Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (W AMIC)

根据经济增长咨询委员会的数据，尽管从500名或更多员工的大公司转向中小型企业(SME)，但今天，加拿大制造业在该国经济中占了相当大的比例，占10.5%和170万个工作岗位。事实上，根据加拿大统计局的数据，2016年71%的制造商员工人数不到20人。制造业是安大略省南部的一个关键经济部门。沃克先进制造业创新中心(WAMIC)致力于通过制造业中小企业在尼亚加拉建立具有弹性的区域经济。自2014年成立以来，我们的区域协作创新模式继续取得巨大成功，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，这些技术、设备、服务和专业知识通常由于财务或内部资源限制而无法获得。为了进一步推进过去54个月已经完成的工作，并加快先进制造业在该地区的采用，WAMIC希望将TAC续签5年，将其基础服务扩展到包括工业自动化、机器学习、机器人、传感器和产生式设计。为此，WAMIC将继续帮助建立强大的劳动力队伍和熟练的劳动力队伍；加快采用先进制造技术；促进创新、商业化和新产品开发；在该地区和其他地区创造一个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.