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Contribution: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

Automatic Coating Limited

$150,000.00

Enhanced Greening of ACL's patented automated Advanced Manufacturing equipment

FY 2024-25 · 2024-07-01

Summary
Automatic Coating Limited (ACL) has established itself as a world leader in customized specialty coating equipment for export globally. ACL has developed and patented a Tidal Coat Fluidized Bed coating machine and system that will automatically coat a water tight door and fixtures with first pass quality in under 2 minutes. Additionally, ACL has developed and patented an environmentally friendly way of stripping, blasting and coating coal tar and asbestos from pipe. This project will work towards the second generation of these units to enhance, further automated, refine and provide a greener foot pint for these machines.
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsIndustrial Research Assistance Program-Contributions to Firms (linked with high confidence)
Location
Toronto|Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
For-profit organization
Business Number
100348739
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Agreement End Date
2025-03-31
Agreement Number
1021427
Agreement Start Date
2024-07-01
Agreement Title
Enhanced Greening of ACL's patented automated Advanced Manufacturing equipment
Agreement Title (French)
Amélioration de l’écologisation de l’équipement automatisé breveté de fabrication avancée d’ACL
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$150,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Coverage
IRAP Contributions to Firms projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation. | Les projets des Contributions aux entreprises stimulent la création de richesse au Canada grâce à l’innovation technologique.
Description
Automatic Coating Limited (ACL) has established itself as a world leader in customized specialty coating equipment for export globally. ACL has developed and patented a Tidal Coat Fluidized Bed coating machine and system that will automatically coat a water tight door and fixtures with first pass quality in under 2 minutes. Additionally, ACL has developed and patented an environmentally friendly way of stripping, blasting and coating coal tar and asbestos from pipe. This project will work towards the second generation of these units to enhance, further automated, refine and provide a greener foot pint for these machines.
Description (French)
Automatic Coating Limited (ACL) s’est imposée comme un leader mondial dans le domaine des équipements de revêtement spécialisés personnalisés destinés à l’exportation dans le monde entier. ACL a développé et breveté une machine et un système de revêtement à lit fluidisé Tidal Coat qui permet de revêtir automatiquement une porte étanche et des accessoires avec une qualité de premier passage en moins de 2 minutes. En outre, ACL a mis au point et breveté une méthode écologique de décapage, de sablage et de revêtement du goudron de houille et de l’amiante des canalisations. Ce projet portera sur la deuxième génération de ces unités afin de les améliorer, de les automatiser davantage, de les perfectionner et de les rendre plus écologiques.
Expected Results
The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization
Expected Results (French)
Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation
Federal Riding
Scarborough North
Federal Riding (French)
Scarborough-Nord
Federal Riding Number
35096
NAICS Code
332810
Organization Code
nrc-cnrc
Organization
National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada
Program Name
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Program Name (French)
Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Contributions aux entreprises
Program Purpose
The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization
Program Purpose (French)
Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation
Recipient Business Number
100348739
Recipient City
Toronto|Toronto
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Automatic Coating Limited
Recipient Postal Code
M1S 3B1
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
F
Reference Number
172-2024-2025-Q2-1021427