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Olympus NDT (nondestructive testing) Canada proceeded on Oct. 16 with the official inauguration of its new office and manufacturing complex, built at a cost of $37 million in the Michelet Innovation Zone.
The new site unites all of Olympus NDT Canada’s services and personnel under one roof, enabling the company to better respond to production demands and optimize its research and development activities in support of their extensive portfolio of industrial testing and measuring solutions.
Company executives from across the Americas and the global headquarters in Japan joined government and business dignitaries from Quebec and beyond to celebrate the facility’s opening, and to recognize the ideal working environment that it represents.
As a previous tenant of the Quebec Metro High Tech park, Olympus NDT Canada decided to invest in the creation of a purpose-built new facility that is more appropriate for the pursuit of its mission: to deliver reliable, cost-effective systems that help ensure quality, safety, and productivity for our customers.
“Our new building satisfies our operational growth objectives, and it also clearly advances one of our main areas of focus: the well-being of our employees,” explains Alain Laboissonnière, senior director of operations in Quebec.
Quality of life for employees is the impetus behind the features that will make the new building the envy of many companies in the provincial capital.
The new 15,794-square-metre facility is equipped with a vast hall designed for systems integration-allowing space for large-scale industrial systems to be assembled on-site, as well as an air-conditioned workshop with cutting-edge machining tools for mechanical production.
The areas designated for research and development, storage, reception, and shipping are much more spacious than before. Meanwhile, the new electronics manufacturing area is ideally adapted to the company’s operations, and the server room is now better equipped. The facility also houses several collaboration-conducive spaces to encourage teamwork, which is fundamental to the company’s activities; among these are a number of development labs and more than 40 meeting rooms–each equipped with multimedia capabilities, and a 50-person room for employee training.
Allocation of space by department
- Manufacturing and operations: 45 per cent
- Systems integration: 20 per cent
- Research and development: 20 per cent
- Administrative services and common areas: 15 per cent
There are currently 380 employees at Olympus NDT Canada. However, the recent move has allowed the company to begin an immediate expansion of its personnel, and recruiting is already underway. The company intends to increase its staff to more than 400 employees, with a focus on software engineering, electrical engineering, and electronics and mechanical manufacturing.
