The BC Beverage Technology Access Centre (BCBTAC)

奥肯那根学院正在彭迪克顿建立不列颠哥伦比亚省饮料技术访问中心（BCBTAC），为该地区在葡萄酒、啤酒、苹果酒和烈酒行业中建立和发展的企业提供服务。BCBTAC将开发有限规模的生产设施，提供葡萄酒、啤酒、烈酒、苹果酒和其他饮料的概念验证生产，以及分析实验室（微生物学、化学、食品质量和保质期、感官分析和消费者测试）。BCBTAC将提供各种服务，如产品开发、产品增强和市场评估服务，从研究到分析和商业咨询服务（市场营销、消费者行为、运营管理和人力资源），这些服务将为从Revelstoke到Osoyoos地区的250多家饮料相关公司提供。奥肯那根学院与雇主、商业社区、行业协会和合作院校合作的经验，使其成为该地区饮料行业增长和可持续发展的催化剂，并成为创新、研究和商业专业知识的门户。除了在成本回收的基础上为客户的创新和技术项目提供技术和管理建议外，BCB TAC还将客户与解决方案提供商、研究人员和最先进的设备联系起来。交谘会的活动将由一个由商界、大专院校和业界代表组成的中央顾问委员会提供部分指导。

Okanagan College is establishing a British Columbia Beverage Technology Access Centre (BCBTAC) in Penticton, to serve the region's established and growing businesses in the wine, beer, cider, and spirits industries. The BCBTAC will develop limited-scale production facilities that provide proof-of-concept production of wine, beer, spirits, cider and other beverages as well as analytical laboratories (microbiology, chemistry, food quality and shelf-life, sensory analysis and consumer testing). The BCBTAC will provide a variety of services such as product development, product enhancement and market assessment services, from research to analysis and business consulting services (marketing, consumer behaviour, operations management and human resources) that will be available to more than 250 beverage related companies in the area from Revelstoke to Osoyoos. The TA C's immediate goal is to serve as a catalyst for the growth and sustainability of the beverage industries in the region and to be a portal to innovation, research and business expertise, drawing on Okanagan College's experience working with employers, the business community, industry associations and partner colleges and universities. In addition to providing technical and management advice for clients' innovation and technology projects on a cost recove1y basis, the BCB TAC will link clients with solution providers, researchers, and state-of-the art equipment. The activities of the TAC will be guided in part by a Central Advisory Board comprised of business, College and industry representatives.