An 18-member advisory board has been established to guide the relocation of Canada's metal materials laboratory from Ottawa to Hamilton -- and into the McMaster Innovation Park.
The board, consisting of representatives from academia, business and the federal government, was announced yesterday by Conservative MP David Sweet at the park site developing at Longwood Road and Aberdeen Avenue. The board is co-chaired by McMaster University president Peter George and Geoff Munro, chief scientist of Natural Resources Canada.
Sweet (Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale) also unveiled a sign that will herald the coming of CANMET Materials Technology (CANMET-MTL) by April 2010. A sod-turning is eyed for fall 2008.
CANMET-MTL, anchor tenant of the park, will be home to 100 top federal scientists. It and other companies could create 1,500 jobs. Ottawa is providing $6 million a year in operating costs for the laboratory, plus $40 million in one-time costs to help build it.
The latest project happening at McMaster Innovation Park 2010
CANMET-MTL is the 165,000 square foot facility currently under construction and nearing completion that will house the Canadian Government’s Materials Technology Laboratory and is part of the $60M commitment to the Park from the federal government. 
ART IN THE WORKPLACE AT MIP
July 28, 2010
ART IN THE WORKPLACE takes off again at MIP! The 2nd Exhibit is September 9th. Come and meet the Artists and view their Artwork... 