BROMONT: A POWERFUL HUB
Less than an hour from Montreal and Sherbrooke, Bromont is a unique concentration of companies manufacturing and assembling electronic components, sensors, and actuators. These are the fundamental building blocks needed to generate the data required for artificial intelligence. It is no coincidence that Bromont also holds the largest Canadian R&D Centre in microelectronic systems. The MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (C2MI) plays an important role in the Québec innovation chain, in fact, it offers a unique infrastructure, state-of-the-art scientific equipment, an ecosystem of more than 365 organizations that can meet all your needs, a team of professionals with more than 525 years of experience. Its privileged links with universities allow it to train a highly qualified workforce. A winning synergy in every way!
C2MI in numbers:
• $ 387 million invested in research;
• 193 million invested in the acquisition or optimization of scientific equipment;
• 530 industrial projects completed;
• 150 industry/university collaboration projects valued at over $ 75 million;
• 332 patents and industrial secrets.
1 Data 2010-2020
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS: AT THE CORE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The innovations developed in collaboration with C2MI serve to improve the quality of life of Canadians. They are found in a multitude of everyday products such as cars, communication devices, and in a multitude of objects that make our daily lives easier. R&D is crucial to enable companies from several sectors to be among the leaders in their respective fields.
Québec electronics industry has a strong position. It represents:
• 45,000 jobs;
• $ 10 billion in sales;
• $ 5.5 billion GDP;
• Competitive on the international scene (86% of companies export part of their production);
• Strong growth in the sector with an increase of more than 12% in employment.2
2 Economic and strategic study of the microelectronics industry in Quebec and C2MI, Deloitte – 2019
THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY: A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ROLE
Electronic systems are present in a multitude of highly strategic sectors for Québec.
Electronic systems are the foundation of artificial intelligence. Without electronic systems, the link between the digital and analog world would simply not exist! Sensors, ubiquitous in all industries, generate the data required by artificial intelligence. These massive data are then transmitted for analysis and generate multitude of reactions and actions according to their processing. Electronic systems play a key role in the artificial intelligence value chain.
