Insight and understanding are the beginnings to export success. Listen firsthand to business people tell their stories of global expansion. Read real world examples of Ontario-based companies that are exporting their products and services.
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ADVANCED MANUFACTURINGThere are 73,000 highly skilled people working in Ontario's advanced manufacturing and machinery industry and we are home to thousands of flourishing advanced technology manufacturers, including makers of components, assemblies and systems. |
RuggedCom Inc.
In fewer than five years, award-winning RuggedCom became the leading supplier of switchers and routers, along with related products, to electrical power companies throughout North America, Europe and China. [More]
Aeryon Inc.
Ontario's University of Waterloo is a world-famous incubator for technology start-ups, the best-known being Research in Motion, creator of the Blackberry. [More]
Neptec
On an unassuming industrial campus in an Ottawa suburb there is a hi-tech company with the motto, "More Information, Less Data". Acronym: MILD. An outsider might assume that the building is populated by cerebral thinkers, perhaps working on advanced software for the computer industry. [More]
Cymat Inc.
Guess which terrific new industrial material has the following double appeal: it offers great protection from exploding bombs, and is also highly attractive as a decorative wall covering for night clubs. [More]
KK Precision
Manufacturing sophisticated parts for gas turbine engines has an Ontario company flying high in export markets. [More]
Canadian General-Tower
A 150-year old manufacturer in Cambridge, Ontario, is launching a new, synthetic fabric that has won an international award for sustainability and is poised to transform a major segment of the auto parts sector. [More]
Paradigm Shift
A patented process developed in Ontario is protecting components in the defence, aerospace, petrochemical, nuclear, and transportation industries from corrosion, wear, and oxidation. [More]
Hard-Line Solutions Inc., Dowling
Superior performance in a Northern Ontario mining project opened the doors to export markets for HLS HARD-LINE Solutions Inc., driving an average annual sales growth of 20%-30% through good times and bad. [More]
Liquid Rubber Industries, Hamilton
Offering the world products that are safer, easier to use, and cheaper has helped Liquid Rubber Industries to more than double its export sales over the past three years. [More]
ProMation, Mississauga
What started as a one-man shop in 1995 is now a multi-million dollar operation that makes machines for the world's largest automotive manufacturers. Mississauga-based ProMation continues to explore new markets, including the nuclear energy industry. [More]
Valiant Machine, Die and Tool, Windsor
How has one 50-year-old Windsor tooling manufacturer flourished in the current tough economic environment? By diversifying, of course. Valiant Machine and Tool Inc., celebrating five decades this year, started as a one-person business when Mike Solcz Sr., chairman, opened his small machine shop in 1959. [More]
Enervac Corporation, Cambridge
The largest manufacturer of transformer oil purification equipment in the world, Enervac Corporation of Cambridge, Ontario is expanding its export business, even during an economic downtown. [More]
Iceculture Inc., Hensall
The ice industry has come a long way since the art began in the 18th century. Just ask Julian Bayley, who says his family business, Iceculture, has helped bring the business side of ice sculpture into the 21st century with computer-controlled technology which rivals that in the auto and aircraft industries. [More]
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESOntario has more than 5,000 innovative IT companies, including leading-edge software developers, trailblazing digital media producers, innovative telecommunications companies and brilliant microelectronics firms. |
SIDE EFFECTS SOFTWARE and PV Labs
It's safe to say that most people tuning into the Academy Awards on February 26th have never heard of Side Effects Software or PV Labs, but their technology is integral to making many of Hollywood's biggest films. [More]
Fixmo Inc.
A chance meeting at an Ontario-sponsored trade booth has transformed a small Toronto mobile device software company into a leading player in a $1 billion global industry. [More]
Animated Media Inc.
Animated Media Inc. is a fan of Adobe's Flash software for creating and viewing graphics, animations, and videos. But the Toronto-based company has built its business around solving Flash's shortcomings in small mobile and portable devices. [More]
Electronics Warfare Associates-Canada
A small Ontario information-technology-security firm is poised to take a giant sales leap as a result of new protective measures in the world's fastest growing telecom market. "This is a huge opportunity," says Dennis Weiss, vice-president of Electronics Warfare Associates-Canada (EWA), a global leader in the war against cyber crime and Internet sabotage. [More]
Redknee Inc.
From Lebanon to the Hong Kong, from Australia to the E.U., wireless phone and Internet providers are improving customer service and increasing revenues thanks to award-winning Ontario software innovator Redknee Inc. [More]
TIERONE
Revenues and customer satisfaction ratings are on the rise at some of the world's largest communications service providers, thanks to a small Ontario firm. [More]
Jazinga Inc., Toronto
Jazinga Inc. is taking advantage of Ontario government programs as it ramps up export efforts for its innovative small business communications systems. [More]
Psion Teklogix, Mississauga
Founded in 1967 to help Canadian customers track the goods and materials in their supply chains, Psion Teklogix has grown to become an international company providing rugged mobile computing solutions to a wide range of industries. [More]
RDM Corporation, Waterloo
A Waterloo company is setting new standards for electronic payment processing systems. RDM Corporation's innovations are helping the U.S. banking system process billions of cheques quickly and efficiently. [More]
SVK Software Corporation "Radius Cat", Burlington
While working as an information technology manager at a property management firm, Shawn Gordon stumbled on a void in the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) market: available billing systems cost between $15,000 and $20,000 and there were no cost effective alternatives. Shawn thought he could program an affordable alternative and started to put together a program that became RadiusCat, an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) billing software application. [More]
TimePlay Entertainment Inc., Toronto
Toronto-based TimePlay Entertainment Inc. is transforming entertainment in venues around the world. The company's patented interactive entertainment system takes the theatre experience to a new level. [More]
ViXS Systems Inc., Toronto
Imagine being able to record high quality video on your personal video recorder (PVR) at home and watch it later at the cottage on your laptop or smart phone. [More]
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LIFE SCIENCESRevenues from Ontario's life sciences industry top $14 billion a year, including $5 billion from exports. About 850 companies develop pharmaceuticals and medical devices, genomics/proteomics, pharmacogenomics, bioinformatics and biophotonics. |
PlantForm
A young Guelph, Ontario company is using tobacco plants to create cancer drugs in a new approach that promises to cut health care costs and capture a significant portion of the multi-billion dollar market for therapeutic drugs. [More]
Miami Mice
Its name is a play on the title of the 1980s TV show Miami Vice and just like the characters in that series, Miami Mice Research Inc. is tracking down a killer - cancer. [More]
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MININGOntario mining companies are known around the world for their efficiency, productivity, innovation, safety and environmental leadership. They produce almost $6 billion worth or gold, copper, nickel, diamonds and other minerals annually. They employ 16,000 skilled workers directly and another 6,000 in mine services. |
Rail-Veyor
Rail-Veyor a new mining technology company in Sudbury, Ontario, may soon be able to eliminate two of the costliest and dirtiest things about digging underground mines. [More]
RDH Mining Equipment
When it comes to excavating tunnels or underground mining, no job is too deep for a northern Ontario mining equipment manufacturer that has doubled its sales and workforce in the past two years. [More]
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICESWith more than 1,300 firms, Ontario's architectural and planning services industry has earned an international reputation for thoughtful, creative, environmentally sustainable design and planning. |
B+H Architects
The relationship began, as so many business arrangements do, over lunch. But this was no ordinary meal. It was a sumptuous spread served by a Middle Eastern sheikh at his English country manor. [More]
Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
Qatar's future World Cup Stadium, the world's tallest structure in Dubai and Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque – no project is too large or too complex for Guelph, Ontario wind engineers Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. (RWDI). [More]
Entro Communications, Toronto
When the time was right, Entro Communications was ready to tackle export markets. The Toronto-based environmental graphic design company now serves clients across North America and in Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, India, and the Middle East. [More]
Forrec, Toronto
Better known outside of Canada than at home, Forrec is a global leader in designing leisure, recreational and entertainment facilities, with numerous major built projects in 20 countries. Whether it's a new resort development in Dubai or a theme park in Singapore, the Toronto firm is usually the creative force driving high-profile projects. [More]
S.P. Hart, Toronto
A strong international reputation and track record combined with a dedication to service has won S.P. Hart & Associates Ltd. a major project for the County of Zadar, Croatia. The $100,000 contract is one of the initial stages in a regional development project for a Regional Waste Management Centre valued at €46 million ($65 million CDN). [More]
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WATERWith approximately 900 companies and 22,000 employees, providing water solutions at home and abroad, Ontario has the expertise and leading-edge technologies to help you meet your water challenges. |
ENBALA Power Networks
The Smart Grid is getting a lot smarter, thanks to world-leading technology from Toronto's ENBALA Power Networks, and that's good news for water utilities, power grid operators and the environment. [More]
evandtec
For office towers, factories, shopping centres and most other large modern facilities, air conditioning is absolutely critical and represents a significant portion of both the building's operating cost and its environmental impact. At the heart of those air conditioning systems is a cooling tower, and Toronto-based evandtec has found a market sweet spot by making that heart healthier and more efficient. [More]
Purifics
From groundwater remediation at U.S. Superfund sites to developing more effective approaches to water treatment in the Alberta oil sands, there is a growing need to find flexible solutions that can meet a wide variety of challenges. [More]
UV Pure Technologies
Toronto-based UV Pure Technologies is having a banner year, winning two global awards in the first five months: an Artemis Project Top 50 award as one of the top 50 emerging clean-tech companies and a Frost and Sullivan 2011 Best Practices award as the leading water treatment technology for industrial and commercial use. [More]
