Velan Receives Synergy Awards for Innovation

Back row: Luc Vernhes, Tom Velan, Yves Lauze, Vahe Najarian
Front row: Bruno Carbonaro, Duc (Duke) T. Tran, Fadila Khelfaoui, Gil Perez

Photo Credit: Velan Inc.

Velan is proud to announce the company has received the Synergy Awards for Innovation from the Canadian federal government. This award covers the results Velan has achieved with the laboratory led by Pr. Ludvik Martinu and Pr. Jolanta Sapieha on coating technology and surface engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.

Thanks to this collaboration, Velan has gained over the years fundamental knowledge on surface degradation mechanisms and has developed, industrialized and commercialized novel coatings to extend equipment life for several applications.

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