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Aquaponics Solutions for a Better Fishery IndustryAlberta Aquaculture Association

Aquaponics Solutions for a Better Fishery Industry

Alberta Aquaculture Association

The Alberta Aquaculture Association is dedicated to promoting aquaculture and its related practices in Western Canada. The association has been promoting environmentally friendly technologies, like aquaponics, to produce fish. Aquaponics is an integrated food production method that combines aquaculture (breeding and raising fish in a farm-like ecosystem) and hydroponics (cultivating plant life without soil, using water-based nutrients).

Helping Sea Farmers Meet Their Business GoalsAquaculture Association of Nova Scotia

Helping Sea Farmers Meet Their Business Goals

Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia

From its base in Halifax, the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia (AANS) operates across the province “from Yarmouth to Cape North, Cape Breton, and all points in between,” according to association Executive Director Tom Smith. The not-for-profit, membership-based industry trade group was founded in 1977 by a volunteer group of sea farmers. Today, it represents over 95 percent of all aquaculture farming in Nova Scotia across three sectors: finfish such as salmon, trout, and striped bass; shellfish such as oysters, mussels, clams, quahogs, scallops; and sea plants such as sugar kelp.

“What Don’t We Do?” This Crew Celebrates Continued SuccessBlue Flame Crew, LLC

“What Don’t We Do?” This Crew Celebrates Continued Success

Blue Flame Crew, LLC

Gas management systems provider Blue Flame Crew, LLC specializes in the design, installation, and service of systems across the United States. It serves as a division of Boos Resource & Technology Group, a conglomerate of companies providing a wide range of services including consulting, construction, maintenance, architectural design, and engineering for the environmental markets.

MICA Adds New Partners & Projects to Ongoing Mining Innovation WorkMining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA)

MICA Adds New Partners & Projects to Ongoing Mining Innovation Work

Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA)

The Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator, also known as MICA, is an ongoing initiative in the Canadian mining industry to develop innovative technology. MICA was started by the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI). This not-for-profit Canadian mining industry research group has been working on advances in mining over the past fifteen years to address challenges and solve problems within the industry.

Advocating for the Role of Mining in a Greener TomorrowBESTECH

Advocating for the Role of Mining in a Greener Tomorrow

BESTECH

Canadian engineering and consulting firm BESTECH has served the mining industry since 1995 and has become known for its work on sustainability in the sector. The company is supported by its sister organization, FROSKR, founded in 2020 to aid the advancement of environmental protection and sustainability in mining operations

Setting Customers up for SuccessDomino Highvoltage Supply

Setting Customers up for Success

Domino Highvoltage Supply

High voltage electrical supply company, Domino Highvoltage Supply, located across North America, specializes in products for constructing substations and OH/URD distribution and transmission lines, and other such products for the high voltage electrical industry. Since the company’s previous feature in Resource in Focus in 2021, Chief Executive Officer Grant Lockhart reports that the Domino group of companies has become “truly coast-to-coast,” in its native Canada.

“What Don’t We Do?” This Crew Celebrates Continued SuccessBlue Flame Crew, LLC

“What Don’t We Do?” This Crew Celebrates Continued Success

Blue Flame Crew, LLC

Gas management systems provider Blue Flame Crew, LLC specializes in the design, installation, and service of systems across the United States. It serves as a division of Boos Resource & Technology Group, a conglomerate of companies providing a wide range of services including consulting, construction, maintenance, architectural design, and engineering for the environmental markets.

Bringing Renewable Energy to North America’s Electric GridSmart Wires Inc.

Bringing Renewable Energy to North America’s Electric Grid

Smart Wires Inc.

In 2003, a massive blackout in the northeastern United States affected approximately 55 million homes across the region as well as into Ontario, in what is still considered one of the largest blackouts in North American history. Following the blackout, a team at Georgia Institute of Technology was inspired to continue work on flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTSs) for the North American electric grid to prevent future power loss events.

Bringing First-Rate Safety Solutions to the Mining IndustryThe NMT Group

Bringing First-Rate Safety Solutions to the Mining Industry

The NMT Group

Manufacturing company Nordic Minesteel Technologies was founded in 1993 as Minesteel Fabricators Limited by President and Owner Ron Elliot. In 2008, Elliot purchased Nordic Mine Technologies, an outfit that specialized in underground rail haulage, and the two companies amalgamated in 2014 to form what is now Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. (or the NMT Group).

Over a Century of Diverse Construction SolutionsMcMullen & Pitz

Over a Century of Diverse Construction Solutions

McMullen & Pitz

McMullen & Pitz Construction Company has over a century of experience in America’s construction industry. In 1918, Oliver McMullen, the owner of a small construction company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, teamed up with businessman Arthur Pitz to form the company that still bears their names. This new company touted a special focus on marine construction with attention paid to Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and the surrounding areas.

Leading the Way in Laser Manufacturing SolutionsVirtek Vision

Leading the Way in Laser Manufacturing Solutions

Virtek Vision

Virtek Vision International is a Canadian manufacturer with international reach. Operating out of Ontario, this company primarily provides solutions to a diverse clientele based around the implementation of lasers and laser-outfitted products. These solutions include 3D laser projection systems, assembled from proprietary software and laser projection units assembled in-house. Virtek’s products are, in turn, used across a number of different industries to enhance the capabilities of manufacturing, projection, vision positioning, and quality assurance processes, among other areas.

The Family History and Bright Future of Wayside RadiatorWayside Radiator

The Family History and Bright Future of Wayside Radiator

Wayside Radiator

Texas radiator repair service Wayside Radiator’s Mark Loe, company President and owner, tells how his father Miguel Loe, Sr., in his early career as a mechanic, became familiar with the workings of radiators and the business surrounding their cleaning and repair. After gaining enough experience, Miguel opened a shop in western Odessa, Texas which he would later move to Midland, naming it “Loe’s Radiator Shop.”

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