NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre

Alberta’s manufacturing sector faces significant competitive challenges to reduce operational costs while improving customer service. The NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre has been created to address these concerns.

 
Supported by the federal (Western Economic Diversification) and provincial (Advanced Education and Technology) governments, Shell Canada, Microsoft, Matrikon, and NAIT, the Centre’s mandate is to help Alberta’s manufacturing industries, especially the small and medium enterprises, become globally competitive.

The Centre has received sponsorship from various sources:

• $3.0 million from Shell Canada Limited ($2.5 million for the new Centre and $0.5 million in trades bursaries and entrance scholarships)
• $3.1 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada
• $1.5 million from Alberta Advanced Education & Technology
• $4.25 million in software donation from Microsoft Canada Company
• $0.95 million in software donation from Matrikon Inc.
• $1.9 million from NAIT

Housed in a large 2850 sq. m facility, the Centre contains nine laboratories with $4.4 million of new equipment and $5.2 million of new software. The Centre has dedicated operating staff, and draws upon NAIT faculty with specific expertise to conduct both training, and applied research projects. The Centre's services are provided on a fully cost recovery basis (both direct and indirect costs).