Research & Development
World Class Research Fascilities
Devon Research Centre
The Devon Research Centre is one of North America's most modern research facilities. Both the Provincial Department of the Alberta Research Council and the Federal Department of the Canadian Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, also called the Western Research Centre, operate from this facility. The Western Research Centre examines hydrocarbon supply technologies including areas such as: produced water treatment, emulsions and sludge, bitumen and heavy oil recovery, environmental electrochemistry, and surface mining.
Food Processing Development Centre
Agriculture is fundamental to Alberta. Linked directly to primary
agriculture are Alberta's food processing, food service and beverage
industries.
The food and beverage industry is Alberta's largest secondary
manufacturing industry, generating in excess of $10.0 billion in value
of shipments. Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, through the
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, opened the Food Processing
Development Centre at Leduc in 1984. It serves to encourage the growth
and expansion of this vital industry in highly competitive domestic
and global markets. $5.5 million expansion complied in 2002.
The Food Processing Development Centre is a modern, fully equipped
pilot plant and product development laboratory facility. It is staffed
with experienced food scientists, engineers and technologists. Centre
services are designed to strengthen and expand the capability of
Alberta's food processors to meet the challenges of the marketplace
through application of new technology and the development of new or
improved products and processes.
The Food Processing Development Centre is one of the Food Processing
Division of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. Each of our
four units is uniquely situated to provide research and development
facilities for agri-food processing companies, or those interested in
non-food uses for agricultural products.
Edmonton Research Park
Welcome to a world-leading hub of innovation. The Edmonton Research
Park (ERP) is set in a beautiful, spacious campus in south Edmonton.
The location is only 15 minutes from the centre of Alberta’s capital
city, and the same distance from Alberta’s International Region
International Airport and the University of Alberta, one of Canada’s
premier research universities.
More than 1,500 people work for nearly 55 companies at the ERP.
They're engaged in advanced research in medicine, biotechnology,
software, petroleum research, cold climate engineering, nanotechnology
and clean energy.
These are leading-edge companies, creating foundations for the future
economy. The synergy here is powerful, the networking opportunities
endless.