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Cadex Electronics designs and manufactures battery analyzers, chargers and diagnostic systems from Richmond, British Columbia. Its portfolio spans discharge-based battery service, laboratory cycling, matrix-based rapid testing and software for battery-fleet records, with OEM battery and charger design services.

Can-Dive is a British Columbia underwater contractor within ASI Group, combining commercial diving, marine construction, ROV inspection and atmospheric-diving services. Its work ranges from pipeline installation and repairs to docks, hydroelectric structures, salvage and survey documentation. Buyer records show a 2023 Sechelt outfall-remediation award and completed 2016 intake-screen repairs in Saskatoon; its catalogue names LBV200, Seaeye Falcon and Phantom HD2 ROVs for task-specific configurations.

Quaternion Aerospace is a Victoria aerospace engineering company developing Canadian satellite platforms and modular payloads for space and uncrewed-aircraft applications.

UBC spin-off developing photonic packaging and interconnect technology for joining photonic chips, lasers, fibres, and other optical components.

Iris Dynamics is a Victoria manufacturer of force-controlled direct-drive linear motors and actuators for industrial, simulation and autonomous-system applications.

Asco Aerospace Canada operates the Asco group manufacturing site in Delta, British Columbia. The official site assigns this Canadian facility a specific role in very large and complex aluminium and hard-metal machining and assembly. It is part of an international aerostructures network whose broader offering includes high-lift mechanisms and structural assemblies. The Canadian operation should therefore be evaluated as an industrial component and assembly supplier, with site-specific scope separated from design capabilities or products described for the whole group.

Avivo Biomedical is a Vancouver biotechnology company developing enzymes intended to reduce ABO blood-group incompatibility in donated blood and organs. The enzymes remove surface sugar markers that distinguish blood groups, with the aim of converting A, B and AB material toward a type-O profile. Avivo proposes adding them to blood-bag systems during collection and organ-preservation solutions during perfusion, fitting conversion into existing treatment workflows. Its research spans distinct settings: type-A antigen removal from research donor kidneys during machine perfusion, transplantation of an enzyme-treated kidney into a human-decedent recipient, and laboratory conversion of type-A swine whole blood. These studies examine antigen removal and short-term responses; they do not establish an authorized treatment for living patients. The company is working on enzyme manufacturing and clinical translation. Its June 2026 collaboration with Kemp Proteins addresses expression, purification and scalable upstream and downstream processes. A federal contribution supports production scale-up, preclinical studies and planned first-in-human trials. NATO DIANA lists Avivo in its 2026 Human Resilience and Biotechnology cohort with a proposed whole-blood conversion unit. The business previously used ABOzymes and announced the Avivo name in September 2022. The current federal contribution identifies Avivo Biomedical Inc. as its legal and operating name.

Camcor Diving Services is a commercial diving company based in Sidney, British Columbia, serving aquaculture and marine infrastructure around Vancouver Island. Its work includes fish-farm net maintenance, diver-operated pressure washing, vessel and barge inspection, underwater construction and hydrographic surveys. The company also lists a light inspection-class remotely operated vehicle for underwater inspections. The service catalogue gives concrete methods: ultrasonic thickness testing and inspection of propellers, sea chests and anodes; inspection of dock mooring lines, chains and shackles; underwater welding and hydraulic cutting or drilling; and placement or location of power and fibre-optic cables. These are the broader diving services, with the ROV described separately as an inspection tool. Camcor identifies Cory Beaudry as founder and Kimberlee Lott as CEO, and says its divers hold surface-supply and scuba certifications.

AIM develops high-power laser systems for countering small uncrewed aircraft. Its Fractl family brings together target tracking, laser engagement, power, cooling and safety functions in a portable system intended for point defence and integration with broader counter-UAS sensors and command systems. Current company material distinguishes Tactical and Civil configurations. The company has a practical demonstration record alongside its product claims. Fractl:1 Tactical participated in Canada’s 2024 counter-UAS Sandbox and was awarded the C$1 million first-place prize. A separate Australian Defence account documents a 500-metre hard-kill demonstration. Those records provide concrete evidence of development under test conditions, while the current product’s advertised ranges and endurance still need to be tied to the proposed configuration. AIM describes an Australian headquarters and a major Canadian engineering hub. Its recent agreements concern the next integration and readiness steps: Australia’s Mission Syracuse programme supports enhanced capability and planned ADF command-system integration, while a September 2026 memorandum with DroneShield proposes interoperability with the DroneSentry counter-UAS environment.

Kîsik GeoSpatial is a Delta, British Columbia aerial-survey company delivering end-to-end airborne acquisition, processing and analytics, including full-spectrum VNIR-SWIR hyperspectral imagery.