1. TRANS-TECH NETWORK

2. 2 Réseau TRANS-TECH Network  23 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS  ANNUAL INCOME 25 000 000.00 $

3. 3 RESEAU TRANS-TECH NETWORK A young network  Created 10 years ago to develop synergy between existing Centers A driving economic force in Quebec  Working in various sectors, members of Trans-Tech Network provide R&D and technical assistance to industries

4. 4 RéseauTRANS-TECH Network An original idea MISSION Development of synergy between members Communication of members mission to public and governmental authorities Support of regional and national developments

5. 5 Réseau TRANS-TECH Network Active role in almost all industrial sectors Presence in every region Services provided in technology transfer, R&D and laboratory testing Technical assistance to private industries

6. 6 Réseau TRANS-TECH Network First CENTRE SPÉCIALISÉ ; Mission: specialized training CEGEPS law turned the CENTRES SPÉCIALISÉS into COLLEGIAL CENTERS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ( CCTT ) Mission : applied R&D, technology transfer, information and animation, specialized training, return on education. 1983 1993 HISTORY

7. 7 Réseau TRANS-TECH Network 1998-99 total incomes: 25 M$ Over 400 employees, mainly engineers and technicians Private non profit corporations for 17 centers out of the 23 86% autofinancing level 10 centers do business in other provinces 8 centers do business outside Canada Some figures:

8. 8 Réseau TRANS-TECH Network Quebec Ministry of Education Programme d’Aide à la Recherche Technologique Basic operational funding for each center Quebec MRST Acquisition d’équipement and others Canada Fundation for Innovation Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Main funding Programs:

9. 9 Réseau TRANS-TECH Network NRC - IRAP: Industrial Technology advisors are present at many centers Partners: CTN Member: Canadian Technology Network ADRIQ Member: Association pour le Développement de la Recherche Industrielle du Québec

10. 10 Réseau TRANS-TECH Network Creation of M R S T : Ministère de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie Politique Qc de la science et de l’innovation: - Additional basic operational funding -Counterparty budget for private contracts -Infrastructure budget increasing -T-T Network basic operational funding -Promotional campaign support for T-T 1999 2001 IMPORTANT EVENT

11. 11 –Aerospace –Agricultural R&D –Agri-food technology –Automated manufacturing –Automation, communications, industrial process control –Biotechnology –Chemistry and petrochemistry –Composite materials –Electrochemistry & environmental tec hnologies –Fashion –Fishing –Forestry –Geomatics –Graphic communications –Industrial robotics –Microtechnology –Mineral and plastics processing –Metallurgy –Music and sound –Textiles and geosynthetics –Physics technology –Pulp and paper –Wood and furniture

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13. 13 Opening up to the world Professionalism Collaborative agreements with different countries Mobility Many technical projects abroad International cooperation Active in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia

14. 14 TRANSBIOTECH Centre collégial de transfert de technologie en biotechnologies Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon The Center specializes in biotechnology for the following sectors : –agro-alimentary, –biomedical and environmental; –interventions in molecular biology, –bioprocess, –cells culture, immunology and processing of biomasses

15. 15 Centre de technologies des systèmes ordinés Inc. Collège Lionel-Groulx Private companies’ support in innovation, development and technology transfer; Follow up of technologies touched by electronics, data processing and communications (automated building technologies); Activities of R&D, competitive intelligence, technical assistance and specialized training.

16. 16 CTT Group Textile Technology Centre CTT Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe CTT supports textile and geosynthetic industries in Canada: Laboratories (standard tests), expertise, industrial research (Sectors Manufacture and Textile Chemistry); Training and information; Laboratories and R&D in Geosynthetics Technologies Center (SAGEOS). Certified ISO 9002.

17. 17 It is the only establishment of this kind in Canada, with its textile chemistry and textile manufacturing sections as well as the Geosynthetics Technologies Center (SAGEOS), to have such an array of resources in the service of the textile geosynthetic (environmental industry) under one roof.

18. 18 CINTECH Inc. Centre d’innovation technologique Agro-Alimentaire CINTECH AA Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe CINTECH provides integrated services for food industry, from conceiving a product to its marketing. The fields of intervention are : –Innovation; –Technology transfer; –Quality assurance; –Product and its market.

19. 19 Musilab Inc. is a center for music and sound technology transfer. It offers "Sur Mesure" and "Harmonis" software, as well as research and development, production and post-production, sound check, recording, acoustics, teaching, sound conception, composing, and marketing services. Its products and services are designed for the cultural and communication industries, for musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturers, for pedagogues and research workers.

20. 20 Microtech promotes and supports business development through the integration of new computer-aided production technologies (CAPT). Its approach stimulates economic development and fosters professional training by promoting the acquisition, implementation, integration, use, and development of new computer-aided production technologies. That is why small and medium-sized manufacturers turn to Microtech as their prime support resource for reliable technological solutions.

21. 21 Counseling and training in fashion and clothing: production management; industrial engineering; advanced technologies, working methods and processing systems; development of products; search for tendencies; marketing and development of distribution networks.

22. 22 The CMC offers the following services: design, engineering, studies of materials, manufacturing of moulds, prototypes and tests, technology transfer and specialized training. The CMC is certfied ISO 9001. CMC Centre des matériaux composites Cégep de Saint-Jérôme

23. 23 Services: search and development for new applications which connect to the treatment of drinkable or used water, in industrial or municipal sectors; implementation support for ISO 14000; specialized training (SIMDUT, TMD); loan of personnel (technicians in biology, chemistry). CNETE Centre national en électrochimie et en technologies environnementales Collège Shawinigan

24. 24 Technology transfer in mechanical, electric and manufacturing engineering. Design of products and processes, integration in enterprises. Training in companies. CSTPQ Centre spécialisé de technologie physique du Québec Inc. Cégep de La Pocatière

25. 25 The CRDA mission is to support the development of agriculture by improving productivity and competitiveness of the agricultural and food companies by the technology transfer as well as by a rational use of the resources.

26. 26 The CERFO has developed, over the years, a solid expertise in the sphere of forest activities :  Wood Processing;  Forest Management;  Applied Silvicultre;  Forest Ecology;  Geographic Information Systems. The Center stands ready to offer high standard professional services. It can conceive and supply training services, applied research services, and technology transfer services.

27. 27 EQMBO Entreprises Centre d’aide technique et technologique Inc. Cégep de Victoriaville The Center assists companies in the set up of new technologies in the sectors of furniture, doors, windows and kitchen cupboards.

28. 28 CÉPROCQ Centre d’études des procédés chimiques du Québec (CÉPROCQ) Collège de Maisonneuve In partnership with companies, the Center develops laboratories of quality control. The Center is associated with the “ Réseau Chimie ”, which promotes competitive intelligence relating to important subjects like biodegradable products.

29. 29 CGQ Centre de géomatique du Québec inc. Cégep de Chicoutimi The CGQ's mission is to optimize the management of spatial information and to use the advanced technologies of the geomatics. Feasibility studies, training, methodology and competitive intelligence.

30. 30 CSP Centre spécialisé des pêches Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles Research is applied to the development of fishing and aquaculture. Principal fields of activities are : exploitation, transformation and marketing of marine products, marine aquaculture and marine environment.

31. 31 CSPP Centre spécialisé en pâtes et papiers Cégep de Trois-Rivières The only R&D Centre in Canada which can reproduce all the steps of paper manufacture for printing : preparation of mechanical and chemical paste, recycling and deinking, processing of the paste, manufacture of paper, calendering...

32. 32 CTMP Centre de technologie minérale et de plasturgie Inc. Collège de la Région de l’Amiante Services of R&D and technical support in the fields of the plastic and aggregate, ore processing, including the development of products and processes.

33. 33 Centre de robotique industrielle Inc. Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon Design, development and establishment of personalized systems and equipments, which operate in real or differed time and which integrate the advanced technologies (TPF) for manufacture and transformation, allowing automation, computerization and robotization of the production.

34. 34 CPA Centre de production automatisée Cégep de Jonquière Our mission is to help industry by the transfer of know-how in automation of production. The CPA offers an expertise and a competence recognized to improve the production by the addition of new technologies.

35. 35 CIFM Centre intégré de fonderie et de métallurgie inc. (CIFM) Cégep de Trois-Rivières Services: tests on materials and metallurgical expertises (study of rupture and corrosion). Projects: development of metallurgical processes and foundry. One of the most significant teams of metallurgists in Canada. Certified ISO 9001.

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