“York Region is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive auto tech ecosystems in North America.” — Brendan Sweeney, Managing Director, Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing
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Vaughan Headquartered Drone Delivery Canada Launches Dangerous Goods Transportation at DVS Canada
DDC has been working with Canadian regulatory staff to permit the transportation of dangerous goods by remotely piloted aircraft (drone).
Vaughan Headquartered Kontrol Technologies awarded $9.7 Million HVAC and Automation Project From Canadian Multi-Family High Rise Customer
“We are pleased that we are able to win these larger opportunities with our Global team,” says Paul Ghezzi, CEO of Kontrol Technologies. “Global provides us with a larger project footprint and capability that we seek to expand while we also focus on adding recurring revenues through an integrated building technology and service platform.”
Vaughan-Based Danavation Technologies Awarded Contract by National Grocery Wholesaler for Custom Software Delivery
This software provides Sobeys Inc.’s wholesale operations with a unified digital experience across multiple hardware endpoints. Installation is planned primarily on their wholesale partners’ networked scanner devices, with data being pulled from internal systems.
ventureLAB’s 2021 Annual Review
In 2021, ventureLAB enabled tech companies to create over 400 new jobs and raise more than $116 million in capital.
Vaughan Headquartered Kontrol Technologies to Deliver Energy Management Technology for Leading Canadian REIT
The Canadian REIT has more than $10 billion in assets under management across North America and hundreds of commercial buildings. The additional technology is intended to provide greater real-time control, analytics, and performance monitoring in 11 new buildings spanning an aggregate of approximately 2,750,000 square feet of commercial real estate.
California Department of Transportation Selects Markham Headquartered Enghouse Transit
The California Department of General Services issued a Notice of Intent to Award to Enghouse Transportation to provide software to enable California transit users to pay fares using an open-loop system.
Top Oil & Gas Exploration Company in Vietnam Selects Markham Headquartered Redline Communications’ Virtual Fiber Solution
Redline’s award winning RDL-3000 Virtual Fiber® solution will be deployed to connect nine remote oil and gas exploration and production fields in the South China Sea.
Vaughan-Based Danavation Announces Strategic Partnership with US-Based Profile Systems Design Group for the Marketing of Digital Smart Labels™
PSDG currently manages and runs its TransActPOS software for a total of 274 hardware stores, including select True Value and Do it Best locations. Through this partnership, PSDG intends to broadly market and showcase Danavation’s solutions to its wide-ranging group of retail customers.
Markham-Based Xplornet Helping Rural Communities in Canada Stay Connected
This announcement builds on Xplornet’s commitment to invest $500 million by 2025 to deploy state-of-the-art scalable fibre and 5G fixed wireless technology in its facilities-based network to meet the needs of rural Canadians today and in the future.
Markham Headquartered ANTLER Technologies & Start-Up Studio Corp. Partners with Aquatics AI Services Inc. to Offer First Next-Generation of True Commercial Swimming Pool Automation System, POOLPal™
ANTLER and AAIS are forming a strategic partnership to enhance POOLPal™’s features. POOLPal™ is the most advanced industrial-grade machine learning driven platform entering the commercial swimming pool market in North America.
High QA Brings Revolutionary QMS Into Canada With Opening of New Office In Richmond Hill
High QA® announced the opening of an office in Richmond Hill, York Region, to accommodate continued growth in Canada and leverage the area’s diverse manufacturing talent pool.
York Region’s New Investment Aims to Attract Global Tech Firms and Create New Jobs in the Region
Regional Municipality of York today announced a five-year, $1.5 million investment in ventureLAB’s Hardware Catalyst Initiative – a Canadian lab and incubator for hardware and semiconductor companies.
Markham Headquartered Redline Communications Grows Strategic Partnerships with Multiple Service Providers Enterprises and Remote Regions in Middle East
These partnerships provide advanced connectivity solutions for more than 100 enterprises in the Middle East, including in Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
ventureLAB Receives $1.5 Million From Municipal Government to Expand Hardware, Semiconductor Incubator
ventureLAB has received $1.5 million from the Regional Municipality of York to expand its hardware and semiconductor-focused incubator.
Hardware Catalyst Initiative Lands Further Funding
ventureLAB and the Regional Municipality of York have partnered to expand the Hardware Catalyst Initiative, Canada’s only lab and incubator for hardware and semiconductor companies.
York Region Invests $1.5M Into Canada’s Only Hardware-Focused Lab and Incubator, Aims to Attract Global Tech Firms
ventureLAB and the Regional Municipality of York have partnered to expand the Hardware Catalyst Initiative, Canada’s only lab and incubator for hardware and semiconductor companies.
Markham Headquartered TeraGo Sells Data Centre Business to Hut 8 Mining
Under the terms of the agreement, consideration payable to TeraGo Inc. will consist of C$30 million, to be funded from existing cash on the Company’s balance sheet. Hut 8 will retain substantially all current Data Center Business employees. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of Hut 8 and TeraGo and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.
ventureLAB-supported company, Hyivy Health, Secures $1.1M in Pre-Seed Funding
ventureLAB-supported company is developing the first smart, holistic pelvic health rehabilitation product for the one in three women who will develop pelvic health complications in their lifetime.
Markham-Based QEA Tech Shines at the Shenzhen Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition-2021 With Third Place Finish
Markham-based climate-tech & energy audit startup won a prize of USD $64,900 at the 5th Sci Innovation Competition.
Vaughan Headquartered Kontrol Technologies to Deliver BioCloud Units to Qatar and Czech Republic
“Supported by an expanding global brand awareness and recognition of BioCloud as an innovative safe space solution, we expect to continue deployment of our technology to existing and new customers throughout the coming year.”
Vaughan Tech Company Corum Saw Surge in Demand for Safe Digital Signage in Time of COVID-19
The Vaughan-based tech company Corum Digital Corporation has earned its way onto Insight Business magazine’s global list of Top 10 Most Innovative Companies Revolutionizing Digital Signage 2021.
Vaughan Headquartered Danavation Technologies Partners with Mexico’s Largest Distributor of Electrical and Lighting Equipment
With a mission to innovate Point-of-Sale transactions through visual solutions, Unoretail’s offering aligns seamlessly with Danavation’s Digital Smart Labels™ technology.
Vaughan Headquartered Kontrol Technologies Enters Quebec Demand Response Energy Market
Kontrol is offering a top tier solution through our SmartSuite technology, which has the ability to communicate with local utilities and either reduce power consumption or shut off power demand at the building and suite level, and seamlessly integrate into utilities’ grid management framework.
Markham Headquartered Terraquest Ltd. Selected for Airborne Geophysical Survey at Pedro Gold Project in Mexico
The geophysical contractor, Terraquest of Markham, will complete approximately 384 line-kilometers (km; ~238 miles – approximately 96 flight lines at 50 m spacings flown at azimuth 060 and 240 degrees) to collect data over a total area of approximately 17.7 square kilometers.
Vaughan-Based Delta-X Global to Establish US Headquarters in Rochester
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that Delta-X Global Corp., a Vaughan-based encryption and identification firm, will establish its U.S. headquarters in Rochester.
Acronym Solutions Announces Expansion into York Region
Acronym Solutions Inc. announced the extension of its high-speed fibre-optic network into York Region
Large Thailand Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Selects Markham Headquartered Redline Communications’ Virtual Fiber Solution
The Virtual Fiber RDL-3000 was chosen specifically for this project because it provides secure and reliable high-speed connectivity in these distant, isolated locations and can be used in the toughest environmental conditions, rated to operate between -40° to +75°C for fixed point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications and nomadic applications.
inTEST to Add Electronic Circuit and Electric Vehicle Battery Testing Capabilities with Planned Acquisition of Markham Headquartered Acculogic
inTEST Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Acculogic Inc. and its affiliates.
Markham-Based Xplornet Expands its Fibre-to-the-Premise Network in Rural Ontario with Purchase of Brant Fibre Optics
Xplornet Communications Inc., announced the closing of an agreement to acquire fibre assets from Brant Fibre Optics.