2008 New Exporter Award
BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. builds and operates commercial plants in Canada, the United States, Australia and China to treat waste water from acid mine drainage, providing profitable metals recovery and sustainable environmental solutions. In October 2007, the company was named to British Columbia's Top 100 list as a leader in the treatment of metal and sulphate contaminated water.
Finalist: Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd.
Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd. engineers and designs plant-wide electrical, automation and industrial IT infrastructure. Cogent's primary markets include engineered wood products, aerospace, mining and mineral processing, oil sands and material handling, serving clients located in Canada, the United States and Europe. In April 2008, Cogent was the proud recipient of a DCRS award at the 13th Annual Cultural DIVERSE City Awards for Business celebration.
Finalist: Rfind Systems, Inc.
RFind Systems Inc. services the needs of industrial manufacturers in the Real Time Locating System or RTLS RFID market. The company's patented Tag to Tag? communication technology offers their industrial clients a flexible and affordable means of yard/fleet management, logistics management, or warehouse and reusable container management. RFind Systems Inc. has recently been named to 2008 "Ready to Rocket" List as one of the Top 25 Information Technology Companies.