Principals

John Nicholson, CEO
Andrew White, President & COO

Website

sulfachar.com

Status

Resident

What we do

SulfaCHAR is the cost-effective, convenient and zero-waste solution to the growing $3.5B per year global renewable natural gas cleaning industry. With patented SulfaCHAR, toxic and corrosive hydrogen sulfide is filtered out of renewable natural gas, allowing these users to drastically reduce their maintenance costs. SulfaCHAR is unique – it is the only product that effectively converts hydrogen sulfide into a fertilizer supplement, and not another waste requiring disposal.

Notable Projects

Recently completed pilots at a biogas plant and a prominent landfill gas site.

Why do we choose to be at BioLinc?

CHAR is excited to be working with Biolinc. With the ability to leverage state-of-the-art laboratory space, business services and a strong connection to the Niagara business community, CHAR will be able to accelerate new product development and market launch.

Principals

Drew Marquardt, PhD, CEO
Thad Harroun, PhD, CSO

Website

exactdeliveryinc.ca

Status

Resident

What we do

EDI is a newly formed lipid technology platform company. In our research pipeline is LipiPET, a new cancer diagnosis tracer for Positron Emission Tomography. The lipid soluble molecule will speed the diagnosis of cancer by targeting difficult tumors, using less radioactivity while lowering scanning costs, improving patient throughput, and is inherently bio-safe.

Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Canada. Advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment are being led by improvements in molecular imaging; the ability to track the disease through pictures generated with injected radioactive biomarkers. There is a need for early diagnosis in all market segments amidst a growing healthcare awareness. There is especially increasing demand for targeted reagents in oncology amidst an aging population. LipiPET is the first radio-pharmaceutical designed for liposomal delivery for the target of difficult cancers such as brain and pancreatic cancers.

Notable Projects

EDI announced in November 2014 that its research partner Jeffrey Atkinson (Brock University), received a $30,000 grant from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) to help bring LipiPET to market. EDI is providing matching funds to augment this OCE Voucher for Innovation and Productivity. A Brock chemistry PhD student will also be receiving training from the Ontario's TalentEdge/Connect Canada Internship Program.

Why do we choose to be at BioLinc?

EDI is pleased to partner with BioLinc and Innovate Niagara. Through them, we have gained access to knowledgeable R&D partners and important market research. We look forward to continuing our relationship and the ongoing development of key aspects of our business plan.

Principals

Jason Kane – President and Chairman

Website

regenastem.com

Status

Resident

What we do

RegenaStem is a stem cell solutions company focused on developing safe, effective, efficient and cost affordable cellular therapy solutions that will be offered to Canadian consumers as Health Canada permits in the coming years.

Notable Projects

RegenaStem has recently opened its first clinical treatment facility in Buffalo, New York. We have obtained 2 IRB approvals to begin our safety and efficacy clinical studies. These are patient funded studies, and we are investigating arthritis in the joints and degenerated disc disease. To learn more you can visit our website thebuffaloresearchgroup.com

Why do we choose to be at BioLinc?

RegenaStem has chosen to participate with the BioLinc because of the staff, resources and the continued assistance as we grow and move along the challenging channels to commercialization.

Principal

David D'Angelo, President & Founder

Website

triviumindustries.com

Status

Resident

What we do

Trivium Industries is an innovative manufacturer in Welland, Ontario that designs and produces bottles and jars for the health & beauty, pharmaceutical, and beverage industries. Trivium produces bottles for the high-end markets and instead of using traditional plastics, the company utilizes new plastics that are more environmentally friendly. Trivium is one of the first manufacturers in North America of PLA (Polylactide) containers, a corn-based resin that looks and function very similar to plastic but is biodegrades within 180 days at a commercial composting facility. Trivium also offers bottles in other new ecofriendly resins including: 100% RPET (Recycled PET) which uses 100% already recycled plastic bottles to make new bottles without any new plastic in the mix, as well as new plant-based resins.

Through almost two years of research at Brock University and Ontario Centres of Excellence, Trivium and Brock have taken an environmental material PLA (Poly-lactic Acid), and made it that much better by developing a barrier coating that helps the bottles perform better. Trivium has developed strong partnerships with Brock University and their business incubator BioLinc, and multiple packaging distributors and brands throughout North America.

Notable Projects

Trivium recently had their grand opening which was a big accomplishment for the company after two years in Research & Development and factory set-up. It was a very big accomplishment for the team to see the business finally start producing bottles and fulfilling customer orders. One interesting project Trivium has been working on is a high-end custom designed bottle for a local Niagara cosmetic company. Trivium is working with multiple Niagara companies to create custom-designed ecofriendly bottles. Trivium is also getting ready to start supplying both a major Canadian and American cosmetic packaging distributor in 2015, which will help get the bottles out to a wide variety of brands and consumers.

Why do we choose to be at BioLinc?

Trivium cannot say enough good things about BioLinc; it is truly an incubator for innovation and business creation. Without BioLinc's support and resources, Trivium likely would not be where we are today. Much of our coating R&D was performed in BioLinc's labs, and we have met many important business leaders and contacts through the facility.

Trivium chose BioLinc as their Research & Development Headquarters for many reasons. It is a community of entrepreneurs, business experts, funders and more. As a Niagara company or student, one can have a effective workspace to design their business plan, work on R&D, have mentoring and guidance from business leaders on site, meet with funders such as the Ontario Centres of Excellence, who comes to the centre once a week, and then even find customers right within the facility! A true one stop-shop for business development and innovation!

Trivium has also found new markets through new business opportunities that have been created at BioLinc. We have worked with the business leaders on site to determine new lucrative niche markets for our products and coating. The Brock Consulting Team is also a great asset that works out of BioLinc. They are a full team of MBA students and business leaders that can help provide R&D for a business or lab-based research. BioLinc really is an entrepreneur's community with a true team atmosphere.

Principal

H.-Rudi Kroeker, P.Eng. President and CEO

Website

whiting.ca

Status

Resident

What we do

We are designers and manufacturers of heavy industrial equipment that lifts, moves and contains dangerous and precious things, melts metals and crystallizes chemicals.

Notable Projects

Below is a list of recent projects, with locations and applications, that Whiting has recently been heavily involved in from all over the globe:

Chemical Process Division
Canada (Saskatoon) – Ammonium Sulphate [(NH4)2SO4] Crystallizer; Argentina – Potash (KCl) Evaporator & Crystallizer; Spain – Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) Crystallizer (We are currently working on a similar KNO3 installation in Israel); China – Sodium Chloride (NaCl) Evaporator; India – Sodium Chlorate (NaClO3) Crystallizer & Dryer.

Metallurgical Division
South Africa – Fused Zirconium Arc Furnace; Germany – Steel Foundry Arc Furnace; Chile – Steel Foundry Arc Furnace.

Why do we choose to be at BioLinc?

Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. chose BioLinc to serve as its only Canadian testing facility. The partnership between BioLinc and Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. resulted in the creation of the Whiting and Swenson Test Centre, Niagara Campus, at BioLinc’s incubator facility. It makes Niagara a hub for inorganic chemicals crystallization laboratory testing. Normally, chemical engineers would have to go to the U.S.A. or Europe to gain access to similar laboratory facilities. BioLinc provides Whiting with laboratory and office space as a testing facility to support Whiting’s projects for the global market. With this partnership, Whiting will join BioLinc’s resident companies and numerous student entrepreneurs already working at BioLinc. Don Cyr, Dean of the Goodman School of Business, calls it a Niagara success story.

The agreement provides BioLinc’s residents and collaborators with access to Whiting’s process engineering investigations of technologies - a collaboration that BioLinc’s manager Dan Lynch calls “synergistic”. “We know that, in addition to the benefit to Brock’s faculty and students, other small companies and entrepreneurs will benefit from their process engineering prowess and mentorship now being on campus,” said Lynch.