ?Flash Joule Heating? Graphene Manufacturing Process; Project location: Burlington, ON<br/>Project partners: Universal Matter Inc., Cobionix Corporation, Hatch Ltd, Kinectrics Inc.; <ul><li> This project proposes to outline the process technology development roadmap for the scale up of the Flash Joule Heating process from its current pilot-scale stage through to the development of a fully-automated, robotically-controlled demonstration-scale facility. Through the project, the process development will include the design and engineering of the world?s first commercial scale flashing station for this process technology, which will serve as the basis for future industrialization of this process at commercial scale with full advanced manufacturing functionality.</li><li>Total project budget: $10.26M / GIC funding: $3.42M</li></ul>; null,3D-Printed face shields; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Mosaic Manufacturing, Glia Inc., Rockmass Technologies Inc., Redetec Inc.; <ul><li>This project will directly benefit frontline health care workers by using a proven, compliant design and an existing supply chain to manufacture 45,000 face shields. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.44M / GIC funding: $0.44M</li></ul>; null,AscendBio; Project location: Sydney, NS<br/>Project partners: Verschuren Centre; <ul><li>The Verschuren Centre is leading the creation of the Clean Technology Bio-Industrial Cluster. The cluster will enable and accelerate commercialization of new Canadian clean technology bio-industrial start-ups, connect bio-industrial SMEs with other Canadian manufacturers, create leading innovations and IP, and create a sustainable and renewable bio-industrial supply chain. Creation of the cluster will engage existing manufacturing organizations and attract new industrial partners, making Canada a leader in bio-industrial solutions.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.15M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Global Leadership in Life Sciences by Enabling Commercial Scale Manufacture of Cell & Gene Therapies; Project Location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: OmniaBio Inc. (New CDMO spin-off from CFRM Enterprises), Aspect Biosystems Ltd., Canadian Advanced Therapies Training Institute, ExCellThera Inc., Morphocell Technologies Inc.; <ul><li>This project will build and set up a commercial biomanufacturing facility in Hamilton, which will supply new advanced therapies for cell and gene-based technologies or for existing products that are not currently available at a commercial scale in Canada. The project will focus on process development, advanced manufacturing platforms, analytics and regulatory development and in turn, help position Canada as a global life sciences leader.</li><li>Total project budget: $35.82M / GIC funding: $10.54</li></ul>; null,Pilot scale of Nanogel Lubricants, or Superabsorbent (SAC) Lubrication for the Automotive Stamping Industry; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: KSL Lubricants, Wolfdale Tool & Stamping; <ul><li>This project will develop a solution that will improve tool life and reduce costs by reducing the amount of lubricant required in manufacturing processes.  Their project will validate KSL?s proprietary gel based lubricant technology in various industrial settings and machining operations, and aims to show a 50% overall improvement performance and cost improvement compared to traditional lubricants. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.32M / GIC funding: $0.14M</li></ul>; null,Mid-scale Battery Storage system with proactive SOH maintenance feature ; Project location: Markham, ON<br/>Project partners: MicroGreen Solar, Rematek-Energie ; <ul><li> The aim of this project is to improve the battery storage lifespan through a novel approach by recycling individual battery cells. In collaboration with its partner, MicroGreen Solar Corp have developed a design-and-assembly process to produce mid-scale (50kWh to 200kWh) containerized battery storage systems. The joint product will feature for the first time, a remote-monitoring system that provides battery State-of-Health (SOH) information on a continuous basis to the manufacturer.  </li><li>Total project budget: $0.45M / GIC funding: $0.23M</li></ul>; null,PPE gowns made from recycled material; Project location: London, ON<br/>Project partners: Carmina De Young, Optima Colour; <ul><li>This project will create a unique, self-contained sustainable supply chain of disposable isolation gowns and other PPE resulting in the diversion of 11 million pounds of single use plastics from Canadian landfills.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.99M / GIC funding: $1.99M</li></ul>; null,Humanoid Telepresence Robots for More Safe, Efficient, and Consistent PCB Fabrication; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Guidebolt, Candor Industries ; <ul><li>Guidebolt will develop and integrate their new full-size-humanoid real-time-telepresence robotic system (avatar-operator technology, pilot prototype) into Candor's established printed circuit board (PCB   ) fabrication process to improve safety, save time, and lift consistency in steps like hazardous material handling, equipment operation, and part processing. This pilot project is a first-in-Canada opportunity to prove a successful commercial deployment of their multi-purpose humanoid telepresence robotic system with full sensor fusion and full physical ability in a compact package, pioneering a future trillion-dollar industry. The long-distance usability of avatar technology also offers significant potential to improve nation-wide economic accessibility and housing affordability along with other benefits of commute reduction. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.54M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Canadian Magnesium Cement Boards (MCB); Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: ZS2 Technologies Ltd., Progressive Planet, Falkbuilt Ltd., LithiumBank Resources Corp., Occam's Technologies Inc.; <ul><li> ZS2 and partners are developing and scaling a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) modular carbon capture system to capture and sequester CO2 directly into a FOAK magnesium cement-based precast concrete boards. The proposed cement boards offer 1- or 2-hour fire resistance ratings, mold resistance, and salt resistance and may look for future validation as storm-resistant and seismic resistance. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.46M / GIC funding: $2.76M</li></ul>; null,Development and Testing of Cube Molding Methodology; Project location: Oro-Medonte, ON<br/>Project partners: Molded Precision Components, Niigon Machines Ltd; <ul><li>This project will see project partners develop a new manufacturing process that will transform the way automotive components are made, allowing cycle times to be cut in half, increasing productivity and decreasing costs. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Pressure molded N95 masks; Project location: Longueuil, QC<br/>Project partners: Armfoam (Artofix), Roswell DHT ; <ul><li>The project will create a unique shape of N95 mask with different filtering material including an ultrasonic welded seal and optimal layer sequencing, in order to permit a more reliable and comfortable fit.</li><li>Total project budget: $7.94M / GIC funding: $2.44M</li></ul>; null,CAMM Transformation Virtual Program; Project location: Windsor, ON<br/>Project partners: Canadian Association of Moldmakers Inc.; <ul><li>This project will develop a digital platform that will allow moldmakers to shift their business plans to include a hybrid of virtual and in-person strategies. This will provide SMEs with access to international markets and help them become more globally competitive. CAMM also anticipates that the virtual platform will attract new members, increasing revenues and allowing for more investment in critical programs for CAMM members.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.16M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Biomanufacturing of Cartilage Implants using Cocoon Automation; Project location: Kingston, ON<br/>Project partners: Octane, B.Braun, The Centre for the Commercialization of Cancer Immunotherapies, The Orthopaedic Centre of Innovation; <ul><li> The aim of this project is to increase the availability of treatments and improve outcomes for those that are suffering from orthopedic indications. Project partners will work together to advance the commercialization of automated NOVOCART manufacture via Cocoon through the: Commercialization of the Octane?s proprietary Cocoon platform to manufacture NOVOCART products;; Scale-Up of manufacturing in Canada to service North American clinical demand; and, Product and quality control improvements for cell therapies seeded on scaffolds.</li><li>Total project budget: $7.79M / GIC funding: $2.88M</li></ul>; null,Data Acquisition and Visualization Platform for the Manufacturing of Carbon-Negative Concrete; Project location: Lachine, QC<br/>Project partners: CarbiCrete Inc., Patio Drummond; <ul><li> Carbicrete is aiming to  commercialize a novel process that enables the manufacture of cement-free, carbon-negative concrete. The main objective of this  project is to implement an IOT system to acquire, monitor and report on CarbiCrete?s technology to manufacture CO2-injected concrete products, therby contributing to Canada`s advanced manufacturing capabilities. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Manufacturing for Highly Adaptive Manufacturing Environments; Project location: Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC<br/>Project partners: 
MDA Corporation, Promark Electronics, AV&R ; <ul><li>This project seeks to transform the Canadian manufacturing landscape by applying advanced manufacturing technologies into production environments where constant changes and the ability to maintain high levels of flexibility are essential competitive advantages.  The collaborating partners will develop technologies that include the integration of artificial intelligence, industry 4.0, data sharing, predictive maintenance, collaborative robotics and manufacturing process self-optimization through the use of data and dynamic production planning.</li><li>Total project budget: $11.26M / GIC funding: $5M</li></ul>; null,Manufacturing capacity scale up COVID-19 Reagents and Test Kits; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: International Point of Care Inc. (IPOC), Precision Biomonitoring Inc., Immune Response Diagnostics Inc., Suncor Energy Inc.; <ul><li>This project will expand IPOC's manufacturing capacity to cope with increased demands of COVID In-Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) products.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.34M / GIC funding: $2.17M</li></ul>; null,Development of Gas Oscillation System for Superplastic Forming Process; Project location: Windsor, ON<br/>Project partners: AEM Power Systems,  Additive Metal Manufacturing, Macrodyne Technologies ; <ul><li> This project is focused on developing world leading advanced manufacturing capability in the field of superplastic forming light weight metallic aluminium, magnesium, and titanium alloys sheet panels. This Canadian-led collaboration project intends to design a state-of-the-art solution with gas oscillation system, modernizing superplastic forming tools with supersonic fluidic oscillators, advanced pressure sensors, advanced pressure controls, and data modelling to improve superplastic forming process not changed in the past five decades within the industry.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Micro-Factory Deployment and Integration Project (MDIP); Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Microart, Wrmth, Mosaic Manufacturing ; <ul><li> Canadian SMEs are often reluctant to embrace lean on-shore digital production due to risk aversion and fear of change. This leads to inefficient and outdated operations, putting them at a disadvantage in global and domestic markets. To address this, the project consortium is building out a new manufacturing process to enable the rapid scale up of decentralized digital micro-factories in Canada. The project aims to develop IP and a universal roadmap around this manufacturing process to enhance the competitiveness of Canadian manufacturing. They will create a playbook and exemplify solutions applicable across various Canadian manufacturing industries, (i.e., prosthetics, custom signage, digital inventory, textiles, furniture, and automotive production) leveraging Factory 4.0 technologies. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.97M / GIC funding: $2.95M</li></ul>; null,Next Generation Factory Acceptance Test; Project location: Burnaby, BC<br/>Project partners: Ballard Power Systems Inc., Acerta Analytics Solutions Inc; <ul><li> The project will develop the next generation of machine learning tools and physical hardware (test stations) to enable massively accelerated factory acceptance testing (FAT) for hydrogen fuel cell stacks without compromising their product quality. The new test stations will follow a state-of-the-art Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) approach to enable real-time, complex, machine learning-based acceptance decision-making. </li><li>Total project budget: $3.2M / GIC funding: $1.12M</li></ul>; null,Digital Manufacturing Production Al Engine (Vertex3D-Al); Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., Matter and Form Inc, Innovation AI; <ul><li>  The goal of this project is to develop and scale up a powerful AI-based solution to increase efficiency and scalability for high-speed and production-scale additive manufacturing, and ultimately establishing a robust commercial model. The project consortium will link in-process sensor data and post-process metrological data to the centralized process controller via artificial intelligence approaches to unlock vast improvements in the process.</li><li>Total project budget: $6.15M / GIC funding: $2.15M</li></ul>; null,Canadian Additive Network - Reseau Canadien de Fabrication Additive; Project location: Pan-Canadian<br/>Project partners: Canadian Additive Network (CAN) - Reseau Canadien de Fabrication Additive; <ul><li> This start-up cluster is creating a pan-Canadian additive manufacturing inclusive community while supporting regional mini additive clusters to be part of this community, such as Alberta Additive Manufacturing Network as well as industry sectors trying to de-risk adoption for their SME manufacturer constituents. CAN shares best practices as well as solving industry additive manufacturing challenges such as part design, accomplishing much more complicated parts than traditional subtractive manufacturing. The Canadian Additive Cluster is de-risking and connecting industry to additive manufacturing processes, technologies, materials and benefits. NGen?s ecosystem of members, project companies and other clusters are collaborating with CAN to respond to advanced manufacturing needs. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.18M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Automated Slitter Table Technology with Weight Compensation; Project location: Concord, ON<br/>Project partners: Macrodyne Technologies Inc., Ridgetech Automation, Linear Automation; <ul><li>This project will develop an automated slitter table with weight compensation technology for reducing scrap rate and reducing labour costs for compression molding of Sheet Molding Compound, with a particular focus on the Electrical Vehicle sub-sector of the Automotive Industry.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.25M / GIC funding: $0.13M</li></ul>; null,Virtual Photon Cluster; Project location: Quebec City, QC<br/>Project partners: Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium Inc.; <ul><li>This consortium is creating a virtual photon cluster that will provide information and insight into the application of photonics in different industry sectors and will foster collaboration by bringing together photonic and manufacturing companies, academia, and research institutions. The cluster aims to accelerate the growth of the Canadian industry through photonics.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.06M / GIC funding: $0.03M</li></ul>; null,CLUSTER Advanced metal machining using data; Project location: Saguenay, QC<br/>Project partners: Reseau Trans-AI; <ul><li> The project involves bringing together metalworking companies and OEMs of AI & digital solutions, to develop their capabilities to work together on mutually beneficial technological advances. They will realize a collaborative project for the development of tools and digital modules specific to metal machining aiming at increasing productivity of their existing fleet of equipment. The overall objective of the project is to increase the productivity and competitiveness of metal machining companies by developing and implementing specific digital tools that can then be marketed by participating OEMs. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.16M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,3D BioFibR Advanced Biofiber Manufacturing  ; Project location: Halifax, NS<br/>Project partners: 3D BioFibR Inc., Dalhousie University; <ul><li>This project will result in the development of an advanced biofiber manufacturing process capable of producing spider silk sutures for microsurgery, woven collagen tubes for nerve repair and other protein-based fibers that have the lengths, linear density, and strengths necessary to be processed using industrial weaving and braiding equipment. Current production processes yield a maximum fiber length of 5 meters, whereas this new process could yield fibres as long as 100 meters - a gamechanger in the advanced biomaterial space.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.21M / GIC funding: $0.07M</li></ul>; null,RNA Viral Detection Kits ; Project location: Guelph, ON<br/>Project partners: Precision Biomonitoring, Evik Diagnostics; <ul><li>This project will set up a manufacturing facility in Ontario for point-of-care COVID-19 test kits, replacing imports from the U.S. and elsewhere. The project positions Canada for world leadership in the manufacturing of mobile test kits and provides a secure supply for the health authorities.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.99M / GIC funding: $4.99M</li></ul>; null,MARIOS - Sustainable Manufacturing; Project location: Edmonton, AB<br/>Project partners: InnoTech Alberta; <ul><li> MARIOS seeks to promote sustainable manufacturing processes to help address the needs of the oil sands sector: development of circular economy principles for the manufacturing supply chain;  Lower reliance on replacement equipment and supply chains through the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies; Higher efficiencies and less waste; Overall cost savings and economic growth for the MARIOS supply chain.; Innovation collaborations between oil sands companies, the supply chain and advanced technology companies; Industry problem solving ? working together to solve issues that will create IP.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.15M / GIC funding: $0.07M</li></ul>; null,Manufacturing medical grade surgical masks; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Fidelity Machine & Mould Solutions, Fidelity Medical Manufacturing, Sentient Tools Engineering Corp; <ul><li>This project will use advanced manufacturing technologies to make improvements to mask manufacturing machines, develop fully automated production equipment, create a recycling module to reuse waste materials, and use alternative materials to produce filtration layers.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.4M / GIC funding: $1.51M</li></ul>; null,Repurposing Anaesthesia Machines to Ventilators; Project location: Dartmouth, NS<br/>Project partners: DMF Medical; <ul><li>This project will enable the modification of anesthesia machines for ICU ventilation applications using memsorb? medical membranes, instead of chemical reactions to filter CO2 from the circuit. This eliminates the current need for mandatory replacement of devices after 8 hours of use, allowing for continuous use for 12 months. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.55M / GIC funding: $0.28M</li></ul>; null,Driving Advanced Manufacturing Practices Through Supply Chain Resilience Analytics; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: ThinkData Works, Palantir Technologies, Martinrea International; <ul><li>Project partners will collaborate to build a data and analytics solution for the Canadian manufacturing sector. The Supply Chain Resilience Platform will house a global database of trade, trends, supply, and environment information to perform enhanced analysis of supply chain data. This solution will enable manufacturers to leverage predictive modelling and introduce data-driven decision-making capabilities that will transform advanced manufacturing practices and ensure Canadian manufacturers are not left behind through the global restructuring of supply chain practices.</li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $3.55M</li></ul>; null,Non-disruptive monitoring of electrochemical activity to advance the state-of-the-art in electrolytic ethanol production processes; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Pulsenics, CERT Systems ; <ul><li> The objective of this project is to demonstrate the application of non-disruptive capabilities of monitoring electrochemical activity for industrial-scale carbon utilization cells. In partnership with Pulsenics, this NGen project will introduce an advanced process of characterizing electrochemical system health for industrial-scale electrochemical cells that experience industrial working conditions, which would enable reliable operations for industrial applications of electrochemistry.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Creating an antimicrobial (silver nano particles) fabric; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: McRae Imaging, Dot Automation, Lumentra Inc.; <ul><li>This  project will develop an advanced manufacturing facility to produce nanomaterial functionalized fabrics for integrated antimicrobial shields and a UV light accessory.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.41M / GIC funding: $1.8M</li></ul>; null,Development of bacterial frameworks for biomanufacturing of industrial and therapeutic products; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Mediphage Bioceuticals Inc., Ardra Inc.; <ul><li>This project aims to build a platform for rapid construction of framework strains of E. coli that can be readily adopted into commercial production of target products in gene therapy. Ministring DNA (msDNA) is a novel non-viral gene therapy technology that paves the way for personalized, redosable genetic medicine that is safe, durable, and accessible for patients worldwide. The outcomes of this collaboration represent a foundation for the scaled up production of these homegrown innovations, applied to novel products addressing high-demand food industry and biopharmaceutical needs.</li><li>Total project budget : $0.57M / GIC funding: $0.24M</li></ul>; null,OMEGA - A Canadian Built, Autonomous, Intelligent Mobile Forklift for Advanced Manufacturing; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: Clearpath Robotics Inc., Siemens, Conestoga College; <ul><li> The project is building a Canadian-made, self-driving, autonomous robotic forklift (OMEGA) to automate and optimize heavy material handling and workflow in a connected Industry 4.0 factory for advanced manufacturing and smart warehousing in Canada. OMEGA will create new jobs and provide Canadian manufacturers and logistics companies with productivity, cost and workflow advantages to be competitive on a global scale. </li><li>Total project budget: $1.58M / GIC funding: $0.7M</li></ul>; null,Low-cost Machine Vision: slashing cloud computing costs by 16x using the Distributive Compute Protocol; Project location: Kingston, ON<br/>Project partners: Distributive Corp, Honey Vision Inc.; <ul><li>Smart manufacturing processes use digital information to optimize product-, factory- and supply-chain operations. However, one of the single largest barriers to operationalizing machine vision (MV) is the cost of the digital infrastructure needed to support it, which forces manufacturers to purchase and operate high-performing computing infrastructure or expensive cloud-computing services.  This project aims to produce an MV solution that costs ten times less to operationalize at scale than any other commercially available solutions and that keeps proprietary data on-premises. MV applications impact quality assurance, worker safety and real time monitoring, thereby increasing productivity. As data science and an AI-based algorithm, MV ingests video feeds to extract actionable information such as equipment degradation, personal protective equipment infractions, and safety zone violations.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Compact Inverter Manufacturing Development; Project location: Guelph, ON<br/>Project partners: Linamar, Westhill Innovation ; <ul><li> This project proposes to develop a stable manufacturing process for the mass production of smaller, lighter frequency inverters (also known as switches) for use in zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs).  An inverter is a device that converts direct current (DC) power to the alternating current (AC) power used in an electric vehicle motor. The inverter can change the speed at which the motor rotates by adjusting the frequency of the alternating current. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.02M / GIC funding: $3.48M</li></ul>; null,Low latency tele-robotics for manufacturing pick and place; Project location:Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: Quali Artificial Intelligence Inc., Novo Textile; <ul><li>As part of this pilot project, partners will develop a solution where a remote operator can take control of a robotic arm when the robot is unsure of how to complete the objective task at hand.  Most tasks in manufacturing environments are semi-structured, meaning there are some structured, repeatable portions that a robot can be pre-programmed to automate, but the rest of the task are unstructured and infeasible for pre-programmed robots. The goal of this project is to help Canadian manufacturers gain competitiveness by increasing the scope of feasibility of robotic automation through assisted teleoperation.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Intelligent Pilot Manufacturing Line for the Thermal Ground Plane (TGP) T-Man; Project location: Sherbrooke, QC<br/>Project partners: Calogy Solutions, Linear Automation; <ul><li>This project will be building on an existing novel and patent-pending battery thermal management solution for lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles called Thermal Ground Plane (TGP), to develop a cheaper and lighter product that has higher performance, and is designed for mass production. </li><li>Total project budget: $2.62M / GIC funding: $1.31M</li></ul>; null,Face shields using 3D printing; Project location: Oakville, ON<br/>Project partners: Burloak Technologies ; <ul><li>Project partners will be expediting product design, regulatory approvals, and sourcing of materials to enable the 3-D manufacturing of protective face shields. </li><li>Total project budget: $1.15M / GIC funding: $1.15M</li></ul>; null,Deployment of an Augmented Reality Remote In-Process Inspection Solution in Discrete Manufacturing; Project location: Ottawa, ON<br/>Project partners: Interaptix, Gastops; <ul><li> This project will undertake a pilot deployment of an Augmented Reality and Self-Serve Digital Twin based Remote In-Process Inspection Platform. The purpose is to incorporate the remote inspection solution into the manufacturing process at Gastops Ltd. to realize the return on investment for the manufacturer in the advanced technologies of augmented reality and self-serve digital twins. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.17M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Recombinant Collagen Fiber Manufacturing Consortium; Project location: Halifax, Nova Scotia; Guelph, Ontario<br/>Project partners: PlantForm, 3D BioFibR; <ul><li> Collagen is an essential building block for tissue and organ manufacturing; however, current collagen sources are limited in their application to tissue engineering due to their extraction from animal sources, resulting in myriad challenges, including biological differences, non-human diseases, and batch-to-batch variability. This project aims to address these challenges by combining PlantForm's recombinant human collagen manufacturing system with 3D BioFibR's patented collagen fiber manufacturing technology to produce human collagen fibers that will be scalable and cost-effective.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.59M / GIC funding: $1.26M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Production Scheduling Optimization System; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Panevo, Saputo; <ul><li>Production scheduling at food processing facilities is a highly complex task due to combinations of different product types, dependencies and constraints. The project aims to develop and implement data science and machine learning driven software functionality to enable production schedules to be optimized beyond conventional techniques. The resulting software solution will serve to debottleneck production, unlock transformative productivity gains and increase profitability for Canadian food processors.  This initiative will serve to accelerate the transformation to Industry 4.0 for Canadian manufacturing and in particular the food processing sector, while driving export growth and ensuring an enduring benefit to the sector.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.96M / GIC funding: $1.09M</li></ul>; null,Open-source ventilator design; Project location: Victoria, BC<br/>Project partners: Starfish Medical, Linamar-MacDon and Cerebra Health, Product Creation Studio; <ul><li>This project will increase the availability of ventilators in Canada. Project partners will develop an open-source, safe, effective, and cost-efficient ventilator design, and identify manufacturers and suppliers to quickly ramp up production. </li><li>Total project budget: $5M / GIC funding: $5M</li></ul>; null,Manufacturing a N100 face mask using nanofibres; Project location: Cambridge, ON<br/>Project partners: IPC Technologies dba Prescientx, The Big-Nano Corporation ; <ul><li>This project will scale up the production of a disposable, self-sanitizing, sterilizable, reusable N100 face mask that will set a higher filtration bar for performance and protection than the current N95 masks.  </li><li>Total project budget: $2.98M / GIC funding: $1.32M</li></ul>; null,Disinfection Robot; Project location: Burnaby, BC<br/>Project partners: Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc.; <ul><li>This project will provide a robot that will map large scale environments such as hospitals, navigate to interest points, perform hands-free UV disinfection without presence of humans, report the task details and move to the next interest point to repeat the same actions. AIS cloud capabilities allows the collection and reporting of data from the environment; monitoring of the performance; interactive controlling; and updating and troubleshooting the robot to increase safety and AI capabilities.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.95M / GIC funding: $0.98M</li></ul>; null,Module for Digitalizing Work Instructions to Augmented Reality; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: DeepSight Réalité Augmentée Inc., Avior Integrated Products Inc.
; <ul><li>Project partners will add a new module to the current DeepSight augmented reality (AR) platform that allows organizations to create holographic guides to help workers in the assembly of aerospace components and composite parts. This will greatly increase productivity and reduce the number of defects, as the employees will be empowered by immersive and intuitive instructions. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.34M / GIC funding: $0.17M</li></ul>; null,Creating biodegrable material for N95 masks and HEPA filters; Project location: Craik, SK<br/>Project partners: Titan Clean Energy, Panther Industries Inc., The Big-Nano, Corporation, K+A Potash Canada and Canada Masq Corp. ; <ul><li>This project will highlight Canada as a global leader in advanced sustainable bioproducts by building a 100% Canadian supply of biodegradable melt-blown fabric feedstock and replacing the highly polluting fossil-fuel derived resins (i.e., such as Polypropylene) that are currently imported from Asia, Europe and USA.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.81M / GIC funding: $0.9M</li></ul>; null,Hand sanitizer production system from pellet to pallet; Project location: Oro Medonte, ON<br/>Project partners: Molded Precision Components, Niigon Machines Ltd. ; <ul><li>This project will develop new advanced manufacturing techniques to enable production to packaging of hand sanitizer in a continuous process.  </li><li>Total project budget: $12.12M / GIC funding: $6.06M</li></ul>; null,Predictive Maintenance and AI Driven Smart Welding/Zero Downtime, Zero Defects and Output Optimization ; Project location: Woodbridge, ON<br/>Project partners: Polyalgorithm Machine Learning (Poly ML), Martinrea Automotive Inc.; <ul><li> Through this project, Polyalgorithm Machine learning (Poly ML) is working to deliver practical, affordable Zero Downtime, Zero Defect and Output-Optimized AI-driven solutions first to their manufacturing partner, and then to a broader range of Canadian manufacturers. The solutions will cover: predictive maintenance for stamping machines, split detection in stamping machines, and expulsion elimination and output optimization for resistive robotic welding</li><li>Total project budget: $1.98M / GIC funding: $0.86M</li></ul>; null,Made in Canada Magnesium TechTiles- Pilot Plant; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: ZS2 Technologies, Progressive Planet Solutions, Occam's Technologies ; <ul><li> The pilot plant will be a collaborative undertaking between ZS2 Technologies, Progressive Planet, and Occam's Technologies Inc. to lead the development of a novel, proprietary Magnesium Carbonate-based Cement (MCC) that offers a holistic solution to magnesium oxide production, and a low carbon cement alternative with carbon capture and storage.  Through this project, the partners will collaborate to create and advanced manufacturing space that addresses the current challenge of rapidly escalating CO2 emissions from the construction industry, specifically the cement industry.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.54M / GIC funding: $0.23M</li></ul>; null,3D Vision Guided Robotic Assembly; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Apera Al Inc. (was Vancouver Computer Vision Ltd.), Stronach Centre for Innovation, a division of Magna International Inc.; <ul><li>In this project, Apera and Magna will develop the necessary means to automate the latching device or vane assembly tasks.  This development could enable manufacturers to automate more assembly processes, cost-effectively produce products at even smaller scale and improve their ability to enhance quality.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.3M / GIC funding: $1.02M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Tool Manufacturing for Critical Hydrogen Fuel Cell Components in Canada; Project location: Cambridge, ON<br/>Project partners: Precision Resource Canada (PRC), Miltera Machining Research Corp (Miltera); <ul><li> Through its partnership with Miltera Machining Research Corp (Miltera), Precision Resource Canada (PRC) will leverage knowledge and expertise to provide industry-leading advanced tool manufacturing solutions that enhance speed from design to full-scale production. The project aims to use advanced manufacturing techniques, focusing on innovative, data-driven, and systematic approaches to relieve bottlenecks and enhance critical manufacturing steps.</li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $2.96M</li></ul>; null,Implementing CarbiCrete's Cement-Free Concrete Technology at Canal Block; Project location: Port Colborne, ON<br/>Project partners: CarbiCrete, Canal Block; <ul><li> Concrete is the most used manmade substance on Earth; cement, its main ingredient, accounts for 8% of global GHG emissions. Eliminating cement can significantly impact Canadian emissions while promoting clean infrastructure. The innovative CarbiCrete process replaces cement with an industrial by-product, steel slag. The concrete is cured with CO2, which is sequestered in the product while strengthening it, leading to carbon-negativity. The goal of this project is to scale CarbiCrete technology at Canal Block?s concrete plant to deliver shared commercial growth and environmental benefits. </li><li>Total project budget: $8.3M / GIC funding: $2.96M</li></ul>; null,Development of a new manufacturing process for the recovery of value-added products from wastewater using advanced vacuum technologies; Project location: London, ON<br/>Project partners: USP Technologies Canada, Brown and Caldwell Consultants Canada, Municipality of Middlesex Centre, Western University; <ul><li> Realization of a circular economy requires new manufacturing processes able to produce value-added products from wastes. USP Technologies Canada (and partners) plans on conducting a feasibility study, centered on laboratory tests and model-based analysis, to determine the viability of the new manufacturing process to accelerate the realization of a circular economy in the wastewater industry. The study is designed to confirm whether the value-added products recovered by vacuum technologies can maintain high yields and sufficient purity for circular applications (i.e., supplemental carbon for biological nutrient removal, fertilizers for agriculture, carbon-based precursors to bioplastics, etc.). </li><li>Total project budget: $0.29M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,National Bio-Manufacturing Centre; Project location: Sydney, NS<br/>Project partners: Verschuren Centre Inc., deNova Inc.; <ul><li> This project will build large scale, world class capacity for Canadian industrial biotech SME companies to scale their processes. The proposed shared access capacity build will be transformative for these companies? path to market, providing access to and collaboration with manufacturing off-take partners for testing and thereby attraction of investment for their commercial build out in Canada. </li><li>Total project budget: $8.43M / GIC funding: $2.41M</li></ul>; null,The Development of a Robotic Solution for Building Component Prefabrication; Project location: Edmonton, AB<br/>Project partners: ACQBuilt, Promise Robotics ; <ul><li> The goal of the project was to develop and demonstrate a versatile robotic automation solution for the manufacturing of timber-framed wall panels. This project was a part of a much greater effort to help with the affordability and sustainability of residential construction in Canada by developing a scalable automation platform for the production and assembly of building components. The project aimed to achieve three objectives: 1) Develop and implement a compact robotic cell to produce variable wall panels. 2) Create an AI-assisted CAM pipeline to generate robotic control code from the building component design. 3) Develop virtual prototypes and simulation models of the robotic production processes of major building components</li><li>Total project budget: $0.54M / GIC funding: $0.24M</li></ul>; null,Towards a Canadian Circular Economy: Novel Manufacturing Processes for Iron-based Coagulants from Metal Wastes for Environmental Applications; Project location: London, ON<br/>Project partners: USP Technologies Canada,  Municipality of Middlesex Centre, Ryerson University; <ul><li> Currently there is a need for alternative manufacturing processes to supply critical infrastructure services with the iron chemicals they need ? i.e., supplies that are more local, derived from waste products, and increase the resiliency of its end-users. The project will conduct laboratory feasibility and techno-economic studies to determine the viability of the new manufacturing processes to accelerate realization of circular economy in the wastewater industry.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.23M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Zero Transition Process; Project location: Aurora, ON<br/>Project partners: Axiom Group Inc., MS Falcon Tooling Inc., Kytech Machine Works Ltd., Bulldog Polymers Inc.
; <ul><li>This project is developing a technology to eliminate visual transitions between different plastic materials, typically hard and soft plastics, for use in automobile interior and exteriors, with applications in broader advanced manufacturing industries. This solution will strengthen Canada?s automotive industry and the broader high-performance plastics manufacturing industry, and will have applications in aerospace, medical devices, construction, heavy equipment, and sport equipment manufacturing.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.98M / GIC funding: $0.88M</li></ul>; null,OAC Virtual Aerospace Matchmaking Platform and Intelligence Hub; Project location: Pickering, ON<br/>Project partners: Ontario Aerospace Council; <ul><li>Ontario Aerospace Council (OAC) has designed a Virtual Aerospace Matchmaking Platform and Intelligence Hub branded <ul><ul>aero+b2beematch<ul><ul> that will be a dedicated space for aerospace SMEs and industry clusters to network globally, gather market intelligence, and share innovation challenges. The platform?s analytical tools will deliver valuable insights on the sector?s demographics, capabilities and funding gaps enabling OAC to provide increased support to its member ecosystem. OAC?s added internal digital capabilities will help to further promote the growth of Ontario?s aerospace capabilities and develop collaborative partnerships across Canada and around the world.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.46M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Enabling Advanced Therapeutics & Domestic Supply Chain for Biomanufacturing; Project location: Toronto, ON; Hamilton, ON; Vancouver, BC; Charlottetown, PEI; Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: CCRM (Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine), OmniaBio Inc., Global Life Sciences Solutions Canada ULC, BioVectra Inc., Northern RNA Inc., Precision NanoSystems ULC Inc; <ul><li> Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), in partnership with Cytiva (Toronto team) will lead the development of advanced manufacturing immunotherapy platforms to improve biomanufacturing scalability, readiness and sustainability, while showcasing Canada?s leadership in the global market. The goal is to transition away from existing yet outdated biomanufacturing workflows for immunotherapies which are costly, variable, and require manual intervention, towards automated, closed-system, and more cost-effective solutions developed at commercial scale.</li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $2.96M</li></ul>; null,A Flexible, Scalable Al Manufacturing Quality System; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Lantern Machinery Analytics Inc., e-Zinc. Inc.; <ul><li> This project aims to provide a fully integrated, AI-powered, image and time-series data analysis system that effectively detects process defects and relates them to product performance. This will also provide a real demonstration of how AI can be used to improve implementation of a completely new energy storage system.The project will not only address the technical challenges, but also help overcome the operational and training challenges in order for the software to be easily adapted to changes in composition and throughput of manufacturing lines. </li><li>Total project budget: $3.48M / GIC funding: $1.21M</li></ul>; null,Reliable Supply of New Generation Organic Semiconductors; Project location: Quebec City, QC<br/>Project partners: Brilliant Matters Organic Electronics, RAYMOR INDUSTRIES ; <ul><li> Raymor and Brilliant Matters (BM) have previously co-developed a lab-scale production of organic metallic ink that caught the interest of a semiconductor foundry because of its unique purity. The project aims to establish a value chain, that is able to supply a large size semiconductor fabrication plant (foundry) in organic nanotubes.  This process has been tested in small batches for test applications and this project wants to bring a commercial production line of organic semiconductors in Canada with direct access to international distributors and clients. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,High Speed Al Powered 3D Inspection; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Apera Al Inc., Stronach Centre for Innovation; <ul><li> This project will address the issues around 3D inspection of the parts coming out of the production machines. The project aims to develop an AI powered inspection system that checks the parts coming out of the production machine and would identify the defective parts so that it could be removed either using a robot or any other means. It would significantly reduce the cost of dealing with defects further down the assembly line as it will catch the issue early. It will also increase productivity due to elimination of micro stops.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.88M / GIC funding: $1.57M</li></ul>; null,Delivering a Transformative Industry 4.0 Capability Enhancement for the East Coast Battery Materials Development & Manufacturing Sector ; Project location: Bedford, NS<br/>Project partners: Novonix Battery, Well Engineered Incorporated; <ul><li>This project aims to help Canada establish itself as a major player in the global battery sector as it aims to create a Canadian electric vehicle (EV) value chain to meet the current lithium-ion battery manufacturing demands related to the adoption of electric vehicles and grid energy storage. The bulk of this manufacturing is currently done in Asia and employs established, wet-chemical processes. In this project, Novonix will employ its patented dry synthesis process and technology that will be less costly than the traditional wet-chemical processing, while also reducing chemical waste streams.</li><li>Total project budget: $17.75M / GIC funding: $1.68M</li></ul>; null,COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc., Northern RNA Inc. ; <ul><li>This project will develop a made-in-Canada COVID-19 mRNA vaccine by expanding Providence's vaccine manufacturing capacity in Canada to meet the needs of Canadians. It will establish mRNA vaccine manufacturing capacity within Canada and build a raw material supply chain that supports an exciting new industry.</li><li>Total project budget: $10.1M / GIC funding: $5.05M</li></ul>; null,COVID-19 RNA Test Kit; Project location: Fredericton, NB<br/>Project partners: LuminUltra Technologies; <ul><li>This project will support the development of a novel SARS-CoV-2 test kit based on nucleic acid (RNA) detection of novel corona virus; including associated advanced manufacturing scale-up to meet national and international demand. </li><li>Total project budget: $4.99M / GIC funding: $3.1M</li></ul>; null,Green Recycling of EV Battery Black Mass; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Cnem, Talon Metals Services, Palcan Energy  ; <ul><li> This project will recycle EV battery black mass using an environmentally friendly approach. Cnem Corp. has adopted the advanced classification technologies of processing microelectronic materials. The recycled cathode materials are reconditioned via hydrothermal and plasma processing to restore their stoichiometric and microcrystalline characteristics to be used for EV battery manufacturing. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.91M / GIC funding: $0.41M</li></ul>; null,Factory of the future; Project location: Guelph, ON<br/>Project partners: Linamar, ABB Robotics, Ferro Technique, Eclipse Automation Collaborators: McMaster University, National Research Council Canada (NRC), University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, Vector Institute; <ul><li> This project aims to prove Canada's capability to build an automated factory, including handling raw material, machining, inspection, and packing by mimicking an existing factory cell but autonomously using the latest advanced manufacturing technology. The cell will act as a pilot and proof of concept that can then disseminate throughout Linamar's factories, the partners' facilities, and the rest of Canada's manufacturing ecosystem.</li><li>Total project budget: $6.12M / GIC funding: $2.72M</li></ul>; null,Advancing Ablation Processes for Automotive Applications; Project location: Oshawa, ON<br/>Project partners: CG Belle Industries Inc., 2.	Spectral Devices Inc. ; <ul><li>This project will develop an advanced manufacturing process to remove various coatings from metal surfaces using laser technology, eliminating the need for the toxic chemicals or hazardous materials typically used in this application. Although the initial target of the project is the automotive industry, the knowledge and expertise developed in this project will create a localized cluster for laser ablation technology applicable to multiple industries.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.37M / GIC funding: $0.17M</li></ul>; null,Scaling up antimicrobial textile material manufacturing for use in PPE applications; Project location: Etobicoke, ON<br/>Project partners: Fine Cotton Factory, Microbonds Inc. ; <ul><li>The project will update and scale the manufacturing processes for antimicrobial textiles to achieve mass production of reliable, washable and reusable materials for PPE applications in order to address the critical need in Canada. </li><li>Total project budget: $3.13M / GIC funding: $1.39M</li></ul>; null,Development and Industrial Demonstration of Metal Casting Digital Twin with Integrated AI-Driven Optimization ; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Cast Analytics Inc., Empower Operations Corp., Applied CCM, Inc.; <ul><li>Project partners will be working together to develop a software as a service solution for metal casting. The project will create a metal casting digital twin with integrated artificial intelligence driven optimization capabilities that will offer practical and cost-efficient manufacturing process optimization services for the Canadian and international manufacturing sector. These services will help the manufacturing industry improve productivity and product quality and reduce development times and costs.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.24M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Using Al to Fast-Track Electrochemical Technology Developments; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Ayrton Energy Inc., Pulsenics; <ul><li> Ayrton Energy and Pulsenics will engage in a joint partnership focused on fast de-risking of technology developments in electrochemical technologies. Ayrton Energy will utilize Pulsenics technology in their research and development projects over the next two years, fast-tracking their electrochemical technology developments using advanced manufacturing techniques that enable fast evaluation of components to meet their technology's application requirements. </li><li>Total project budget: $4.71M / GIC funding: $1.65M</li></ul>; null,Cluster Digital Transformation Program; Project location: Hanover, ON<br/>Project partners: Blue Water Wood Alliance; <ul><li>This project will enable Blue Water Wood Alliance (BWA), a not-for-profit wood manufacturing cluster, to undertake a digital transformation program to help SMEs grow and run their businesses through virtual access to BWA?s programs and activities. Anticipated economic benefits include increased sales and productivity, engagement and suport of remote SMEs, and process improvements for member companies both inside and outside the cluster. The program will also foster collaboration with other organizations involved in the Canadian wood industry, further strengthening the wood manufacturing ecosystem.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.13M / GIC funding: $0.07M</li></ul>; null,Technology Feasibility Demonstration for Stroke Diagnosis; Project location: Waterloo, ON<br/>Project partners: Artificial Intelligence Imaging Sensors (AiimSense Inc.), Sorena Tech Corporation 
; <ul><li>This project will see partners develop a prototype for a portable brain scanner based on electromagnetic imaging and artificial intelligence that will allow for the diagnosis of stroke faster and earlier than is currently possible.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.11M / GIC funding: $0.06M</li></ul>; null,High speed temperature measurement for aluminum strip processing; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Hazelett CASTechnology ULC, Aluminum Valley Society; <ul><li>This project will install and commercialize a new high-speed thin-strip twin belt demonstration/pilot line at a manufacturing facility in Kingston that will produce high quality aluminum alloy sheet at a fraction of the conversion cost and carbon footprint of conventional processes.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.25M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Solid State Lithium Batteries; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Electrovaya, Process Research Ortech; <ul><li> Initial results from Electrovaya's work on solid-state batteries based around a novel lithium ion conductor shows promise for commercial fabrication. In collaboration with its partner, Electrovaya will expand these initial findings and develop pilot scale manufacturing techniques to incorporate these novel materials into multilayer pouch cells. Results from this project aim to establish Canada as a player in the rapidly expanding next-generation lithium battery market. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.22M</li></ul>; null,Producing nanofiber meltblown material; Project location: Waterloo, ON<br/>Project partners: The Big-Nano Corp., Swenco, IPC Technologies dba Prescientx, APC Filtration, Titan Clean Energy Project Corp ; <ul><li>This project will use Big-nano's technology to reduce Canada?s reliance on foreign suppliers for critical nanofiber meltblown material for PPE and air purification filters by developing world-class material, creating a globally competitive cost structure and mass production capacity in Canada.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.53M / GIC funding: $1.76M</li></ul>; null,Automated Manufacturing for Ultrasound Transducers used in Sterile Surgery; Project location: Halifax, NS<br/>Project partners: Daxsonics Ultrasound, Synaptive Medical; <ul><li>This project aims to automate manufacturing processes for miniaturized high-resolution ultrasound transducers, intending to make single-use transducers feasible for highly sterile surgical procedures. This project aims to reduce production costs while maintaining the safety and quality requirements necessary for developing medical devices. The results of this project will allow transducer manufacturers to develop new products that can improve surgical outcomes through greater use and provide entry to markets where costs of goods were previously prohibitive.  </li><li>Total project budget: $0.6M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Al-enabled Autonomous Manufacturing Equipment; Project location: Guelph, ON<br/>Project partners: Linamar Corporation, Cyberworks Robotics; <ul><li> Cyberworks Robotics has developed a vehicle-agnostic autonomous self-driving technology that allows existing manual commercial off-road machines to be fully automated without changes to the facility infrastructure, thereby mitigating labor shortages, reducing operating costs, increasing worker safety, and increasing operational efficiency through logistical workflow optimization. By partnering with Linamar, this project will involve integration of Cyberworks? new self-driving technology onto a conventional manual (a) tow tug, (b) industrial floor cleaner (c) personal transport pod and (d) forklift and testing/optimization in live environments to move the technology.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.51M / GIC funding: $1.58M</li></ul>; null,Fast manufacturing of plastic injection molds for COVID-19 diagnostic and treatment ; Project location: Boisbraind, QC<br/>Project partners: ExaCad; <ul><li>This project will aim to quickly respond to Canada?s urgent need for plastic consumables for diagnostic and treatment procedures related to COVID-19, by rapidly manufacturing complex plastic injection molds.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.83M / GIC funding: $1.83M</li></ul>; null,Smart Garments for Biometric Monitoring; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Myant, Celestica, Bayshore, CardioComm Solutions; <ul><li>This project will enable the manufacturing and production of a new textile-based monitoring system for patients and frontline healthcare workers.  This ?smart garments? line of underwear, bras and other tech-filled undergarments named ?Skiin? have  the ability to read and collect biometrics from the user?s body via novel sensors which are then analyzed by Myant?s AI platform to identify signs of health issues. </li><li>Total project budget: $4.98M / GIC funding: $2.49M</li></ul>; null,Autonomous mobile robotic UV disinfector (AMRUD); Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: A&K Robotics; <ul><li>This project will convert AMRUD?s current prototype (a self-driving robot capable of autonomously disinfecting large areas of floor spaces and high-touch surfaces with a targeted approach specially designed to combat viruses and germs that can linger and be transmitted from surface to surface) into an MVP that can be rapidly brought to market and rolled-out in a collaborative fashion with key industry testing partners. This robot was developed specifically for use in commercial spaces, and supplements janitorial staff to keep places clean, reduce the spread of germs during disease outbreaks and aid in efforts to proactively prevent public health crises.  </li><li>Total project budget: $1.52M / GIC funding: $0.76M</li></ul>; null,Optimizing Medical Device Remanufacturing Process; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Baxter, Cheme Engineering, Technology Trace; <ul><li> This project investigated how the use of a new IoT technology including AI could provide medical device companies (and other industry sectors) with the necessary data insights and process automation to proactively manage and supply its life-sustaining therapies to meet demand. This project supported the vision of Industry 4.0.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.33M / GIC funding: $0.59M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Manufacturing Cluster - CME NL; Project location: St. John's, NL<br/>Project partners: Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada; <ul><li> CME-NL is an existing industry association located in Newfoundland and Labrador with pan-Canadian representation in Ottawa. CME-NL worked with NGen to conceptualize, develop, and implement an applied research initiative that will illuminate ways to better support/improve the Newfoundland and Labrador manufacturing and processing sector. The aim of the project is to form a special interest group to better understand the barriers, opportunities and potential accelerants facing/available to NL in terms of best practices and technology adoption to an already struggling region.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.08M / GIC funding: $0.04M</li></ul>; null,Advanced recycling technologies for single-use PPE; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: MEA Health, MLD Solutions ; <ul><li> This project aims to address specific supply chain and production complexities related to recycling of PPE through a multi-step, end-to-end, digitally-driven approach. This project intends to develop an advanced and novel end-to-end digital manufacturing methodology, leveraging custom proprietary software, novel hardware, and cutting-edge processing equipment, which will automate the process of PPE disassembly and handling to generate batches of recycling-compatible material components, resulting in marketable end-products for plastic reproduction. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Novel Clean Tech. Manufacturing Process for the Catalytic Production of a Green Disinfectant for Water Treatment  ; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Datec Coating Corporation, Process Research Ortech Inc; <ul><li>This project will demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of developing a chemical manufacturing technology that will produce a third-generation green waste water disinfectant. The disinfectant may also be used in drinking water treatment, industrial effluent treatment and bio-solids remediation, among other applications.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Manufacturing Process for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Gradient Coil Production; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Synaptive Medical Inc., MRIdt Inc.; <ul><li>This project will design and build a flexible production line for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gradient coils developing the capability to simulate, optimize and manufacture more advanced gradient coils of various sizes.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.8M / GIC funding: $0.24M</li></ul>; null,Remote Monitoring for Patients at Home; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: Cloud Diagnostics; <ul><li>This project will enable many non-acute patients to be discharged early with at-home monitoring through a hardware/software platform, freeing up beds and relieving staff. Patients can continue oxygen therapy in the comfort of their homes with this wrist cuff artery pulse and symptom monitoring technology. </li><li>Total project budget: $3.51M / GIC funding: $1.76M</li></ul>; null,Digital transformation of secondary metallurgy facility at ArcelorMittal Dofasco; Project location: Hamilton, ON<br/>Project partners: ArcelorMittal Dofasco, IBM Canada Ltd., Tenova Goodfellow Inc. and IFIVEO Canada Inc. ; <ul><li>This project is an opportunity to marry the best in oxygen steelmaking with the best in digital transformation with the goal of digitally transforming a manufacturing asset in a mature, heavy industry.  Digitalization in heavy industry lags that of other manufacturing subsectors.  This project will create value in advancing the state of understanding of the digitalization process in Canada?in a real heavy manufacturing environment?including: the process execution required to implement intelligence, the standards required to enable the flow of data, as well as the impact on the workforce.  This is especially critical as all global industrial economies are racing towards these goals.</li><li>Total project budget: $12.07M / GIC funding: $3.91M</li></ul>; null,Robotic Mass Timber CNC Processing Center; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Intelligent City Inc., Brave Control Solutions; <ul><li>Through its development and recent commercialization processes, Intelligent City had a uniquely deep insight into timber processing and manufacturing technology and identified potentials for advanced manufacturing innovation. The proposed project tackles a large market segment: in order to effectively and efficiently process mass timber building products, by developing a versatile, and affordable robotic CNC cell. With the support of NGen, the scope and speed of the development process will be significantly increased, leading to the first implementation within Intelligent City's factory in early 2022. The project will be developed as a product so that it can be commercialized for many different timber processing applications, and potentially incentivize a new level of advanced automation in the timber industry.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.99M / GIC funding: $0.88M</li></ul>; null,New Advanced Manufacturing Production Environment for Smart Textiles as Medical Devices; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Myant Inc., Applied Brain Research, Urtech Manufacturing Inc.; <ul><li> This project proposes to develop an advanced manufacturing cell for the purpose of producing Class II and III textile based medical devices. The project represents the next step in an ongoing contract for a Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) that Myant is developing for Zoll Medical.  The WCD is a life-saving medical device for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death and this project addresses the largest single issue with WCDs: compliance with daily use.  </li><li>Total project budget: $12.3M / GIC funding: $5.46M</li></ul>; null,Development of Next Generation Membrane Electrode Assembly Using Novel Nanoporous Carbon Materials for High Performance Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Momentum Materials Solutions, BlissEarth Energy Research; <ul><li>  The proposed project will focus on the development of a high-performance MEA product based on patented technology and the manufacturing of the MEA products. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.95M / GIC funding: $0.43M</li></ul>; null,Scale-up of graphene based membrane manufacturing; Project location: Waterloo, ON<br/>Project partners: Evercloak, Environmental Systems Corp.; <ul><li>This project is leveraging the development of a breakthrough manufacturing process for ultra-thin graphene membranes which have the potential to radically transform facets of everyday life from energy storage to drug delivery and water purification. To date, these membranes have not been a commercial success due to a lack of cost-effective and scalable approaches for manufacturing the nano-scale films quickly, continuously, and over large areas. Project partners will be working together to scale up the commercial application of these graphene membranes into the manufacture of critical environment systems and cleanrooms with stringent requirements for precision temperature, humidity control, air quality and pressure.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.57M / GIC funding: $2.03M</li></ul>; null,Pilot Scale Bio refinery -  Replacing petrochemical plastics with 100% bio based materials that perform as well; Project location: Trail, BC<br/>Project partners: Advanced BioCarbon 3D Ltd, KF Hemp, Virtual Layer; <ul><li> The project focuses on developing sustainable high-performance plastics made from 100% Biomass. Advanced BioCarbon utilizes natural, high-performance plastic, a material found in nearly every plant - lignin. This funding supports the expansion and engineering of the company's test and development center located in Trail, BC. It contributes to the phases necessary to scale the process progressively, design, build, and operate a commercial biorefinery processing in the 300 ton per day (tpd) range of biomass. Advanced BioCarbon has plans to partner and launch various scales of next-generation biorefineries across rural communities across Canada.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Automated Defect Inspection; Project location: Guelph, ON<br/>Project partners: Linamar, 2CM Innovativem AIS Technologies Group Inc.; <ul><li> This project intends to address the need to replace human visual inspection of product defects using vision technology for better accuracy and ability to recognize non-conforming quality conditions. Linamar, along with its partners, will collaborate to develop new technology that improves the overall efficiency of current operator detection methods for use on current products and potential future products.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.89M / GIC funding: $1.28M</li></ul>; null,Scaling of Autonomous Navigation Sensors through Photonic Wirebonding; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: OSCPS Motion Sensing Inc.; AEPONYX; <ul><li> OSCP has created and demonstrated a novel photonic integrated circuit (PIC) gyroscope sensor for navigation of autonomous vehicles. The autonomous vehicle and drone markets are poised for rapid growth, but lack a cost effective and accurate inertial measurement unit (IMU). This project will see OSCP will design and fabricate wafer lots of prototype chips for AEPONYX to work with. OSCP aims to introduce a fully Canadian innovative and sustainable product to the international market.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.93M / GIC funding: $0.71M</li></ul>; null,3D Printing and Semi-Automation of Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Patient-Specific Pessaries; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Cosm Medical, Agile Manufacturing ; <ul><li>This project will involve integrating Cosm?s current manufacturing process with learnings from Agile for custom dental and hearing to advance automation of the 3D printing process, semi-automation and quality improvement of silicone injection, coating, and post processing and development of a 100% quality control verification check pre-packaging of key dimensions against each unique patient-specific design.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Indigenous Manufacturing and Constructing Network - Saskatchewan (IMCN-Sask); Project location: Saskatoon, SK<br/>Project partners: Xtended Hydraulics & Machine Inc.; <ul><li> This is an Indigenous Manufacturing and Constructing Network (start-up cluster) made up of advanced manufacturers that are Indigenous owned. This cluster creates a network to solve manufacturing workforce gaps and challenges while providing equitable education, training, career and economic opportunities for Indigenous Youth and Communities across the province of Saskatchewan. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.15M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Rapid Test Kits; Project location: Halifax, NS<br/>Project partners: Sona Nanotech; <ul><li>This project will use nanotechnology to develop point-of-care test kits that will improve the accuracy of virus detection and provide results in 5-10 minutes.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.13M / GIC funding: $4.13M</li></ul>; null,PTAAM Robotic Additive Manufacturing System; Project location: Edmonton, AB<br/>Project partners: Canadian Innovative Materials Ltd., Suncor Energy Inc., Manluk Mining; <ul><li> The mining and oilsands industries in Canada have long faced challenges such as carbon emission reduction, rising operational costs, and longer lead times. The objective of this project is to design and develop a Plasma Transferred Arc Additive Manufacturing (PTAAM) robotic system and machine integrated with state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technology to overcome the challenges. PTAAM utilizes a high-energy plasma arc to melt and fuse metallic powders or wires layer by layer, building up a 3D object. </li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $2.96M</li></ul>; null,Novel Clean Tech. Manufacturing Process for the Catalytic Production of a Green Disinfectant for Water Treatment ; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Datec Coating Corporation, Process Research Ortech Inc; <ul><li>This project will demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of developing a chemical manufacturing technology that will produce a third-generation green waste water disinfectant. The disinfectant may also be used in drinking water treatment, industrial effluent treatment and bio-solids remediation, among other applications.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Manufacturing of integrated quantum dot lasers on silicon photonics; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Luxmux Technology, Dream Photonics; <ul><li> This project aims to position Canada as a world leader in advanced manufacturing capabilities in integrated photonics. The overall objective of this pilot project is to replace the current manufacturing processes of placing mirrors, lenses, and fibers using active alignment techniques with fully passive techniques ? allowing for thousands of devices to be manufactured at the cost it would take to build a few tens of units, and thereby reducing the overall bill of material requirements and form factor. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.55M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Advancing large steel press technology; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Conrex, Macrodyne Technologies Inc., Source Industrial Services Inc. ; <ul><li>This collaborative project will create the world?s most sophisticated large steel forming press and will bring new capacity to manipulate large thick panels for domestic shipbuilding needs on Canada?s East and West coasts. The consortium aims to challenge conventional capabilities and push new possibilities within the industrial use of Canadian steel, strengthen Canadian supplier networks, and showcase unique Canadian IP and manufacturing capabilities in press and crane technologies.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.99M / GIC funding: $2.22M</li></ul>; null,Vector Mass Production Metal 3D Printing System; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., Dyze Design Inc., Matter And Form Inc., McMaster University, Queen's University; <ul><li> This project is to develop a novel industrial additive manufacturing technology and process that will be focused on overcoming the key barriers separating additive manufacturing from being used for mass production in a broad range of verticals. The solution, Vectorm will allow the benefits of additive manufacturing to help North American manufacturers be more competitive past prototyping and into true mass manufacturing applications.</li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $3.55M</li></ul>; null,Self-Sterilization Coating Materials; Project location: Guelph, ON<br/>Project partners: Envision SQ; <ul><li>This project will scale-up an advanced coating product that maintains surfaces in a clean state even after dirty contacts. This product can be applied to high-touch surfaces in public, commercial and residential environments to help prevent spread of COVID-19 virus. </li><li>Total project budget: $1.74M / GIC funding: $1.74M</li></ul>; null,Autonomous Mobile UV-Light Emitting Robotic Vehicle; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: IPC Technologies dba Prescientx, Clearpath Robotics; <ul><li>This project will rapidly develop and deploy a fleet of self-driving mobile robotic vehicles integrated with an Ultra-Violet (UV) light disinfection system to quickly, intelligently and continuously sanitize essential workplaces. The first wave of mobile UV light-emitting vehicles will be deployed immediately in controlled-access healthcare settings for patients, medical staff and cleaning workers entering hospital examination rooms, test centers and treatment facilities. A second wave of vehicles are targeted for essential workplaces and commercial industrial environments to sanitize medical and food supply chains, decontaminate busy warehouse operations and disinfect front-line manufacturing and assembly lines between shifts. </li><li>Total project budget: $1.5M / GIC funding: $0.7M</li></ul>; null,Online monitoring, diagnostics and predictive analytics of critical assets in food & beverage use-case; Project location: Brampton, ON<br/>Project partners: Enertics, Skjodt-Barrett Foods; <ul><li> This project aims to pilot and prove the value proposition of an online monitoring, diagnostics and predictive analytics of critical assets in the food & beverage industry use-case. This project will involve the development and testing of an advanced Internet-of-Things solution with advanced predictive maintenance and asset management capabilities, which will serve as an important 'application use-case' in the food/beverage industry within, and outside of, Canada.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Novel Application of Advanced Manufacturing Approaches to High Quality Protein; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Aspire Food Group, TELUS, A & L Canada Laboratories Inc., Darwin AI ; <ul><li>This project will be implementing advanced manufacturing technologies such as industrial automation and robotics, IoT, and deep learning/analytics to farm crickets that have a similar protein quality to meat and with a significantly reduced environmental footprint. Through a fully automated food grade, insect protein manufacturing site in London, Ontario, this project is expected to revolutionize food-grade protein production, and address food insecurity as well as the high environmental cost of protein production.</li><li>Total project budget: $72.76M / GIC funding: $16.8M</li></ul>; null,Precision Molded Personal Protection Visor; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Molded Precision Components (MPC), Sterling Industries, supply chain contractors; <ul><li>This project will produce a fully recyclable two-piece face shield design that will be cost effective, address the short term need for frontline healthcare PPE and create a long term supply chain. The goal is to produce 48 million face shields annually.  </li><li>Total project budget: $5M / GIC funding: $5M</li></ul>; null,Roll to Roll Continuous Printing of Transparent Conductors and Heaters; Project location: Waterloo, ON<br/>Project partners: Nano Cnet Ltd., Evercloak Inc.; <ul><li>This project will develop an automated system that can manufacture flexible, transparent electrodes and heaters utilizing Nano Silver Strand technology with a diverse range of clean technology applications such as batteries, electronics and solar cells.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Aerospace & Automotive Advanced Air Mobility Manufacturing; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Canadian Advanced Air Mobility; <ul><li>This project will result in a zero-emission aviation solution that will fuse the expertise of Canada?s existing automotive sector with that of the aerospace industry in manufacturing and operating new zero-emission aircraft in Canada. This will place Canada at the forefront of zero-emission aircraft manufacturing.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.15M / GIC funding: $0.07M</li></ul>; null,Al-driven digital twins to accelerate and enhance life science manufacturing ; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Basetwo Artificial Intelligence Inc., Resilience Biotechnologies Inc., Genecis Bioindustries; <ul><li> The objective of the project is for all participating companies to advance AI-enabled manufacturing capabilities through investments in AI-driven digital twins and related foundational data infrastructure. This will not only include improvements in participating companies? predictive and optimization capabilities, but also an ability to aggregate and transform operational and lab data for consumption by digital twins. </li><li>Total project budget: $4.42M / GIC funding: $1.54M</li></ul>; null,Real-time Overall Equipment Effectiveness Monitoring & Optimization; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Panevo Services Limited, Accuenergy Canada Inc; <ul><li>Project partners will develop and pilot a software platform which utilizes the latest IIoT technologies to enable cost-effective, real time monitoring of production assets to help manufacturers identify inefficiencies, boost productivity and reduce waste.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.26M / GIC funding: $0.13M</li></ul>; null,Discrete Manufacturing Assembly Transformation; Project location: Winnipeg, MB<br/>Project partners: Price Industries Ltd., mode40, Innovair Automation; <ul><li> Currently, digital and automated solutions can typically be found for build-to-stock or large batch quantity, low variability manufacturing operations. Price Industries (Price) aims to radically transform the discrete manufacturing process, by creating a first-of-its-kind, one-stop solution which combines digitalization and automation. This project will include the integration of next generation ERP systems, IoT enabled equipment, automation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). </li><li>Total project budget: $7.99M / GIC funding: $2.95M</li></ul>; null,Development of system for automated calibration & testing of 100% electric sidewalk robots, & moving the manufacturing of robots to Ontario; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: TopHat, Clear Software, Demtool; <ul><li> This project worked to develop a world-first, proprietary system that automates most of the end-of-production line testing process as part of sidewalk robot manufacturing. This is specifically geared towards simulated winter conditions that the sidewalk robots operate in, while plowing snow or salting sidewalks. Automated tests were designed to be performed in a cold storage environment (i.e. a 40-foot refrigerated shipping container or ?reefer? container) so that testing can be done year-round in simulated winter environments, including in heavy snow, simulated freezing rain, and snowy wind gusts.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Enhanced Al Traceability for Manufacturing; Project location: Guelph, ON<br/>Project partners: Linamar Corporation, Acerta Analytics Solutions Inc.; <ul><li> This project will develop an industrial AI system which is saleable for development in a Canadian manufacturing environment to optimize web-based traceability. The industry 4.0 smart manufacturing collaboration will take Linamar Machine Monitoring System from an antiquated control-based system to the latest advanced Edge technology. This would allow a Structured Query Language (SQL) database access for Acerta Analytics Solutions Inc. to provide actionable insights into complex product and production data, particularly relationships and patterns, which will alert users of issues. </li><li>Total project budget: $2.93M / GIC funding: $1.02M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Manufacturing Methods for Electric Vehicle Propulsion Batteries; Project location: Windsor, ON<br/>Project partners: Ventra Group, Inspetech; <ul><li> The project will enable the development of advanced manufacturing innovations to improve the performance of electric vehicle (EV) propulsion batteries and battery systems. The purpose of the project is to develop scalable process innovations and advanced manufacturing techniques for the production of lithium ion EV battery cells. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.2M / GIC funding: $3.6M</li></ul>; null,Integrating Automation for Scale up of Carbon Fibre Cascade Production; Project location: Burlington, ON<br/>Project partners: Formula Solutions Inc. (FSI), AXYZ Automation Group, Promation, Weber Manufacturing
; <ul><li>This project consortium is working to integrate automated vacuum infusion technologies to scale up the production of engineered carbon fibre parts while reducing production costs. The scale up period, which will extend to the end of 2021, will position Canada as a leader in the production of aerospace components, securing long term employment and technological capabilities for Canadians, as well as securing the Canadian supply chain for complex material manufacturing.</li><li>Total project budget: $8.17M / GIC funding: $3.63M</li></ul>; null,AI Powered Visual Quality Inspection; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: AIXEL Inc., Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., Axiom Plastics Inc., Terra Cotta Foods Ltd. ; <ul><li>Project partners have come together to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) powered plug and play camera solution that automates visual quality inspection for manufacturers. This project will use vision systems and AI as part of an automated manufacturing process to ensure higher product quality than could be achieved using human inspection methods. The technology can be used in a wide range of industries spanning automotive, plastics, and food and beverage manufacturing.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Autonomous Adaptable Robot System; Project location: Aurora, ON<br/>Project partners: Stronach Centre for Innovation (a division of Magna International Inc.), Maple Advanced Robotics Inc.; <ul><li>This project will result in a novel robot integration solution for manufacturers who require flexible solutions for their growing product mix, but may not have the scale of work or capital resources needed to justify larger investments in automation systems. Using the latest in 3D vision technology, software and robotics, the solution will allow operators to easily modify the robot path and workspace.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.98M / GIC funding: $2.62M</li></ul>; null,Recycling and production of Rare-earth oxides from permanent magnet scrap; Project location: Saint-Hubert, QC<br/>Project partners: Geomega, NeoCtech; <ul><li> Geomega developed a cost-effective process to recover rare earths oxide (REOs) from magnet waste that is suitable for most types of scrap/swarf. This process bears minimal effluents, waste, and GHG emissions compared to primary rare earth elements (REE) production and other proposed elemental recycling approaches. This project?s goal is to scale-up and demonstrate the developed REE recycling process. The project comprises the construction of a demonstration plant located in an industrial complex in Saint-Hubert (Québec). Geomega will collaborate with NeoCtech who are developing an alternative process to reduce REOs to metal.</li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $2.96M</li></ul>; null,Al in Manufacturing for the World's First Digital Gynecology Platform; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Cosm Medical Corp., Hamilton Health Sciences Corp., Emerson Media Inc., Objex Unlimited Inc.; <ul><li> The objective of this NGen AI4M project is to build upon the successful completion of two NGen-supported pilot projects. This project will incorporate AI within the diagnostic system (image positioning/quality detection, auto-segmentation and analysis), AI-driven cloud software (Gynethotics design and visualization), and production optimization (quality optimization, manufacturing forecasting and planning). </li><li>Total project budget: $3.44M / GIC funding: $1.2M</li></ul>; null,Mycionics robotic mushroom harvester; Project location: Putnam, ON<br/>Project partners: Mycionics Inc., Whitecrest Mushrooms Ltd., Piccioni Brothers Mushroom Farm Ltd.; <ul><li>This project will fully automate the mushroom harvesting process using novel advanced robotics. The entire harvesting process will be optimized through the application of data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. As a complete system, the robotic harvester will increase the yield of a growing room through a ?smart graze harvesting? strategy, picking over a 24-hour period and allowing the system to pick each mushroom at the optimal time instead of being restricted to harvesting only during normal working hours. Additionally, the ability to harvest robotically and the use of data analytics will increase food safety, traceability and disease detection.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.88M / GIC funding: $1.72M</li></ul>; null,Disinfection Service Robot (DSR) Solution; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Global DWS Corp; <ul><li>This project will provide a fully autonomous service robotic platform that is spatially aware and capable of seamlessly navigating any given one-level space while avoiding obstacles to ensure human safety. It is equipped with virus disinfectant and UV-C lamp capabilities to provide sanitization solution to essential businesses and public workplaces by eliminating 99.9% of bacteria and viruses without any human intervention needed. The project will leverage cognitive capabilities (custom vision, voice interaction and autonomous navigation) and the integration of multi solutions on a single, integrated and secure platform.
</li><li>Total project budget: $2.09M / GIC funding: $1M</li></ul>; null,Cluster: Materials Atlantic; Project location: Bedford, NS<br/>Project partners: Verschuren Centre Inc.; <ul><li>Current and anticipated members of Materials Atlantic encounter advanced materials challenges when developing and improving products in multiple industry sectors including batteries, solar cells, biomedical materials, aerospace materials, electronics etc. Materials Atlantic is being setup to enhance collaboration opportunities between members, identify resources members are willing to share with other members and build out a common facility with cross-industry expertise and equipment that members can access and that will work on shared materials challenges.  </li><li>Total project budget: $0.15M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,AI-enabled RoboticHand with Human-level Dexterity for Assembly; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp., ForceN Inc., Dr. Christopher Doherty M.D. MPH FRCSC (Western University); <ul><li>This project aims to engineer a robotic hand prototype capable of mimicking the mechanical abilities of a human hand for small part assembly and object manipulation. This has the potential to transform the advanced manufacturing industry by allowing for a greater percentage of assembly processes to be automated, addressing a key barrier to the use of robotic technology in complex manufacturing processes. This technology will have broad based applicability across numerous market categories beyond manufacturing and demonstrates Canadian leadership in aspects of Industry 4.0.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.51M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Electro-Photonics Integrated Circuit (EPIC) Manufacturing; Project location: Kanata, ON<br/>Project partners: Ranovus Inc., Jabil Canada; <ul><li> Ranovus Inc. and its partner are focused on developing the advanced assembly and manufacturing process for manufacturing Electro-Photonics Integrated Circuits (EPIC) for 800Gbps Photonics Module. These modules will be sold to Hyper Scale Data Center players such as Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. in the U.S. Ranovus will jointly develop the manufacturing process for the core components and the EPIC module with Jabil Canada. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.8M / GIC funding: $3.47M</li></ul>; null,Gas Oscillation Superplastic Forming Technology Full Demonstration; Project location: Windsor, ON<br/>Project partners: AEM Power Systems, Macrodyne; <ul><li> This project aims to accelerate the adoption of Gas Oscillation Superplastic Forming (GO-SPF) technology by building and testing the first demonstration equipment. The GO SPF technology presents lucrative commercial opportunities that are beneficial for the broader advanced manufacturing ecosystem in Canada. The current Superplastic Forming (SPF) process is time-consuming, with forming times ranging from 20 minutes to 4 hours, but by introducing gas oscillation, the SPF process's performance can be significantly improved, leading to increased forming speed (up to 20 times). </li><li>Total project budget: $7.85M / GIC funding: $2.9M</li></ul>; null,New and Innovative End-of-Line Tester; Project location: Vaughan, ON<br/>Project partners: Kepstrum Inc., Stackpole International Engineered Products, Armo-Tool Limited; <ul><li> This pilot project will build an advanced end-of-line tester for bushing components, which is a critical subcomponent of both Stackpole?s hydraulic powertrain solutions and the global automotive industry, as it supports and enables vehicle electrification and light-weighting to improve fuel economy and lower emissions. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Weston Predictive Maintenance Pilot; Project location: Fredericton, NB<br/>Project partners: Smart Skin Technologies, Coca-Cola Bottling Limited Canada; <ul><li> The objective of this project was to develop a process that allows the assessment and monitoring the forces exerted on products during filing and packaging, with the goal of increasing productivity and reducing defects and damage. The project integrated SmartSkin Quantifeel Platform into Coke?s operational capabilities, which will be the foundation for new processes that improve predictive maintenance of packaging lines. As a result, plant staff will quickly be able to identify root cause issues on packaging lines, and get alerted to potential problems before they affect product quality or result in unexpected downtime.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.23M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,DPX-COVID-19: Manufacturing and scale up of neutralizing-epitope based synthetic vaccine; Project location: Dartmouth, NS<br/>Project partners: Immunovaccine Technologies Inc. ; <ul><li>This project will aim to establish a complete end-to-end Canadian supply chain for the development and manufacturing of synthetic vaccines allowing the production of large scale quantities of the DPX-COVID-19 vaccine. The production objective of this project is to manufacture 25 million doses per year.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.05M / GIC funding: $2.5M</li></ul>; null,Metal Additive Manufacturing of Next-Gen Biomedical Lattice; Project location: Winnipeg, MB<br/>Project partners: Orthopaedic Innovation Center, Numalogics, OrthoPediatrics Canada, Pega Medical; <ul><li> Lattice structures offer unique opportunities for adaptability to human physiological properties (bone) thereby providing specific treatment solutions and improved patient outcomes. However, design, optimization, and manufacturing of lattice structures is overwhelmingly complex, and extremely resource-intensive via traditional means resulting in hesitant uptake by manufacturers. Building on their success from a previous NGen project, the consortium is collaborating again, and aims to develop additive manufacturing (AM) parameter optimization for metallic lattice structures and capabilities to predict their mechanical behavior and fatigue life in biomedical applications. </li><li>Total project budget: $2.69M / GIC funding: $0.99M</li></ul>; null,Array Additive Manufacturing Production System (ARRAY); Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., Objex Unlimited, ReDeTec Inc., Athletic Knit; <ul><li>This project consortium will develop a novel industrial additive manufacturing solution called "Array". The new platform will be factory-floor ready, with an automated manufacturing cell consisting of independent, multi-material 3D printers, a fully automated robotic operator, centralized resource planning control software and a line of engineering grade production materials. With disruptive unit economics and scalability, Array will unlock the next generation of digital manufacturing at scale.</li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $3.55M</li></ul>; null,Bioplastic as an alternative to single-use plastics; Project location: Vaughan, ON<br/>Project partners: Macrodyne Technologies Inc., Ridgetech Automation, Linear Transfer Automation Inc.; <ul><li> This transformative project will bring together three leaders in their respective fields to develop alternate compression blow molding technology that can effectively process.  bioplastic.  The desired outcome of this project will be an entirely Canadian solution: a viable biodegradable bioplastic alternative to single-use plastic, and state-of-the-art compression blow molding equipment, technology and processes, including downstream automation, such as machine vision and inspection processes, that can leverage this innovative material commercially large scale across applications. </li><li>Total project budget: $8M / GIC funding: $3.55M</li></ul>; null,Accelerated Test Kits for Point-of-Care ; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Response Biomedical; <ul><li>This project will extrapolate current test methodology to expediently develop COVID-19 test kits, allowing for test results being returned in less than 15 minutes. These tests, designed to detect the presence of the virus, can be performed in Point of Care settings. This project expects to manufacture 500,000 test kits per month.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.74M / GIC funding: $2.74M</li></ul>; null,Smart, Connected and Collaborative Canadian Robotic Framework; Project location: Boisbraind, QC<br/>Project partners: Kinova Inc., Linamar Corporation, Labforge Inc., Inertia Manufacturing; <ul><li>The manufacturing industry in Canada is late in the adoption of robotics, with less than half the number of robots per worker compared to other world-leading manufacturing companies such as Japan and Germany. This project addressed this issue from multiple and combined perspectives, leveraging the unique Canadian industrial ecosystem: a robot manufacturer, multiple AI-based developers/companies, and both small and large manufacturers. Regrouping all these technologies and challenges in the same project will allow all partners to quickly iterate on their applied technical solutions, starting with rapid minimum-viable-products (MVP). The project will develop an all-new cloud-based system for the gathering of data and the commercialization, deployment, and monitoring of AI-based solutions.</li><li>Total project budget: $7.41M / GIC funding: $2.59M</li></ul>; null,Scale-up to Commercialization of Metallic Bipolar Plates for Fuel Cell Road Vehicles using Advanced Manufacturing in Canada; Project location: Cambridge, ON<br/>Project partners: Precision Resource Canada, Miltera Machining Research; <ul><li> This project aims to grow and develop long-term partnerships to advance Canada?s position as the global leader in the transformation and mass adoption of hydrogen fuel cell technology for on-road vehicle applications. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.99M / GIC funding: $3.99M</li></ul>; null,Characterization of the Dimensionality of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Lantern Machinery Analytics, Zentek ; <ul><li>The Project will develop a hyperspectral measurement system that would allow the existing production technique to reach a quality level sufficient enough for promising applications, like pharmaceuticals. The project combines ZEN?s nanomaterials manufacturing expertise and Machinery Analytics? tech expertise to revolutionize the quality control of nanomaterials manufacturing worldwide. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Bio-refinery Engineering Study; Project location: Trail, BC<br/>Project partners: Advanced BioCarbon 3D Ltd., KF Hemp Corp.; <ul><li>This feasibility study will provide the foundational knowledge necessary to construct a biorefinery capable of processing ~10 metric tonnes of hemp per day into commercialized products such as compostable medical personal protective equipment and other advanced materials such as bioplastics and graphene.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.2M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,MixFlow Advanced AI Plastics Processing; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Redetec, Optima Colour; <ul><li> This project seeks to develop novel plastics processing systems based on existing IP owned by ReDeTec. This IP combines patented hardware with artificial intelligence to reduce GHG emissions, as well as increase plastic processing plant efficiencies, profitability, and recyclability of waste plastics across a variety of sectors</li><li>Total project budget: $1.82M / GIC funding: $0.79M</li></ul>; null,Air Cathode Pilot Production Line; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: e-Zn, Macrodyne Technologies ; <ul><li> A pilot scale facility will be constructed to produce e-Zinc?s proprietary air cathode devices at a yield exceeding 85%. The project will also validate the performance of these pilot-produced air cathodes in several strategic end-use applications, including: (i) e-Zinc?s zinc-based energy storage system, (ii) AlumaPower?s aluminium-air battery systems, and (iii) other metal-air cathode applications that would be used by companies operating in the broader advanced manufacturing ecosystem. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Transformative and Fully Integrated Digital Solution for Food Manufacturing; Project location: Richmond, BC<br/>Project partners: Food Processing Solutions (FPS), Saint Germain Bakery (SGB); <ul><li> FPS Food Processing Solutions (FPS) is looking to develop a transformative and fully integrated digital solution for the food manufacturing industry. The project will have two main components: a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Remote Monitoring System (RMS). The MES will optimize the manufacturing process by monitoring, tracking, documenting, and controlling the entire production lifecycle, while the RMS will track, analyze, and report on equipment performance.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.93M / GIC funding: $1.08M</li></ul>; null,Development and validation of automated patient specific medical device software to improve additive manufacturability; Project location: Winnipeg, MB<br/>Project partners: Orthopedic Innovation Centre, Pega Medical Inc., Spinologics, Conceptualiz, Precision ADM Inc. ; <ul><li>This project will see project partners create a fully integrated platform for the manufacturing of customized orthopedic implants for patients based on pre-operative imaging and physician recommendations. These new medical devices can be created ?on demand? ? within hospitals ? thereby simplifying surgeries, improving patient recovery time and greatly enhancing their quality of life. These made-to-order implants will replace off-the-shelf implants that come in fixed dimensions, ensuring a much better fit for each patient, while costing no more than current off-the-shelf models.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.93M / GIC funding: $2.07M</li></ul>; null,Advanced manufacturing for novel medical consumables used in proprietary pelvic diagnostic imaging system; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Cosm Medical Corp, H&A Mui Enterprises, o/a Mui Scientific; <ul><li> This project focuses on the development of advanced manufacturing of a non-compliant custom-designed balloon for colpodynamic imaging  (CDI). CDI has the potential to improve urogynecological surgical planning, visual biofeedback therapy, sexual wellness and more.  The benefit of this project is a lower production cost for current products, improved design variability, and manufacturing quality allowing Mui to enter regional new markets in gastroenterology while expanding product lines for novel indications.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.52M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Feasibility Study of Manufacturing of Enersion's Tri-Generation; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Enersion, Impact Centre; <ul><li> Enersion has developed an innovative cooling technology that relies on nano-porous materials to convert waste heat into cooling, without the use of electrical compressors or toxic synthetic refrigerants (plain water is used instead); the system has been tested and demonstrated 83% electrical savings. The aim of this project is to develop a strategy for manufacturing scale-up by conducting feasibility studies through collaboration with academic and industry partners on producing large batches of our nano-porous materials in a cost-effective manner, and developing a production plan for various forecasted demands.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.26M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Deep Cryogenic treatment tank for industrial applications; Project location: Dartmouth, NS<br/>Project partners: Deep Cryogenics International Inc., Induspec; <ul><li>This project will result in the manufacture of a deep cryogenic treatment tank that reduces wear, corrosion and material fatigue in metal alloys for use in the mining, power, marine and energy industries. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.45M / GIC funding: $0.23M</li></ul>; null,Automated inspection system for robotic welding operations; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Autometrics Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., Macron Metalfab Inc.; <ul><li>This pilot project collects data for machine learning and validations, and addresses challenges around the deployment of the technology at an industrial scale and over different welding equipment operations resulting in a real-time quality management system. The accuracy and application of the machine-learning software will be improved by accumulating process data through running the system over different welding operations and executing designed test plans.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.37M / GIC funding: $0.19M</li></ul>; null,Real Time Asset Monitoring, Optimization & Food Processing Supply Chain Collaboration; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Panevo Services Limited, Saputo Dairy Products, Accuenergy ; <ul><li>Building on successes from an earlier Pilot Project which was launched to address the food processing sector?s lagging adoption of industry 4.0 technologies, this consortium will apply a novel solution for determining the performance of production assets across food processing and related supply chains. The new project will create a scalable, commercially ready real-time monitoring and advanced analytics platform which will lead to significant commercial opportunities for the consortium partners.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.72M / GIC funding: $1.38M</li></ul>; null,Production of aluminum, iron and rare earths from bauxite residues; Project location: Boucherville, QC<br/>Project partners: Innord Inc. (Geomega Resources Inc.), Rio Tinto Alcan ; <ul><li>The production of aluminium oxide required for aluminium smelting creates a caustic sludge, known as bauxite residue (BR), which is typically stockpiled in storage ponds. INNORD has developed a process to eliminate the waste problem and thereby providing a 2nd life to the aluminum industry that is otherwise expected to close by 2047. INNORD  partnered with Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA), a major aluminium producer based in Canada, to assess the techno-economic feasibility of this process. Upon success of this project, the technology will be demonstrated at the pilot scale and become available for licensing to RTA. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.23M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Saskatchewan Industrial Mining Supplier Association (SIMSA) Digital ; Project location: Saskatoon, SK<br/>Project partners: Saskatchewan Industrial Mining Suppliers Association; <ul><li>This project will create a new, digital platform that will allow members and members? clients to continue to do business together by digitizing current practices and developing new partnerships and business opportunities. The new platform also allows SIMSA and its members to link virtually to other mining industry associations across Canada, encouraging innovation and collaboration with new partners in both traditional and non-traditional industry sectors.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.15M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Industrial Implementation of CarbiCrete?s Carbon-Negative Concrete Manufacturing Process at Patio Drummond; Project location: Lachine, QC<br/>Project partners: CarbiCrete Inc., Patio Drummond, Innovative Inc.; <ul><li> The objective of this project is to retrofit Patio Drummond?s concrete plant from its current pilot project scale production to an automated industrial scale production using CarbiCrete?s carbon-negative manufacturing technology. </li><li>Total project budget: $7.74M / GIC funding: $3.44M</li></ul>; null,Advancing Large-scale Graphene and Thin-film Membrane Manufacturing; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: Evercloak Inc.,  Zen Graphene Solutions; <ul><li>Project partners will work together to develop a production process for graphene and thin-film membrane that will be primarily applied in the cleantech sector. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Next Generation Gradfoil Plat Forming Pilot Line; Project location: Burnaby, BC<br/>Project partners: Ballard Power Systems, Macrodyne Technologies, Eclipse Automation; <ul><li> The goal of this project is to develop and implement new transformative pilot processes that will enable commercial-scale flexible production while eliminating processing quality issues that are presently leading to product failures within the Ballard manufacturing plant and for customers. The new ?Pilot Line? will provide a future process and supply chain path for high volume production of repeating plate cells in Canada. </li><li>Total project budget: $6.37M / GIC funding: $3.18M</li></ul>; null,Transforming Food Waste Anaerobic Digester into a Bioplastic Manufacturing Hub; Project location: Scarborough, ON<br/>Project partners: Genecis Bioindustries Inc., StormFisher Ltd.; <ul><li>This project will design and commission a demonstration add-on unit for an anaerobic digester to convert a portion of their organic waste feedstock into polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) bioplastics. PHAs are the world?s best biodegradable plastic, having similar properties to commonly used petroleum plastics, with added end-of-life sustainability and functionality for applications such as thermo-resistant food packaging, agricultural plastics, medical plastics, and additive manufacturing (3D printing) filaments. This innovation can help anaerobic digesters produce a new revenue stream from their existing operations, while making high-demand sustainable bioplastic resins for the Canadian economy.</li><li>Total project budget: $6.03M / GIC funding: $2.68M</li></ul>; null,Deep Cryogenic treatment tank for industrial applications ; Project location: Dartmouth, NS<br/>Project partners: Deep Cryogenics International Inc., Induspec; <ul><li>This project will result in the manufacture of a deep cryogenic treatment tank that reduces wear, corrosion and material fatigue in metal alloys for use in the mining, power, marine and energy industries.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.45M / GIC funding: $0.23M</li></ul>; null,Advanced manufacturing applications in mining and mineral processing; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Exergy Solutions, Suncor Energy, Precision ADM Inc.; <ul><li>This consortium will develop new oil sands and mineral processing technologies that will reduce energy intensity and resulting greenhouse gas emissions. It will also develop cleantech solutions that will mitigate the environmental impacts of using solvents, significantly reducing water usage and eliminating the need for tailings ponds. </li><li>Total project budget: $4.82M / GIC funding: $2.14M</li></ul>; null,Leadership in Gene Therapy; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: iVexSol Canada, Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine, GE Healthcare; <ul><li>Project partners will develop an advanced manufacturing process for gene-editing tools that have been successfully used to fight cancer and repair a variety of rare and inherited genetic disorders in both children and adults. The new manufacturing process advanced by this project will address the challenges that face the current production of this gene therapy tool, such as outdated and inefficient processes, and will minimize the cost and footprint in manufacturing, while maintaining a high level of quality and safety. This project aims to establish Canada as a world leader in gene-editing tools and technology.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.26M / GIC funding: $1.89M</li></ul>; null,N95 Respirator Mask Automation; Project location: Cambridge, ON<br/>Project partners: Eclipse Automation; <ul><li>The project will expedite the Canadian-based manufacturing of N95 respirator masks which are federally and provincially identified as PPE (personal protective equipment) in ?critical-need" for healthcare workers.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.45M / GIC funding: $2.11M</li></ul>; null,Al/Machine Vision Quality Control; Project location: Surrey, BC<br/>Project partners: Keirton Inc., Organigram Inc.; <ul><li> Keirton and Organigram are collaboratively developing a high-tech AI/Machine Vision system that automates visual quality control (QC) and grading in cannabis processing ? an industry first. This intelligent system uses deep learning vision algorithms to grade and sort flowers into different streams (acceptable or unacceptable) based on their quality and characteristics.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.52M / GIC funding: $1.23M</li></ul>; null,Production and recycling of nickel materials for EV batteries via carbonyl technology; Project location: Midland, ON<br/>Project partners: Weber Manufacturing  Technologies, VPM Research ; <ul><li> The project will investigate, on a pilot scale, the application of carbonyl technology to the extraction of nickel from "black mass" - the metal-rich residue of recycled EV batteries, and subsequent production of high purity forms of nickel, useful as a feed material in the production of new EV batteries (nickel powder?s and nickel-based porous structures).  The  project will involve the design and construction of a new type of reactor suitable for black mass processing and for novel methods of nickel carbonyl decomposition.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Innovative Process to Produce Marine Coating ; Project location: Dartmouth, NS<br/>Project partners: Graphite Innovation Technologies, K&D Pratt; <ul><li> This project is developing and patenting a range of innovative underwater marine coatings based on graphene nanoparticle technology. The proposed project will allow Graphite Innovation Technologies (GIT) to prove production capacity using a novel production process which will further strengthen GIT, leading them to have a significant manufacturing advantage over competitors using traditional production methods. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,AIXEL AIoT Quality Inspection Automation; Project location: Waterloo, ON<br/>Project partners: AIXEL Inc., Quali Artificial Intelligence; <ul><li> The project solution simplifies AI adoption to be as easy as plug-and-play, so no technical expertise is required of the manufacturer. This pilot project is a follow on project to a successful NGen feasibility study during which the core AI platform was validated with manufacturers and deemed feasible. The goal of this project is to develop a commercially viable product, and test the system across a wide scope of inspection use cases over an extended period of time.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Asphaltene Carbon Fiber Feasibility Study; Project location: Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Exergy Solutions Inc., Suncor Energy Oils Sands Limited, Archer BD Inc.; <ul><li>This feasibility study will see project partners investigate and develop a commercial asphaltene derived carbon fiber advanced manufacturing process. The main goal is to determine the pilot plant design, capital and operating costs to inform the go-forward decision.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.17M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li><ul>; null,A Vertically Integrated Canadian Ecosystem for the Production of Novel Scandium Aluminum Alloys for 3-D Printing; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Imperial Mining Group, Fusia Groupe; <ul><li>The goal in the project consortium is to build the foundation to allow for complete vertical integration in Canada that will deliver finished components in a wholly Canadian supply chain directly from raw ore to finished part.  Upon success, this consortium will be able to supply not only Scandium as input, but specialty Scandium aluminum alloys that have been 3-D printed for a direct industrial user.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.6M / GIC funding: $0.83M</li></ul>; null,Development of large-scale additive manufacturing capabilities for next-generation, eco-friendly hybrid rocket engines; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Reaction Dynamics Lab, Amrikart Ressource Cybernetique; <ul><li>This project aims to develop a Canadian, in-house manufacturing solution that will allow the deployment of a comprehensive value chain in developing and manufacturing large-scale metal 3D-printed pieces for high performance rocket engines.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.89M / GIC funding: $1.51M</li></ul>; null,First Canadian Graphene Commercial Supply Chain; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Ora Graphene Audio, LOCUS Precision ; <ul><li> Ora Sound and Locus Manufacturing are partnering to develop the first commercial graphene-based product manufacturing in Canada for the audio industry. Ora Sound has patented a process for high-performance speaker membrane applications, leading to lower energy consumption for wireless applications, higher amplification, and much higher quality. The project will leave the capacity to bring lab processes to commercial applications both for product and manufacturing-tooling equipment for a variety of applications in Canada. It will also put Canada in the lead for developing graphene-based products. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Feasibility of a New and Innovative Production End-of-Line Tester; Project location: Vaughan, ON<br/>Project partners: Kepstrum Inc., Stackpole International Engineered Products Ltd. ; <ul><li>This feasibility study will identify analytical algorithms that will create a system capable of identifying compound production problems that cannot be detected by current quality control processes. This will help address the increasing levels of recalls that the Canadian automotive manufacturing industry is experiencing as a result of unidentified product failures during production.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.28M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null,Manufacturing & Export Enhancement Cluster (MEE); Project location: Red Deer, AB<br/>Project partners: Central Alberta Access Prosperity; <ul><li>Central Alberta Access Prosperity has formed the Alberta Manufacturing & Export Enhancement (MEE) cluster to bring together Alberta?s manufacturers to create opportunities, share best practices, solve common challenges, build partnerships, and enhance growth. Through networking, economies of scale and educational events, manufacturers will gain access to expertise and information that will strengthen competitiveness, encourage innovation, and help companies generate new commercial opportunities in domestic and global markets.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.21M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Advanced Systems for High Purity Alumina (HPA) Production; Project location: Oakville (Ontario)<br/>Project partners: Polar Sapphire Ltd., Nature Alu Inc., Dynamic Concept; <ul><li>This project aims to develop and advance novel systems to produce HPA, a critical mineral that is suitable for new and emerging electronic applications used in electric vehicles (EV), as well as future battery design components.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.01M / GIC funding: $2.22M</li></ul>; null,Automated Module Assembly with Advanced Laser Welding and In-Line QC Methods  ; Project location: Mississauga, ON<br/>Project partners: Electrovaya, EECOMOBILITY; <ul><li>This project aims to develop pilot advanced manufacturing capabilities for high voltage electric truck and bus battery modules in Canada. It will implement a versatile, semi-automated laser welding manufacturing pilot line compatible with a range of module architectures. Challenges of maintaining quality control while increasing the efficiency of manufacturing will be addressed by integrating novel quality assurance and control testing steps.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.48M / GIC funding: $1.21M</li></ul>; null,Canadian Nanomedicine Cluster; Project location: Edmonton, AB<br/>Project partners: NanoCanada; <ul><li>NanoCanada has formed the first Canadian nanomedicine cluster, Nanomedicine Canada connecting a community of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the nanomedicine supply chain. The new cluster will be a hub for collaboration and partnerships, provide a database of expertise and capabilities, and showcase Canada?s leadership on the global stage.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.16M / GIC funding: $0.08M</li></ul>; null,Recycling of Solid-State Lithium metal Batteries for EV Powertrains; Project location: Markham, ON<br/>Project partners: Li-Metal, Blue Solutions Canada; <ul><li> This project will establish a battery recycling hub that will reduce the reliance on critical minerals, reducing energy consumption, and in turn lower our carbon footprint. Lithium metal is already in short supply and doesn't ship easily, this project allows material otherwise lost to the Canadian supply chain to stay in Canada. </li><li>Total project budget: $5.06M / GIC funding: $2.36M</li></ul>; null,Development of scalable manufacturing processes for solar film integrated body panels; Project location: Halifax, NS<br/>Project partners: Rayleigh Solar Tech, Magna International; <ul><li>This project will develop a production ready, scalable process to fabricate solar integrated automotive polymer panels at Magna using Rayleigh?s perovskite thin-film technology and tailor and optimize Rayleigh?s solar thin film manufacturing process for application in Magna?s automotive polymer panel manufacturing process. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.81M / GIC funding: $0.4M</li></ul>; null,AI-Assisted Smart-Optic Manufacturing of Modular EV Systems; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Damon Motors, DarwinAI, Moment Energy; <ul><li> This project will develop novel versatile metrological systems for increasing the production speed, quality and safety of EV battery assembly. Ensuring the precision and repeatability of component assembly in the production of EV batteries requires fast and accurate measuring methods. Solutions created under this consortium will showcase groundbreaking quality inspection techniques for cylindrical lithium ion battery systems which can be leveraged by Canadian manufacturers targeting the more demanding production tolerances required for EV components and vehicle production.   </li><li>Total project budget: $7.96M / GIC funding: $3.98M</li></ul>; null,Biosurfactant Scale Up; Project location: Laval, QC<br/>Project partners: Dispersa, Project Clean ; <ul><li> The purpose of this project is to be the first biosurfactant manufacturer in North America and leverage their waste-to-value production process to bring affordable, green ingredients to the market. The main objective is to scale up their production process from the bench-scale to 150L and 2000L. The project will harness the power of microbes to deliver a unique production platform to scale natural, biodegradable, and cost-effective biosurfactants. In other words, they are fossil fuel-free and palm-free alternatives to synthetic surfactants on the market. The biosurfactants can be used in diverse applications, such as cleaning products, cosmetics, agriculture, energy, and more.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.6M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Development and implementation of an autonomous novel bottle/pump insertion solution; Project location:Concord, ON<br/>Project partners: Petra Hydienic Systems International Limited, Sidac Automated Systems Inc.; <ul><li>The purpose of this project is to build new machine vision technology that will be applied to collaborative robots (COBOTs) used for randomized product selection. This new vision computing software, leveraging machine learning, will enable the COBOT to pick up randomized pumps with high speed precision.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.74M / GIC funding: $0.25M</li></ul>; null,Scaling up the manufacturing process for BrainPrint Bioink; Project location: Victoria, BC<br/>Project partners: Axolotl Biosciences, Starfish Medical; <ul><li>This project will use patent pending drug delivery technology to develop a novel, patent pending bioink called BrainPrint which generates reproducible and functional human neural tissues derived from stem cells that function similar to brain tissue. Partnering with Starfish Medical, this project will scale up the production processes associated with manufacturing the bioink, using microfluidic devices, generating new knowledge, and intellectual property related to these advanced manufacturing processes.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.41M / GIC funding: $0.16M</li></ul>; null,Cleanbot; Project location: Aurora, ON<br/>Project partners: Crosswing; <ul><li>This project will manufacture Cleanbot UV and Cleanbot MIST, two next-generation robots  that will deliver targeted UV light to where it is critically needed and a precisely measured spray dose to all common pathogen hotspots. </li><li>Total project budget: $3.2M / GIC funding: $1.6M</li></ul>; null,Real-time Condition Monitoring of Component Degradation for an Electrooxidation Water Treatment Process; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Pulsenics, BioLargo Water; <ul><li> The objective of this project is to use Pulsenics? in-line characterization hardware to understand the effects of new surface treatments on the industrial performance of BioLargo?s electrodes, in order to inform the design and manufacturing processes of next-generation electrodes.  BioLargo Water has developed a novel electrochemical reactor to disinfect and decontaminate wastewater. To address this prevalent market challenge, Pulsenics has developed a novel hardware that uses non-disruptive energy pulses to sense and understand even the most micro-level health changes on the surface of an electrode experiencing industrial conditions. This technology will be used to evaluate the manufacturing processes identified by BioLargo Water to improve their electrode health and lifetime. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.21M / GIC funding: $0.1M</li></ul>; null}