Highlights

CANMET-MTL Opens Its Doors in Hamilton!

The opening ceremony for the new CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL) facilities took place on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. For more information, visit http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/media-room/news-release/25/2011-02-23/hamilton-lab/1433.

Senior officials tour the mechanical testing lab in CANMET-MTL's new facility.

Cutting the ribbon to open the new state-of-the-art facility

Cutting the ribbon to open the new state-of-the-art facility (from left): Dr. Jennifer Jackman, Director General of CANMET-MTL; His Worship Bob Bratina, Mayor of Hamilton; Mr. Geoff Munro, Chief Scientist at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan); Dr. Patrick Deane, President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University; the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources; Mr. David Sweet, Member of Parliament for Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdate; Mr. Zach Douglas, President and CEO of McMaster Innovation Park; Dr. Mac Braid, Director of Operations at CANMET-MTL; and Mr. Anil Arora, Assistant Deputy Minister of NRCan’s Minerals and Metals Sector.

A lab tour to senior officials

From left, Dr. Jason Lo, Program Manager of Emerging Materials and Dr. Jennifer Jackman, Director General of CANMET-MTL offer a lab tour to senior officials.