|SUCCESS STORY
An MEDT-sponsored trade mission to the Edmonton area last June is already producing new sales for Royal Homes of Wingham, Ontario. Royal’s modular homes offer an efficient solution to housing shortages in Alberta’s booming oil patch.
E.S. Fox finds success in Alberta's oil sands
Several years of persistence, many phone calls and frequent visits to Alberta are paying dividends for E.S. Fox Ltd., an Ontario-based construction, fabrication and engineering company. The firm is among many Ontario manufacturers winning contracts stemming from Alberta’s oil sands.
The whole environmental engineering world is watching. And waiting . . . for a revolutionary technology that converts paint fumes to energy now being developed at Ford’s Oakville Assembly Complex. “This is the greenest technology out there when it comes to air pollution control and power generation,” says Kit Edgeworth, who is responsible for the Fumes to Fuel cell system project. “This is in a world of its own—it’s Star Trek stuff.”
There’s a tiger hidden under the hood
Linamar Corporation’s Opti-Power innovation boosts automotive performance in a simple and effective way. The Ontario company’s technology also promises to help automakers achieve greater efficiencies in the drive to reduce emissions.
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