DAJCOR ALUMINUM LTD.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Chatham, Ontario · grants and contributions register · Chatham-Kent–Leamington

DAJCOR ALUMINUM LTD.: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $4.5M value; 2 departments; 4 programs.

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10agreements
$4.5Mvalue
2departments
4programs

Largest agreements

1017897$2.5Mvalue2024start2027end

To increase capabilities and competitiveness through adoption of advanced equipment to manufacture extruded aluminum components for the electric vehicle (EV) market.

814824$800Kvalue2019start2020end

The project is to purchase equipment, expand capacity, and improve quality.

Agreement$500Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$350Kvalue2015start–end
Canada-Germany 3+2 – AI La-Pol$119Kvalue2021start2024end

Canada-Germany 3+2 AI La-Pol in collaboration with Dajcor Aluminum (Canadian SME), NRC-AST (NRC Researcher), Western University (Canadian Research Institution), Karl H. Arnold Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.KG (German SME), Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V. (German Research Institution) focused on AI-based solutions capable to advance laser polishing (LP) technology towards self-optimization and self-control as required for process stability, adaptability, and quality.

Agreement$90.0Kvalue2014start–end
Agreement$48.4Kvalue2015start–end
Feasibility Study: Laser Cleaning and Polishing$44.6Kvalue2019start2019end

To investigate the applicability of laser polishing of inner tooling surfaces for the fabrication of visually smooth and/or appeared surfaces for automotive trimming/decorative parts through the development and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies, such as laser polishing

Agreement$36.8Kvalue2014start–end
Green-Youth-Environmental Improvement$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

This project is using a purchased Scada software “Ignition” to monitor data throughout the plant to find inefficiencies in equipment/process thereby producing corrective actions to reduce energy consumption and providing historical data for future improvements.

Departments

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario2agreements$3.3Mvalue2programs
  • Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)
  • Steel and Aluminum Initiative

All grants from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

National Research Council Canada8agreements$1.2Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20241agreements$2.5Mvalue1programs
  • Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)
20211agreements$119Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20192agreements$845Kvalue2programs
  • Steel and Aluminum Initiative
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20181agreements$10.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
20153agreements$898Kvalue0programs
    20142agreements$127Kvalue0programs

      Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.