Janice L. McMichael-Dennis

Emco Corp. distributes wholesale construction materials. It offers products for the residential, commercial and industrial construction markets. The firm is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, HVAC, industrial and waterworks products in Canada. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in London, Canada.

Triant Technologies, Inc. develops semiconductor equipment and health monitoring software. It develops software equipment health monitoring and advanced fault detection. The firm's brand product, ModelWare, monitors equipment used to manufacture computer chips which measures and analyses equipment performance. The company was founded in November 1983 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Virtek Vision International, Inc. provides laser-based templating, inspection, marking, and engraving solutions. The firm serves the aerospace and composites, industrial fabrication, sheet metal and gaskets, and wind industries. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Hip Interactive Corp. provides and distributes electronic entertainment products, including PC and video games, movies, video arcade games, and proprietary games, branded as Hip Game, and accessories, branded as Hip Gear. The company was founded on December 12, 1995 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Bayer, Inc. manufactures chemicals, healthcare, agricultural, and life science products. The company develops products that fight diseases, protects crops and animals, as well as develops materials. It was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada

LANXESS Corp. manufactures rubber, rubber chemicals and rubber products. It business units includes advanced industrial intermediates, additives, urethane systems, inorganic pigments, leather and saltigo. The firm engages in the development, manufacture and sale of plastics, rubber, specialty chemicals and intermediates. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

BIOTECanada serves as a national association for Canada's health, industrial and agricultural biotechnology sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Baytech Plastics, Inc. produces premium plastic components. Its services include processing techniques, business partnerships, global logistics, tooling procurement, market experience and baytech advantage. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Midland, Canada.

Bioindustrial Innovation Centre supports the development and commercialization of bioindustrial and biobased-chemical processes. It provides a biotechnology laboratory and shared pilot plant facilities for gasification, pyrolysis, fermentation, and bio-conversion–technologies involved in converting agricultural and forestry by-products into fuels, chemicals, products, and materials. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Sarnia, Canada.

Arlanxeo Canada, Inc. operates as a specialty chemicals company. It focuses on development, manufacturing, and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals, and plastics. The firm also supplies synthetic rubbers. The company was founded on December 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Sarnia, Canada.