COMPANIES

London, Canada has many successful companies, across a multitude of industries, working with a variety of materials and processes, demonstrating the strength of our community as a Materials Centre of Excellence. From Healthcare, Automotive and Aerospace industries, to Defence and Alternative Energy, the products developed in London companies are impacting our lives every day.
Below is a brief profile of some of these companies and links to their websites.

Advanced Manufacturing

KelCoatings Limited - KelCoatings manufactures paint for general industrial and coil coating customers located in Canada and the United States. All formulations are developed and produced in the company's London laboratories and production facility using raw materials sourced from around the world. KelCoatings' strengths of product development and customer service have generated growth in the Canadian market and strong interest from the United States coil coating industry.
Lanxess - LANXESS Inc. will be moving their Global Research & Development Centre for Butyl Rubber into a new state-of-the-art facility at the University of Western Ontario (Western) Research Park at the end of 2009. Dr. Ralf I. Schenkel, the Head of Global R&D for Butyl Rubber indicated the move to Western’s Research Park will give LANXESS researcher’s access to people and equipment at all academic levels plus the added synergies of collaborating in a multidisciplinary environment. “Working in development networks of academia, industry and suppliers is a key strategy for LANXESS and will provide access to emerging technologies and new opportunities for us,” said Dr. Schenkel. LANXESS, with global headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany is a leader in specialty chemicals. They are most known for the development, manufacturing and sales of specialty chemicals, plastics, rubber and intermediates.

Aerospace

Diamond Aircraft - Diamond Aircraft Industries (Canada) was launched in 1992 with a goal to redefine the light aircraft training market and to bring new aircraft manufacturing technology to North America. The company is located in London, Ontario, Canada in a 300,000 square foot facility on the London International Airport, employing 540 people. Diamond Aircraft manufactures the DA20-C1 (two-place VFR aircraft, DA40 series (four-place IFR aircraft), the DA42 Twin Star and is developing a personal light jet aircraft. Diamond is proud of its aviation firsts including Synthetic Vision Technology in a general aviation aircraft, the five-seat modern composite aircraft and the Personal Light Jet.

Alternative Energy

StormFisher Biogas - StormFisher Biogas announced their investment in London which will be their flagship facility in Ontario. They have purchased 14 acres of land just south of Hwy. 401, and expect to have their facility up and running by the end of 2009.

StormFisher will be using technology that presents the missing link in the recycling world where organic materials that no one else can use are made into renewable energy. They process manure from farms within a 50 km radius of London and take away the odorous materials that are normally spread on farmer’s fields where there is risk of run-off into the local watershed. They also take organic by-products from grocery stores and food processors within a 150 km radius of London and create electricity. These by-products would normally go to landfill sites and create green house gas emissions.

The processing tanks are like a large stomach called an “anaerobic digester” that digests materials and kills pathogens. As the materials decompose, they generate a biogas, which is a combination of methane and carbon dioxide. The biogas powers an engine that creates electricity which will be fed into the power grid. With the materials that remain after processing, an organic fertilizer product with less odour and fewer pathogens is created that complies with all federal laws. StormFisher will partner with existing fertilizer distributors with established networks to get their product into the marketplace. The residual materials could also be used as compost or alternative fuels.

Automotive

Brose Canada Inc. - In 2005, the Brose Group set up its first Canadian production facility in the Forest City industrial park in London/Ontario. Start of production in December 2005 marked an important milestone signalling the seat adjuster business's penetration of the North American market. Brose produces quality window regulators, door modules, seat adjuster and closure systems to OEMs around the world.
Keiper Limited - KEIPER North America opened an additional production site at the end of 2000 in London, Ontario. Located between Detroit and Toronto, the 160,000 sq. ft. (15,000m²) plant is certified in accordance with TS 16949 standards. Around 430 employees manufacture metal seat structures for the North American market and delivered to Johnson Controls and the Lear Corporation for models manufactured by Chrysler and Daimler.
Transform Automotive Canada Ltd. - TransForm is an advanced metal forming supplier specializing in transmission components.

Defence

General Dynamics Land Systems - General Dynamics Land Systems designs, builds and supports a full spectrum of land and amphibious combat and tactical systems, subsystems and components for U.S. and international customers. The business employs approximately 10,000 employees worldwide and is the defence industry's largest supplier of armoured military vehicles.
Armatec Survivability Corp - Armatec is a Canadian enterprise, founded and headquartered in London, Ontario. Our mandate and area of expertise is the design, development, testing, manufacturing, fielding and supporting of light weight composite and survivability products; for military and commercial application. The company's product lines consist of modular armour, mine protection, IED protection and seating systems. These systems are designed to protect a wide variety of armoured vehicles and their occupants against the threats posed by land mines and other weapon systems.

Life Science

3M Canada Healthcare - 3M Canada Healthcare Market Business Group works with doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to develop and supply products for controlling infection, delivering drugs, and immobilizing limbs, among other things. From surgical and dental products to pharmaceuticals, from flexible bandages to health care information systems, the Health Care Market Centre is one of 3M's fastest growing businesses.

The divisions within the Health Care Market Centre include:

Animal Care Products
Consumer HealthCare
3M ESPE Dental Division
Health Information Systems Division
Skin Health Division
Medical Specialties
Food Safety Division
Drug Delivery System Division
Infection Prevention Solutions Division
Unitek Orthodontic Division

Stellar Pharmaceuticals – London, Ontario based Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. develops and markets therapeutic products for selected healthcare markets. The company commenced operations in 1996 with its development strategy focused on seeking novel applications for its products in markets where it can demonstrate true cost effective therapeutic advantages. Currently the company's focus has been on polysaccharide technology. Stellar currently has products being marketed in Canada with markets opening in Europe and Latin America for certain products. In addition the company is continuing discussions for potential strategic partners for its products in other markets, including the US markets.
Trudell Medical - Trudell Medical International (TMI) develops and manufactures pharmaceutical aerosol drug delivery devices for human and animal health application. We supply the pharmaceutical and health care industry with branded and custom aerosol drug delivery devices and solutions to help ease the burden that respiratory challenges can inflict on patients and their caregivers. Medical researchers have come to recognize our technologies for pharmaceutical research and development applications.
ID Labs™ is a Life Science Biotech Company operating out of London, Canada, since 1991. ID Labs™ provides niche innovative products and cutting-edge custom research services for laboratory medicine and pathology worldwide. Currently, two important areas of focus are development and production of its own branded product lines:

The IDetect™ line of multi-colour fluorescent chromosome-derived genetic/DNA test reagents
The AmcelGrow® and Karyotyping line of specialty laboratory genetics cell culture media

These high-value products are complementary, and are generally used in pre-natal screening and cancer genetics laboratories in high risk tissue and blood samples.

ID Labs™ maintains a very strong international presence in the USA, Australia/Asia, Latin America and the Europe with over 70% in export sales. Clients include international and domestic life science-, biotech- and drug discovery-scientists working in hospitals, universities, government labs, research institutes and industry across the world. Visit www.idlabs.com for full details and contacts.

Transportation

Electro-motive Corporation - For more than 80 years Electro-Motive has provided quality products and services to the railroad industry worldwide. EMD continues this proud history by producing freight, passenger, and road-switching locomotives for use in the U.S. and abroad. EMD continues to revolutionize the locomotive and power industries by developing more efficient, intelligent and safer products, staying a generation ahead of its competitors.
Hudson Boat Works – Building boats is both an art and science, but being successful in this business also included technical advancements and innovation, and intuition and risk. Historically, sculls and oars were made from wood. The oars were first to be made from composites, and President Jack Coughlin knew this was the direction he had to take with his boats as well. Hudson Boat Works was the first boat builder to combine and convert its fleet to composite construction and wing rigger technology worldwide. Today, the whole industry is primarily comprised of composite boats and wing riggers. With a growing international reputation and expansion in key international markets, the goal is to double our capacity in the next 4 years, and consolidate and expand our facilities from 30,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet. The number of employees is expected to increase to 75.


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• Home • Research • Resources • Companies • Education • Events • Contact	COMPANIES London, Canada has many successful companies, across a multitude of industries, working with a variety of materials and processes, demonstrating the strength of our community as a Materials Centre of Excellence. From Healthcare, Automotive and Aerospace industries, to Defence and Alternative Energy, the products developed in London companies are impacting our lives every day. Below is a brief profile of some of these companies and links to their websites. Advanced Manufacturing KelCoatings Limited - KelCoatings manufactures paint for general industrial and coil coating customers located in Canada and the United States. All formulations are developed and produced in the company's London laboratories and production facility using raw materials sourced from around the world. KelCoatings' strengths of product development and customer service have generated growth in the Canadian market and strong interest from the United States coil coating industry. Lanxess - LANXESS Inc. will be moving their Global Research & Development Centre for Butyl Rubber into a new state-of-the-art facility at the University of Western Ontario (Western) Research Park at the end of 2009. Dr. Ralf I. Schenkel, the Head of Global R&D for Butyl Rubber indicated the move to Western’s Research Park will give LANXESS researcher’s access to people and equipment at all academic levels plus the added synergies of collaborating in a multidisciplinary environment. “Working in development networks of academia, industry and suppliers is a key strategy for LANXESS and will provide access to emerging technologies and new opportunities for us,” said Dr. Schenkel. LANXESS, with global headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany is a leader in specialty chemicals. They are most known for the development, manufacturing and sales of specialty chemicals, plastics, rubber and intermediates. Aerospace Diamond Aircraft - Diamond Aircraft Industries (Canada) was launched in 1992 with a goal to redefine the light aircraft training market and to bring new aircraft manufacturing technology to North America. The company is located in London, Ontario, Canada in a 300,000 square foot facility on the London International Airport, employing 540 people. Diamond Aircraft manufactures the DA20-C1 (two-place VFR aircraft, DA40 series (four-place IFR aircraft), the DA42 Twin Star and is developing a personal light jet aircraft. Diamond is proud of its aviation firsts including Synthetic Vision Technology in a general aviation aircraft, the five-seat modern composite aircraft and the Personal Light Jet. Alternative Energy StormFisher Biogas - StormFisher Biogas announced their investment in London which will be their flagship facility in Ontario. They have purchased 14 acres of land just south of Hwy. 401, and expect to have their facility up and running by the end of 2009. StormFisher will be using technology that presents the missing link in the recycling world where organic materials that no one else can use are made into renewable energy. They process manure from farms within a 50 km radius of London and take away the odorous materials that are normally spread on farmer’s fields where there is risk of run-off into the local watershed. They also take organic by-products from grocery stores and food processors within a 150 km radius of London and create electricity. These by-products would normally go to landfill sites and create green house gas emissions. The processing tanks are like a large stomach called an “anaerobic digester” that digests materials and kills pathogens. As the materials decompose, they generate a biogas, which is a combination of methane and carbon dioxide. The biogas powers an engine that creates electricity which will be fed into the power grid. With the materials that remain after processing, an organic fertilizer product with less odour and fewer pathogens is created that complies with all federal laws. StormFisher will partner with existing fertilizer distributors with established networks to get their product into the marketplace. The residual materials could also be used as compost or alternative fuels. Automotive Brose Canada Inc. - In 2005, the Brose Group set up its first Canadian production facility in the Forest City industrial park in London/Ontario. Start of production in December 2005 marked an important milestone signalling the seat adjuster business's penetration of the North American market. Brose produces quality window regulators, door modules, seat adjuster and closure systems to OEMs around the world. Keiper Limited - KEIPER North America opened an additional production site at the end of 2000 in London, Ontario. Located between Detroit and Toronto, the 160,000 sq. ft. (15,000m²) plant is certified in accordance with TS 16949 standards. Around 430 employees manufacture metal seat structures for the North American market and delivered to Johnson Controls and the Lear Corporation for models manufactured by Chrysler and Daimler. Transform Automotive Canada Ltd. - TransForm is an advanced metal forming supplier specializing in transmission components. Defence General Dynamics Land Systems - General Dynamics Land Systems designs, builds and supports a full spectrum of land and amphibious combat and tactical systems, subsystems and components for U.S. and international customers. The business employs approximately 10,000 employees worldwide and is the defence industry's largest supplier of armoured military vehicles. Armatec Survivability Corp - Armatec is a Canadian enterprise, founded and headquartered in London, Ontario. Our mandate and area of expertise is the design, development, testing, manufacturing, fielding and supporting of light weight composite and survivability products; for military and commercial application. The company's product lines consist of modular armour, mine protection, IED protection and seating systems. These systems are designed to protect a wide variety of armoured vehicles and their occupants against the threats posed by land mines and other weapon systems. Life Science 3M Canada Healthcare - 3M Canada Healthcare Market Business Group works with doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to develop and supply products for controlling infection, delivering drugs, and immobilizing limbs, among other things. From surgical and dental products to pharmaceuticals, from flexible bandages to health care information systems, the Health Care Market Centre is one of 3M's fastest growing businesses. The divisions within the Health Care Market Centre include: Animal Care Products Consumer HealthCare 3M ESPE Dental Division Health Information Systems Division Skin Health Division Medical Specialties Food Safety Division Drug Delivery System Division Infection Prevention Solutions Division Unitek Orthodontic Division Stellar Pharmaceuticals – London, Ontario based Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. develops and markets therapeutic products for selected healthcare markets. The company commenced operations in 1996 with its development strategy focused on seeking novel applications for its products in markets where it can demonstrate true cost effective therapeutic advantages. Currently the company's focus has been on polysaccharide technology. Stellar currently has products being marketed in Canada with markets opening in Europe and Latin America for certain products. In addition the company is continuing discussions for potential strategic partners for its products in other markets, including the US markets. Trudell Medical - Trudell Medical International (TMI) develops and manufactures pharmaceutical aerosol drug delivery devices for human and animal health application. We supply the pharmaceutical and health care industry with branded and custom aerosol drug delivery devices and solutions to help ease the burden that respiratory challenges can inflict on patients and their caregivers. Medical researchers have come to recognize our technologies for pharmaceutical research and development applications. ID Labs™ is a Life Science Biotech Company operating out of London, Canada, since 1991. ID Labs™ provides niche innovative products and cutting-edge custom research services for laboratory medicine and pathology worldwide. Currently, two important areas of focus are development and production of its own branded product lines: The IDetect™ line of multi-colour fluorescent chromosome-derived genetic/DNA test reagents The AmcelGrow® and Karyotyping line of specialty laboratory genetics cell culture media These high-value products are complementary, and are generally used in pre-natal screening and cancer genetics laboratories in high risk tissue and blood samples. ID Labs™ maintains a very strong international presence in the USA, Australia/Asia, Latin America and the Europe with over 70% in export sales. Clients include international and domestic life science-, biotech- and drug discovery-scientists working in hospitals, universities, government labs, research institutes and industry across the world. Visit www.idlabs.com for full details and contacts. Transportation Electro-motive Corporation - For more than 80 years Electro-Motive has provided quality products and services to the railroad industry worldwide. EMD continues this proud history by producing freight, passenger, and road-switching locomotives for use in the U.S. and abroad. EMD continues to revolutionize the locomotive and power industries by developing more efficient, intelligent and safer products, staying a generation ahead of its competitors. Hudson Boat Works – Building boats is both an art and science, but being successful in this business also included technical advancements and innovation, and intuition and risk. Historically, sculls and oars were made from wood. The oars were first to be made from composites, and President Jack Coughlin knew this was the direction he had to take with his boats as well. Hudson Boat Works was the first boat builder to combine and convert its fleet to composite construction and wing rigger technology worldwide. Today, the whole industry is primarily comprised of composite boats and wing riggers. With a growing international reputation and expansion in key international markets, the goal is to double our capacity in the next 4 years, and consolidate and expand our facilities from 30,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet. The number of employees is expected to increase to 75.





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