Flintbox member Queen’s University announces new funding for one of their startups:
Repayable investment funds development of next-generation aerospace parts
Integran Technologies Inc., an advanced materials company based on technology developed at Queen’s University, has been awarded $4.6 million by the Government of Canada for the research and development of next-generation nanotechnology-based coatings for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
The funding, in the form of a repayable investment, enables Integran to expand its technological capabilities in composite tooling. The project aims to develop Nanovate NV™, a hard metal surface coating for aerospace tools to improve tool lifespan and durability, and to achieve cost savings. These tools will be used to form and shape airplane parts.
Integran was formed based on nanomaterials research pioneered at Queen’s University by metallurgist Uwe Erb, who discovered a novel way to manipulate the grain size of nickel using electrodeposition, a widely used, low-cost metal processing technique. His technology formed the basis of Nanometals Corp., a PARTEQ spinoff company that was later merged into Integran.
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