July 29, 2015 – Moncton, NB
TRC Manufacturing, a division of TRC Hydraulics, will receive up to $668,657 in funding for two projects that improve upon existing tools for the mining, and oil and gas industries:
- A contribution of up to $326,565 to support the development and fabrication of an innovative, low footprint, low-cost concentric pump jack for oil pumping shafts; and,
- A contribution of up to $342,092 to support the development of a new undercutter for the salt mining industry.
Robert Goguen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, along with the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced the investment through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).
Since 1986, TRC Hydraulics has designed and built customized solutions for the mining, oil and gas, and offshore exploration industries. The company has built a reputation for its fluid power and motion control expertise to become Atlantic Canada's largest and most technologically advanced hydraulics distributor, manufacturer and service provider to customers in the mining, forestry, aquaculture, marine, oil and gas, and industrial sectors.
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