AV&R made its way in the International Media: 4 articles on AV&R were recently published!

April 1st, 2013:

A questions-answers interview about Aerospace Automation was made by Eric Beauregard, CEO of AV&R, for Robotics Tomorrow, an eMagazine dedicated to the robotics. View the result here.

March 27, 2013:

Eric Beauregard was also interviewed by M. Dan Ovsey, Editor of The National Post for the Financial Post section, about AV&R's export history in Europe in the context of the recent discussions on the free-trade agreement. Read the article here.

October 2, 2012:

Jean-François Dupont, co-founder and COO of AV&R, presented the company to Kal Kaur, Editor of the website AZoRobotics, in a questions-answers layout. Learn more about AV&R by reading this.

October 2012:

Eric Beauregard was interviewed by M. Aoki, Reporter for the Japanese Magazine Wing. The article was published in the edition which was distributed during the "Japan International Aerospace Exhibition". Consult the Original version or the English version translated by a Trade Commissioner of Export Québec.

The 2013 Mercuriades Contest presented by The Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ) was held at the Palais des congrès of Montreal yesterday. AV&R Vision & Robotics, finalist in the Innovation* category, was amazed and delighted to win the coveted trophy.

This award, sponsored by Investissement Québec, rewards innovation strategies of three types: technological products, innovation in processes and in industrial design.

Moreover, at its surprise, AV&R was one of the finalists for the Business of the Year Award.

Many thanks to the FCCQ for this honour, which is Quebec's most prestigious prize for business, trade and entrepreneurship.

* This link sends to a website in French only.

AV&R will be at two events in May:

1. Civil Aviation Manufacturing (CAM) held in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 7-8, 2013.

Aviation Week's Civil Aviation Manufacturing Conference will provide a unique platform to bring together the leaders of major manufacturers and suppliers to discuss manufacturing capabilities: examining, evaluating, and where possible, putting common solutions and best practices into place.

Within a schedule uniting major lecturers, Eric Beauregard, AV&R's CEO, will be a speaker in the panel: "Automation for Improvement" on May 7th at 1:15 PM.

Come listen to this panel and meet AV&R at its booth!

For more information on this event, click here.

2. Engine Forum Sonora held in Hermosillo, Mexico on May 14-15, 2013.

Engine Forum Sonora is Mexico's first international business to business forum exclusively dedicated to aero-engines, turbines and other propulsion and power generation equipment.

AV&R will have a booth there. Do not hesitate to come and meet us!

Visit the event's website for more information: www.engine-sonora.com

Used to seeing AV&R in the news? Of course. Used to seeing AV&R on TV? Not yet!

Last Thursday, Eric Beauregard, AV&R's President & CEO, was interviewed by Tony Keller, the host of Headline, a live show on the Business News Network (BNN) usually hosted by Howard Green. This show's subject was "Canadian Exporters You've Never Heard of..."

AV&R Vision & Robotics was selected as one of the "Exporters you should know" to be presented during this TV show. Mr. Keller wanted to learn more about AV&R's present efforts to export in new geographical markets, mainly in Russia and Singapore.

Listen to the show's section with AV&R: Headline - January 24, 2013

The Engine Yearbook, a yearly international publication by UBM Aviation dedicated to aerospace engines, committed 4 pages of its 2013's edition to present AV&R's automated solutions, both in Robotic Finishing and Visual Inspection.

Known as a world leader in aerospace and the gas turbine industry, it is only natural that this longest established publication focusing on the aero-engine business included AV&R in its yearbook. Read the complete article here.

Moreover, Aero Montreal and Montreal International created a Profile of the Aerospace Industry in Montreal, Canada. Once again, AV&R was a must for this publication. You can read AV&R's corporate presentation here.

November is AV&R's month in the Medias: 3 other articles on AV&R were published!

November 7, 2012:

M. Randall Mang, Special Projects Editor for The Globe and Mail, interviewed Eric Beauregard, President of AV&R, for the Special Monthly Feature: International business series on trade and emerging markets. Read the article here.

November 10, 2012:

M. Jean-Francois Dupont, COO of AV&R, tells his journey from the end of his engineering studies to this day in the Employment Section of the journal Les Affaires. Learn more about the co-founder of AV&R by reading this.*

November 14, 2012:

The Webzine Affaires sans frontières (French version of Business Without Borders), a website addressing exportation overseen by the magazine L'actualité and the newspaper Les Affaires, published an article on AV&R following an interview with its president, Eric Beauregard. You must be a member of their website to access the article.*

* Article in French.

In a special section on the first edition of SME Passport, an internationalization assistance program created by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, the journal Les Affaires portrays the companies selected by this program and their objectives. AV&R was therefore mentioned in this issue.*

In its Economy Class program, Radio-Canada's radio interviewed two companies selected by the SME Passport program in July. Eric Beauregard, president of AV&R, was interviewed to explain what the benefits were for an SME already exporting more than 80% of its revenue to win assistance for export. He explained that, as many SMEs, exportation is done instinctively and that, with the help of this program, this time it will be done strategically, hoping it will reduce costs and provide faster results. Listen to the French interview here. (The section on SME Passport starts at 15 minutes.)

* Article in French only.

AV&R Vision & Robotics is finalist of the 2012 Innovation Prize from the Association for the Development of Research and Innovation of Quebec (ADRIQ) in the Product category. This honour will be presented at the gala held on November 22 at the Windsor Station in Montreal.

"The Innovation Prize - Product is awarded to a company that has recently developed and introduced to the market a product whose novelty is evident, giving it a competitive advantage in its industry and market. [...] The new or significantly improved product has experienced a remarkable commercial success and a positive undeniable impact on the company, particularly in terms of competitive advantage in its sector, increased sales, improved strategic positioning and increased profitability."

AV&R presented to this challenge its automated profiling system which now reaches an unequalled precision level in the industry and whose adaptive character opens the doors of the MRO market.

Established in 1996, this Prize aims to highlight the innovation and technological creativity of Quebec's businesses. For more information and to view the finalists of the 2012 Innovation Prize, visit ADRIQ's website.*

*Website and list of finalists in French only.

In its September 3^rd Edition, Aviation Week & Space Technology had a section of its magazine on Technology's Vanguard, talking about the small and medium-sized enterprises' capacity to innovate. Within this theme, Michael Mecham interviewed Eric Beauregard, AV&R's CEO.

In his article called "AV&R Is Young, Hip and Robotic", Mr. Mecham portrays AV&R as an innovative company. You can read this article on page 71 of the printed edition, or online on Aviation Week & Space Technology's website.

AV&R is recognized by the major players in the aerospace industry and Quebec's manufacturing sector as a well-established company with a valuable opinion of its activity sectors.

Thereby, Aero Montreal and Quebec's Industrial Subcontracting (STIQ), two important groupings in Quebec, recently contacted AV&R to participate in the development of testimony videos on their respective fields.

Aero Montreal has created a promotional video presenting Quebec's aerospace sector as a symbol of national pride. This grouping has interviewed Mr. Eric Beauregard, President of AV&R, asking him to give his opinion why the Montreal aerospace cluster is such a great success. You can view the video, all credits to Aero Montreal and Montreal International, on the website of Aero Montreal in the Videos section.

STIQ interviewed Quebec manufacturers to discuss the results of their 2012 "Quebec Industrial Barometer". Jean-Francois Dupont, Chief Operating Officer at AV&R, was one of the contractors selected for an interview and asked to comment on the SMEs' rate of investment in research and development. Watch the STIQ video here.*

* This STIQ video is in French only.