Collaboration Corner

Elevating Forklift Safety With Predictive AI

www.seeteria.com

Seeteria employs advanced AI technology to significantly enhance safety in facilities that utilize material handling vehicles, such as forklifts. Our solution analyzes CCTV footage in real time to activate forklift sirens at crucial moments, thereby aiding drivers in taking preventive actions to avoid collisions.

Additionally, our system delivers real-time mobile notifications to management about high-risk activities, along with AI-generated forecasts of potential safety hazards and recommendations for mitigation actions.

Reduce the frequency and severity of safety events involving material handling vehicles.

Collaborate with organizational operations and safety teams to improve our dashboard and AI tools, tailoring them to meet the organization's challenges and needs for enhanced safety and streamlined operations workflow

Seeteria offers advanced expertise in predictive AI and machine learning, specialized in enhancing safety around material handling vehicles in industrial and logistics environments.

We bring a robust track record of successfully implementing software solutions. We are adept at collaborating with organizational employees at various levels to ensure smooth integration and operation

We are looking for partners who are passionately committed to elevating safety standards within their operations

Industrial energy and process optimization solutions

www.panevo.com

Leveraging Panevo’s proven Energy Management Information System (EMIS) software development, energy efficiency and decarbonization expertise, industrial site data will be collected to inform, refine and test AI and Reinforcement Learning EMIS functionality. This new functionality will dynamically analyze data and inform control system optimization to improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions and increase competitiveness beyond standard solutions.

1) Emissions reduction & energy efficiency

• Benefits to customers: Reduce operating costs, energy waste and carbon emissions.
• Alignment with NGen: Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing facilities (expected savings range 5 - 25%), facilitate path to net-zero.

2) Digital transformation

• Benefits to customers: Improved carbon footprint visibility & accuracy, energy KPI reporting and advanced loss avoidance measures.
• Alignment with NGen: Tracking, managing, and reporting GHG emissions.

3) Data-driven decision making

• Benefits to customers: Leverage big data and AI to identify and eliminate sub-optimal energy and natural resource usage, while intelligently prioritizing decarbonization and energy efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Alignment with NGen: Smart Manufacturing for operational efficiency gains. Innovations of advanced technology in manufacturing.

4) Establish collaborative partnership

• Benefits to customers: Transformative collaboration, expert knowledge share, improved awareness, and energy performance visibility at the operational level.
• Alignment with NGen: Benefits to Canada’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem, alignment with industry benchmarks and sustainability goals, facilitated commercialization and applicability to other sectors.

Expert NGen project enablement and management
Meter & sensor gap analysis and implementation PM
Industrial decarbonization & energy efficiency
EMIS integration and machine learning development

Host sites for industrial EMIS deployment & data gathering
A need to achieve decarbonization & cost reduction targets
Personnel to support energy efficiency projects, data integration & strategies

Illuming Power develops and manufactures high performing materials, components and fuel cell stacks for stationary power and transportation OEMs and their suppliers. The Company’s cost leadership in expanded graphite/resin composite bipolar plates (“BPP”) is key to ensuring customers can compete on Total Cost of Ownership (“TCO”) with current diesel power systems. Its innovation is based on trade secrets, knowhow and filed patent applications

Develop, construct and commission a volume production PEM fuel cell stack assembly line utilizing Illuming Power’s expanded graphite composite plate material, advanced rapid elastomeric sealing technology, and catalyst coated membranes. The line must be flexible for runs of fuel cell, electrolyzer and other electrochemical stacks, such as Ayrton Energy’s LOHC hydrogenation and dehydrogenation stacks.

• Qualification of manufacturing processes tailored to Illuming Power’s fuel cell components (bipolar plates, cell sealing and catalyst coated membrane).
• Qualification of manufacturing processes tailored to Ayrton Energy’s LOHC stack components.
• Integration of a cost-competitive, end-to-end stack assembly line for the Company’s and Partner’s technologies.
• Validation of the commercial viability of the manufacturing equipment being developed.

We bring Fuel Cell plate, seal and MEA design, material science and development, and stack prototyping experience. We have stack development and prototyping capabilities and currently produce at very low volume.

We require capable manufacturing equipment developers to design and build volume scale workcells for expanded graphite plate manufacturing, seal manufacturing, unit cell assembly and stack assembly.

Terra Bioindustries has developed the 2nd Generation of Upcycling to provide Food and Fermentation ingredients that decarbonize supply chains.

www.terrabioindustries.com

The project aims to deliver a validation for a circular solution that decarbonizes scope 1 and 3 areas by connecting three main industry sectors within Saskatchewan: Baking, Precision fermentation and Brewing industries. This approach to be achieved by enabling Terra Bioindustries upcycling process.

• Demonstration of food safe collection, handling and transportation of spent grains (Brewery to Ingredient processing)
• Performing patented Upcycling fractionation process from Terra Bioindustries at Food Grade Ingredient Manufacturing facility.
• Integrate Upcycled ingredients in Baking and Precision fermentation applications.
• Perform TEA and LCA for the overall solution to calculate the carbon reduction in scope 1 and 3 emissions.

• Implementation of food safety methods
• Deliver upcycling solutions using cost effective techniques like enzymatic digestion
• Perform validation of food and fermentation applications for best market positioning of upcycled ingredients

• Best and feasible practices at Breweries for spent grain recovery
• Production scale manufacturing of baking products based on application requirements
• Understanding of fermentation media requirement composition for Fermentation derived products
• LCA calculation for a circular demonstration

An end-to-end AI platform for robotic vision

https://sentire.ai/

Sentire offers a decentralized robotic solution tailored for Industry 4.0, enabling OEMs to achieve operational excellence.
This project is set to revolutionize warehouse and production lines, creating a blueprint for tomorrow's manufacturing using state-of-the-art AI and robotics for seamless automation of complex tasks and real-time processing.

https://sentire.ai

• Improving productivity and efficiency -reduce GHG emissions
• Manage and reduce energy -reduce GHG emissions
• Eco-friendly production (avoid error, and material waste) -green production

• Sentire excels in AI, robotics, and data, with a proven track record of commercializing complex technological advancements.
• They developed a novel AI engine for robotic vision applications, enabling collaborative robots to perform a wide range of complex tasks in the supply chain and manufacturing.

• Corporations and OEMs with production lines consisting of repetitive tasks and complex processing (such as PCP, battery cell, and tray manufacturing, or distribution and fulfillment centers)
• Expertise in automation, SW/HW integration, edge compute (5G, connectivity), and onboard actuators.

Tooketree Passive Homes manufacture's carbon sequestering panels for buildings and are developing a mycelium insulation panel with structural qualities

www.tooketree.ocm

We have a patented method to produce Mycelium based building materials, but for now only at a very small scale. The product is a mix of mycelium and feedstock (hemp, straw, etc) and early testing suggests we can make insulating panels for home insulation and some structural elements for buildings. This project is to design the equipment and processes to manufacture the product (insulation board, Drywall replacement, some structural elements) at commercial scale, validate the testing for use in the building industry and develop the business model for commercial scale production

• Design process to manufacture at scale
• Design the equipment/technology needed for larger scale production
• Formally test product for compliance with building code
• Create business model for an initial factory for commercial sales

• Mycelium research skills
• Materials science
• Product manufacturing

• Advanced manufacturing tooling
• Bio Materials
• Funding

Automated greenhouse gas emissions accounting platform to empower businesses to measure and reduce their impact with confidence and integrity.

https://carbonhound.com/

Leverage Carbonhound's comprehensive, third-party verified carbon accounting platform to measure your organizations' greenhouse gas emissions and the climate impact of your sustainability projects. Through automated connections to your primary sources, industry & peer benchmarking, flexible reporting options, and monthly data refreshes, Carbonhound gives manufacturers the confidence and baseline data they need to set credible reduction goals and prove the business value of sustainability.

• Measure & automate your Scope 1, 2, and 3 baseline GHG emissions aligned to the GHG Protocol 
• Identify hotspots and set reduction targets related to sustainability initiatives and projects
• Generate verification-ready reports on your organization's emissions and reduction initiatives

Carbonhound is trusted by over 100 companies to track, measure, and report their carbon emissions. The software is third-party verified against ISO 14064 and the GHG Protocol and saves up to 70% of the time & resources required when compared to a manual process or hiring external consultants. Through our Data Concierge, Carbonhound ingests source data and we have been able to automate 100% of customer requests.

We are looking for businesses who are looking to automate their emissions data to track and prove the climate impact of sustainability initiatives. We are interested in learning more about manufacturing processes that reduce emissions, data sources unique to the industry, further develop our capability to support manufacturing processes, and most importantly increase our ability to automate data ingestion.

At Edgecom Energy, we empower large energy consumers to take control of their energy costs and reduce emissions by harnessing the power of IoT and AI solutions. Our innovative technology helps you optimize energy usage, save money, and contribute to a greener, more sustainable future.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/edgecomenergy

We have launched an initial version of our AI Energy CoPilot and envision using this tool to automate the control of assets and processes within a facility to minimize costs and emissions in coordination with what’s happening on the grid. We have experience dispatching BAS/BMS, BESS and generators, and now want to expand this control ability to PLCs within a facility’s processes. This project also involves further training and developing new capabilities of our CoPilot with feedback and data from employees and processes with manufacturing facilities.

Train AI Energy CoPilot on unique priorities and constraints of manufacturing facility
Integrate CoPilot with existing systems (ERP, SCADA, PLCs, etc)
Use CoPilot to optimize and eventually control certain facility operation considering internal and external information to reduce costs and emissions
Collaborate with on-site staff to improve and expand capabilities of CoPilot

• Energy management and grid analytics
• IoT for electricity, water and gas monitoring
• DER Dispatch and optimization
• AI Energy CoPilot/Virtual Energy Manager

• PLC and SCADA experts
• Manufacturing facilities looking to automate, optimize and decarbonize parts of your operation
• Complementary technology providers
• Energy brokers

Unleash the Power of Safe, Stable, Dense Energy Storage

https://fexenergy.com/

• Deploy 2.5MWh pilot unit in early 2025
• Industrial manufacturing or commercial heat application <500C (e.g. chemicals, pulp & paper, mining, heat loops, buildings)
• Grid-tied or on-site renewables

• 3-6 month operation (depending on use-case)
• Prove-out reliability and performance in a full-system integration
• Validate end-user cost savings
• Grow commercial interest and traction for future deployments

• FeX Energy has the technical and commercial skills to deliver and test the pilot
• Partnership with McGill Universities world-leading Alternative Fuels Lab, and Canada’s first cleantech venture Studio, BXVentures.
• Will partner with a competent Canadian EPC to ensure quality

• -Customer organization to partner for pilot
  Identification and sharing data for pilot use case
  Specify pilot functional and safety requirements (e.g. O&M)
  Integration support with actual or simulated process
  Support commercial viability and functionality of pilot
• Interest in first commercial deployment units

Atlas Power Technologies is a company specializing in cutting-edge energy storage solutions.

https://atlaspowertechnologies.ca/

Atlas has successfully commercialized a dry electrode supercapacitor manufacturing process and is looking for partners to bring our technology into the world of lithium-ion battery production.

Successfully scale Atlas’ proven dry electrode technology to produce lithium-ion batteries at commercial scale. ​

• Raw material processing for activated carbon​
• Supercapacitor manufacturing using Atlas’ dry electrode technology​
• System Integration for grid-scale energy storage​

Atlas Power Technologies is a company specializing in cutting-edge energy storage solutions.

https://atlaspowertechnologies.ca/

This project looks to integrate Atlas’ supercapacitors into electric and hybrid vehicles to boost their efficiency by providing better regenerative breaking performance. ​

The aim is to work collaboratively with an OEM or Tier 1 vehicle manufacturer to incorporate Atlas’ high-performance supercapacitors into hybrid and electric vehicles to produce the next generation of vehicles. ​

• Raw material processing for activated carbon​
• Supercapacitor manufacturing using Atlas’ dry electrode technology​
• System Integration for grid-scale energy storage​

Atlas Power Technologies is a company specializing in cutting-edge energy storage solutions.

https://atlaspowertechnologies.ca/

• Frequency stabilization
• Voltage stabilization​
• Grid Reliability​
• Uninterrupted power supply

Atlas is looking to identify partners who face industrial and grid challenges, where high-power and short-duration energy storage technologies can play a role to resolve these challenges. ​

• Raw material processing for activated carbon​
• Supercapacitor manufacturing using Atlas’ dry electrode technology​
• System Integration for grid-scale energy storage​

LCY has developed a line of fermented carotenoids, including astaxanthin and lycopene.​

https://lcycic.com/

With innovative collaboration and co-creation between LCY and its partners, and through the support provided by the NGen program - LCY will commercialize and produce fermented carotenoids in Southwestern Ontario for the dietary supplements market.​

Through LCY’s proprietary yeast fermentation and downstream process, carbon emissions are significantly reduced by up to 90%.​​

LCY’s fermented carotenoids project aims to work with partners to design dietary supplement formulations and conduct scientific process trials for review. ​

Construct carotenoids extraction and purification production lines of up to 10,000kg/year for fermented astaxanthin and lycopene.​

Design of high-efficacy formulations based on the active ingredients in dietary supplements, such as liposome or cold-water-dispersible powders.​

Design and collect scientific data from clinical trials, in-vivo or in-vitro tests to support the efficacy and sustainability benefit claims of the key ingredients and formulations.​

Commercialization of the end form of dietary supplement products, such as soft gels, through green process and packaging.​

• Yeast fermentation
• yeast extraction and product purification for high quality
• low carbon footprint carotenoids - especially astaxanthin and lycopene. ​

• Dietary supplement formulation design partnership with emphasis on sustainable process.​
• Other ingredients with synergies to LCY’s carotenoids and formulations design.​
• Companies producing formulations and supplement products with emphasis on sustainable processing.​

Award-Winning Company with a Technology Platform of Smart Polymers and Composites for Health and Cleantech Applications​

https://www.bioastra.co/

The Objective of this Project is to create a Canadian supply chain to manufacture, adopt, and recycle a new generation of bio-based and biodegradable foams.​

• Establish the Canadian Network of Foam OEMs and End-User Industries to Scale and Implement Biofoam across Automotive, Construction, and Consumer Industries​
• Design and Trial Manufacturing Process for Extrusion Molding of Biofoams ​
• Design and Trial Manufacturing Process for Continuous Manufacturing of Biofoam as Slabstock​
• Identify Use Cases and Test Foam Material among potential End-Users and Brands​

• Inventors and Developers of the Biofoam​
• Early Market Traction with International Clients in the Automotive, Consumer, and Apparel Industries​

• Partners in Slabstock or Injection Molding to Create a Made in Canada Supply Chain​
• Canadian Industry Players and Brands looking to be early adopters of Biofoam Technology​
• Waste Management Company Looking to Conduct a Recycling/Composting Pilot of the Biofoam and Bioelastomers at Scale​
• Canadian University Labs looking to Study Concurrent Foaming/Curing Kinetics via Simulation and Experimental Characterization​

MAJiK Systems provides an enterprise manufacturing solution for: Equipment data capture & monitoring;Analysis & visualization across machines, lines, and factories;AI for Continuous Improvement

https://www.majik.io/

Enterprise solution that uses AI to learn from best practices across multiple factories to drive sustainability and efficiency.

• Provide a holistic view of equipment health and maintenance needs across factories to enable proactive measures that reduce downtime and resource waste
• AI-driven downtime management tools to minimize unplanned downtime and promote the efficient use of resources and energy
• AI-driven defect and scrap analysis to drive waste reduction
• Track energy consumption with AI-driven anomaly detection and root cause analysis to optimize energy usage

• Consulting on IT/OT requirements and upgrades
• Implementing equipment data capture & monitoring
• Specialized analysis & visualization tools to understand efficiency across machines, lines, and factories
• AI to drive best practices and Continuous Improvement

• Manufacturers who have high volumes of discrete production, experience with continuous Improvement, digitization, efficiency improvement, and AI goals
• Machine Learning companies specializing in models for specific types of equipment, specific processes, specific manufacturing use cases