TSX/SDTC Industrial & Clean Technology Investor Day Showcases Vibrant Sector
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) yesterday hosted their 9th Industrial and Clean Technology Investor Day – an institutional investor-focused series that was first launched in 2008. In partnership with Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and NATIONAL Equicom, and supported by sponsors MNP LLP and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, the half-day event promoted Canada's industrial technology and clean technology sectors, 21st century industries that represent a powerful economic opportunity for our country.
The TSX/TSXV Investor Day series is unique in that it gives both public and private companies, across all sectors, an opportunity to tell their story to a broad range of investors and capital markets representatives. This year's TSX/SDTC Industrial & Clean Technology Investor Day showcased the strength of the Canadian industrial technology and clean technology industry, and welcomed six TSX-listed companies and ten private companies from the sector, representing a broad range of service and product offerings, geographies and stages of development. Here is a list of the companies that presented at the event:
- Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BLD)
- Corvus Energy Ltd. (private)
- Carmanah Technologies Corporation (CMH)
- BitStew Systems (private)
- PFB Corporation (PFB)
- GeoDigital International Inc. (private)
- Lumenpulse Inc (LMP)
- Cooledge Lighting Inc. (private)
- New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI)
- Delta-Q Technologies (private)
- Orbite Technologies Inc. (ORT)
Several emerging, private technology companies also provided ‘mini-pitches' at the event to shine a light on their technological innovation:
- HiFi Engineering Inc.
- Miovision Technologies
- Fibracast Ltd.
- SWITCH Materials Inc.
- Vive Crop Protection Inc.
TSX and TSXV are home to a vibrant and growing clean technology and renewable energy sector. Over 120 cleantech companies are listed on the Exchanges – more than any other exchange in the world. Halfway through 2015, the sector reached a market value of $29 billion – the sector's highest ever total market capitalization. As at the end of July, companies in the sector raised more than $1.6 billion in growth capital, marking the seventh consecutive year where capital formation in the sector is above $1 billion.