3. SSMIC (cont’d)
• Located in new BTCC
building at Algoma University
• Member of Ontario Network
of Excellence
• National Research Council
IRAP Office on-site
• SSMARt Innovation Awards
• Youth Outreach
4. Market Development Projects –
Driving Niche Opportunities
Sciences
Smart Energy
Bio-Sciences
Technology
GIS
Health Informatics
Video Gaming
5. Alternative Energy
• 189 MW Brookfield Prince Wind Farm
• 60 MW solar generating facilities - (KKR) Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts
• Heliene – advanced solar panel manufacturing
facility (30MW/year capacity)
6. Alternative Energy (cont’d)
• Essar Steel – 70MW co-gen facility - $135-million
project
• Brookfield Renewable Power has five hydro
stations in Sault Ste. Marie and surrounding areas;
203 MW
• 500kw of solar rooftop installations with over 300kw
in application
7. Waste to Energy
• EWS - tire recovery pilot project; recycling up to 900
tires/day and produce up to 0.5 megawatts
• Elementa – municipal waste to energy technology
8. Elementa
The Elementa Process converts carbon based matter into a synthetic gas
(“syngas”) with properties and utility values similar to that of natural gas.
The syngas and resultant heat can be used to for the generation of electricity,
distilled into ethanol or hydrogen, or used as a heat source
14. Nest Steps in Sault Ste. Marie
• Currently putting Community Smart Energy Strategy
into action
• Two research/pilot projects being proposed:
• Smart Grid
• Wood to Bio Oil Demonstration Project
15. Transform the regions bio-resource
conversion capacity and smart-energy
strategy into economic growth and
market innovation.
Millworks Innovation
16. WHAT WE DO
o Assistance in developing strategic, operational and marketing plans
o Intellectual property options
o Opportunity and investment matching
o Innovation Accelerator Programs
o Access to public funding through NOHFC, FedNOR, NRC-IRAP, SR&ED Tax Credits
o Access to private funding through the NOEG and MIIG investor pools
o Tenant support for navigating the process of obtaining conventional commercial
financing
o Acces to the SSMIC SMIP and SFAP programs providing:
– Technical experts
– Technical feasibility analysis
– Productivity enhancement analysis
– Development of sales and distribution systems
– Applied Research and Development
Millworks Innovation provides site location and business support systems to
tenants, including:
17. Site Plan
Mill Works |
Innovation
Academic
Integration
Bio-Product
Development
Smart Energy
Development
18. Shared space
Shared systems
Shared skills
Shared
equipment
Public + Private co-location x College + University
co-location
Max. Collaborative
Potential
19. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
• 1.Access funding pools exclusive to Northern Ontario available through
NOHFC and FedNOR as well as NRC-IRAP, SR&ED national programs.
• 2. Leverage investment grants towards community initiatives that have
environmental or social development themes offered by local companies
such as Tenaris and Essar Steal.
• 3. Find appropriate investors for your business through the Millworks
Innovation Investment Group (MIIG) to advance promising technologies.
20. Wood Waste to Bio Oil
• Creating a bio oil via pyrolysis technology
• Using available wood as feedstock
• Bio Oil can be “hydro treated” into a transportation fuel
• Oil can also be used to make a series of value added
chemicals
– Fertilizers, Pesticides
– Polyols, Resins
– Sealants, Adhesives
21. MOVING FORWARD
• Businesses, entrepreneurs and investors interested
in looking to the bio-resource and smart-energy
advantages of Northern, Ontario for economic
growth and market innovation can contact Jason
Naccarato:
Vice President , Development - Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
Managing Director, Millworks Innovation
Jason Naccarato, MBA, PMP
T 705.942.7927 ext. 3121
F 705.942.6169
C 705.254.9216
E jnaccarato@ssmic.com
23. Naturallia
• 4 Sectors
Over 200 companies and small businesses
More than 14 countries around the world
Business to Business Matchmaking Meetings
Countless Handshakes & Unique Opportunities
24. How it Works
o “Speed dating” for business, participants are matched for one-on-one
meetings during forums on international trade, investment and
business development.
o Participants fill in a presentation form, receive the Naturallia catalogue
two weeks before the event, return up to 20 meeting request forms
from among the companies listed in the catalogue, and are matched
using a “match-making” software program.
25. Sectors Represented at Naturallia 2013
o Valued Added-Forest Products
o Mining Supply and Services
o Smart Energy Development Supply and Services
o Advanced Manufacturing
With overlap in the products and services of Naturallia’s focus
sectors, this event is an ideal opportunity for local, regional, national
and international exposure.
26. Join us at Naturallia 2013 for 2 1/2 action
packed days, starting on October 28th
.
Participate in industrial tours and visit the Expert’s Village in the
beautiful Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Editor's Notes
Good evening, and thank you for the opportunity to present tonight. I know we only have seven-ten minutes set aside for each presentation so I will do my best to quickly provide an overview of our activities of the past year and the progress we are making at the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre. This presentation is for information purposes for Council and we are handing out a copy of the presentation and the 2007 Business Plan for review.
The three main departments of the Innovation Centre include business incubation, small and medium enterprise support and market development projects.
Our SME Support Services work to grow and coordinate the IT community here providing a valuable resource to local companies. We meet with our larger IT consumers to try and find ways they can use local IT firms in their plans and link appropriate firms to them. We will also continue to coordinate the TAG technology luncheon, the IT Breakfast group and training workshops on topics that are of interest to our local IT community . These services are an important and necessary component of establishing a healthy IT community. As an ongoing practice, we continually monitor bidding sites to discover and distribute opportunities and also work to coordinate local companies where appropriate. We operate ITSSM.com a site that includes a directory of local IT companies, job postings, event information, news and Sault Reconnect – a sign up area where people from the Sault working outside the community can register for updates and learn of opportunties in our community. Finally, the Innovation Centre runs an annual IT awards – this year’s gala event had 100 attendees and featured keynote speaker Doug Barber, former CEO of Gennum Corporation and one of Canada’s most respected entrepreneurs. The IC staff continues to provide business and technology strategy and guidance services to local companies to help them achieve their goals. . Local IT businesses have been supportive of the SME support services conducted by the SSMIC and are receptive to expansion of these services. The ‘neutral party’ status of the SSMIC also provides benefits that have been recognized by the local IT community when facilitating larger IT projects among multiple companies.
The top niche opportunities we are driving, in order of priority are: Health Informatics GIS Gaming Life Sciences
The top niche opportunities we are driving, in order of priority are: Health Informatics GIS Gaming Life Sciences
