Business and Industry

As business continues to globalize and specialize, there is an ever-increasing need to find new and creative ways to adapt and grow. NAIT’s real-world approach to research and training can help take your business to the next level.

Training and finding staff

Corporate and International Training — Whether you’re a small business or a Fortune 500 corporation, CIT has the resources, the expertise and the technology to get the job done.

Productivity Enhancement Services — A series of 12 certificate programs designed to help business and industry become more effective and efficient in the global economy.

Student Employment Services — Hire grads with knowledge and skills gained from practical, hands-on learning. The service is easy to use and there is no charge.

Supporting business and industry

Duncan McNeill Centre for Innovation  — novaNAIT’s business incubation facility assists inventors and entrepreneurs in taking their ideas to full commercial success.

• Services

NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre — NSMC helps Alberta’s manufacturing industries, especially small and medium enterprises, become globally competitive. The centre offers:

• training in productivity enhancement
• manufacturing solutions

Research and development

Research and development programs — novaNAIT’s R&D focuses on:

• business and innovation
• energy
• communications technologies
• educational technologies
• environmental sustainability
• manufacturing solutions technologies

Applied research — NAIT conducts applied research with results that can be immediately transferred into useful products and services.

Prototyping — The NAIT Prototype Development Program works with industry to evaluate new ideas and services. The program works closely with TEC Edmonton, NABI (Northern Alberta Business Incubator) and inventors and industry to provide cost-shared services.