January 31, 2014 - Edmonton, Alberta - Western Economic Diversification Canada
Small– and medium–sized businesses across a range of sectors will soon have access to state–of–the–art prototyping and product validation services, thanks to a federal investment announced today by the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification.
The federal investment of $646,830 will allow the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) to acquire two pieces of specialized prototyping and product testing equipment. This equipment will be made available to manufacturing businesses seeking to develop and commercialize new products. The technology will benefit manufacturers and innovators across multiple sectors, such as the oil and gas, defence and aerospace, life sciences, nanotechnology, and electronics industries.
This new equipment will further strengthen NAIT’s role as an innovation hub and key service provider for prototype development, and product enhancement, testing and validation in the greater Edmonton region.
Emily Goucher
Office of the Minister
Western Economic Diversification
Telephone: 613–954–8097
Frank Landry
Media Relations Specialist, Department of Marketing and Communications
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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