(ADAS) in the mainstream car market. Led-
darTech was recently awarded the 2015
North American Frost & Sullivan Award for
Product Innovation for its Leddar sensing
technology.
PLANS FOR FUTURE
CONSTRUCTION
Quebec Metro High Tech Park is aiming to
continue its momentum with a long-term
plan to construct new buildings over the
next several years. This will allow the Park
to welcome companies that are evolving
and growing, Ms. Quirion explained, and
encourage ongoing collaboration between
businesses as well as university and gov-
ernment resources. “This is what we are
doing best — to connect people. It’s sim-
ple to do that but it’s important to do that,”
she added.
The growth is also key to increasing the
number of high tech jobs in Quebec, which
were lacking in the 1980s, Ms. Quirion
said. Graduates were forced to leave the
province to find work in their fields but to-
day, companies within the Park are creat-
ing hundreds of jobs across several sec-
tors. Being able to retain high levels of skill
and expertise is a plus for the province,
and it also helps Quebec companies com-
pete on a more international scale.
“We have a lot of talents, expertise and
equipment in Quebec but now one of our
focus is to create more and more, to be
better, to work together … and we’re look-
ing to be efficient.”
That forward-thinking focus is looking
strongly to technology of the future, from
automation and 3D printing to the Inter-
net of Things. Being on top of advances
in technology is one of the best ways that
the Park can stay relevant for their clients,
Ms. Quirion explained.
“This is what we’re looking for inside Que-
bec. What is our plan to support our com-
panies? Do we have the right digital infra-
structure to support our companies? This
subject is one of our strategic orientations
— to be sure we have all we need to sup-
port our clients in the future.”
To learn more about Quebec Metro High
Tech Park and the businesses within its
community, visit
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