New Clean Air Technology Creates Jobs in Ontario, Canada

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Tue Sep 1, 2009 9:57am EDT

TORONTO--(Business Wire)--
Ontario, Canada is supporting the development of new wastewater treatment
technology that will create jobs and help fight air pollution. 

The province is investing almost $1.2 million through the Innovation
Demonstration Fund to help BIOREM Technologies Inc. bring its new air filtration
and purification technology to the global market. The company designs and
manufactures systems that remove odours and contaminants from the air. This
funding will help BIOREM showcase its new "Unity" technology to customers and
investors, including a project at the Preston Wastewater Treatment Plant in
Cambridge, Ontario. 

The company also anticipates hiring 27 new employees over the next five years
including engineers, and mechanical and design technologists 

This funding is part of Ontario's Innovation Agenda, a plan to make research and
innovation the driving force of Ontario's future economy. 

QUICK FACTS

* The recent provincial budget boosted Ontario's commitment to support emerging
green technology companies by creating a new $250-million Emerging Technologies
Fund and injecting another $50 million into the highly successful Innovation
Demonstration Fund. 
* More than 14,000 wastewater treatment plants in North America (including 465
sewage treatment plants in Ontario) require some form of air filtration.

"The Ontario government is proud to support companies like BIOREM in their
efforts to commercialize great ideas in Ontario fast, and bring new technologies
to the global market first. They are driven by the fact that through innovation,
businesses can compete globally, create good jobs and protect our health and
environment at the same time," said John Milloy, Minister of Research and
Innovation. 

"BIOREM is a creative, aggressive, technology company that recognizes the need
to capitalize on the principle of 'speed to market'. This support from the
Ontario government is helping us move our Unity product into the marketplace
more quickly so that we can seize a competitive market position and grow our
company," said Peter Bruijns, President and CEO, BIOREM Technologies Inc. 





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