Manufacturing

Lowering costs and improving quality are key components to manufacturing success. NRC designs manufacturing technologies that help Canadian companies improve their products while conserving energy and resources. We work with industry to develop the most efficient production processes possible.

Institutes and Programs

• National Research Council Canada
• NRC Institute for Aerospace Research
• NRC Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology
• NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation
• NRC Industrial Materials Institute
• NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences
• NRC Institute for Research in Construction

Research Programs

• Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels
• Next Generation Biomedical Devices
• Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Research Projects

• Biomimetic Polymer Composite Materials for Bone Repair
• Ceramic-Based Thermal Spray Coatings from Nanostructured Feedstock Powders
• Functional Polymer Systems
• Innovation in Biomaterials: Titanium Foams for Tissue Attachment
• Intelligent Fibres
• Laser Ultrasonic Inspection of Materials and Structures
• Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
• Numerical Modelling of Processes
• Polymer Composites
• Polymer Films

Business Opportunities and Services

• Services

  NRC offers a variety of services to businesses. Individual institutes offer for-fee services, ranging from calibration to development of building codes. Browse a variety of services that NRC offers related to manufacturing.

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• Facilities

  National Research Council (NRC) facilities offer Canadian businesses and universities access to state-of-the-art equipment, research and training programs, and world leading design, fabrication, testing and co-location facilities. Browse our state-of-the-art facilities related to manufacturing.

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• Licensing Opportunities

  The National Research Council (NRC) develops many new technologies available for licensing. Browse to see if licensing opportunities in manufacturing may be available to your business or industry.

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Publications

• NRC-authored publication citations are available in the NRC Publications Archive (NPArC).