Ian McLeod meets with Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State.

Vanchem’s Vice President, Ian McLeod,met with the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology as well as the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), alongside Rick Dykstra, Member of Parliament for St. Catharines, today, at Brock University to discuss the Vanchem-Brock FedDev research success.When asked McLeod said, “The governments funding combined with the research capabilities of Brock University took our scientific concept and made it into a product that Vanchem can now sell on the open market. This investment allows us to hire high-tech and well paid individuals to design, manufacture, market, and sell uniquely Canadian technology not only in Canada but globally and around the world.”

First Photo (left to right): Professor Vincenzo De Luca, Bill Mori, Professor Paul Zelisko, Hon. Gary Goodyear (Minister of State, Science and Technology), Ian McLeod. Second Photo: Ian McLeod, Rick Dykstra (MP – St Catharines), Professor Paul Zelisko.