Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (W AMIC)

根据经济增长咨询委员会（Advisory Council on Economic Growth）的数据，如今，加拿大制造业在该国经济中占据了相当大的一部分，占10.5%，创造了170万个就业岗位，尽管雇员人数在500人以上的大公司正在向中小型企业（SME）转变。事实上，根据加拿大统计局的数据，2016年71%的制造商的员工人数不到20人。制造业是南安大略省的一个重要经济部门。沃克先进制造创新中心（WAMIC）与制造业的中小企业一起为尼亚加拉建立一个有弹性的区域经济做出了贡献。自2014年成立以来，我们的区域协作创新模式不断取得巨大成功，为行业合作伙伴提供了先进的3D技术、设备、服务和专业知识，而这些通常是由于财务或内部资源限制而无法获得的。为了进一步推进过去54个月已经完成的伟大工作，并加速该地区先进制造业的采用，WAMIC希望将TAC再延长5年，扩大其基础产品，包括工业自动化，机器学习，机器人技术，传感器和生成设计。在此过程中，WAMIC将继续帮助建立强大的劳动力储备和熟练劳动力；加快引进先进制造技术；促进创新、商业化和新产品开发；在本地区及其他地区创造具有竞争力的商业环境。

Today, Canadian manufacturers make up a significant portion of the countrys economy 10.5% and 1.7million jobs, according to the Advisory Council on Economic Growth despite the shift from largecompanies of 500 or more employees to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME). In fact, according toStatistics Canada, 71% of manufacturers in 2016 had fewer than 20 employees. Manufacturing is a keyeconomic sector in Southern Ontario. The Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (WAMIC)contributes to the building of a resilient regional economy in Niagara with SMEs in the manufacturing sector.Since its inception in 2014, our regional collaborative innovation model continues to achieve great success,providing industry partners access to advanced 3D technologies, equipment, services and expertise thatwould not typically be available to them due to financial or internal resource constraints. To further the greatwork already accomplished over these last 54 months and to accelerate the adoption of advancedmanufacturing in the region, WAMIC wishes to renew the TAC for another 5 years, expanding itsfoundational offerings to include industrial automation, machine learning, robotics, sensors, and generativedesign. In doing so, WAMIC will continue to help build a strong labour pool and skilled workforce;accelerate the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies; foster innovation, commercialization andnew product development; create a competitive business environment in the region, and beyond.