Last Updated: 2011-07-19

TRLabs

Company information

Legal Name:   TRLabs
Operating Name:   TRLabs
Alternate Name:   TRLabs
Mailing Address 1200 - 10045 - 111 St NW EDMONTON, Alberta T5K 2M5	Location Address 1200 - 10045 - 111 St NW EDMONTON, Alberta T5K 2M5
Telephone: (780) 441-3800
Fax: (780) 441-3600
Email: info@trlabs.ca
Website URL: http://www.trlabs.ca

Contact information

Robert Tasker
	Title:   President
	Area of Responsibility:   Management Executive
	Telephone:   (403) 338-6382
	Email:   RTasker@TRLabs.ca
Rainer Iraschko
	Title:   Vice President
	Area of Responsibility:   Research/Development/Engineering
	Telephone:   (403) 338-6385
	Email:   RIraschko@TRLabs.ca
Dean Beleyowski
	Title:   Vice President
	Area of Responsibility:   Domestic Sales & Marketing
	Telephone:   (204) 488-5601
	Email:   DBeleyowski@TRLabs.ca
Vinod Ratti
	Title:   Vice President
	Area of Responsibility:   Research/Development/Engineering
	Telephone:   (780) 441-3812
	Email:   VRatti@TRLabs.ca
Bob Davies
	Title:   Manager
	Area of Responsibility:   Domestic Sales & Marketing
	Telephone:   (403) 808-8607
	Email:   BDavies@TRLabs.ca
Andrew Kostiuk
	Title:   Manager
	Area of Responsibility:   Domestic Sales & Marketing
	Telephone:   (306) 668-9309
	Email:   AKostiuk@TRLabs.ca
Sergio Camorlinga
	Title:   Manager
	Area of Responsibility:   Research/Development/Engineering
	Telephone:   (204) 488-5640
	Email:   SCamorlinga@TRLabs.ca

Company description

Established in 1986 as a not-for-profit consortium, TRLabs fast tracks innovation to market by working with its 99 industry, government, and academic partners and clients to invent, modify, and/or prototype market-driven technology. It has won national and regional awards, including a University-Industry Synergy Award given by the Conference Board of Canada and the Natural Sciences and EngineeringResearch Council of Canada and an Alberta Science & Technology Leadership Award. TRLabs research activity focuses on three themes: Digital Media; eHealth; and Emerging Sectors. We have labs in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg which employ 36 full time and 100+ part time staff. In its 25-year existence, TRLabs has trained more than 930 highly skilled university graduates; created 399 technologies adopted for use by companies; and generated 61 active patents (issued or filed). In addition, to these we have also created 11 spin-off companies - started by people who worked at TRLabs.
Country of Ownership:	Canada
Year Established:	1986
Exporting:	Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS):	541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences
Primary Business Activity:	Services
Total Sales ($CDN):	$5,000,000 to $9,999,999
Export Sales ($CDN):	$100,000 to $199,999
Number of Employees:	49

Product / Service / Licensing

Service Name:	Converged Digital Media/IPTV Ecosystem
The media industry is rapidly evolving, transitioning from traditional media (TV, newspapers) to interactive media (Internet, Social Networking, etc.) and highly specialized applications for a variety of entertainment, communication, financial, educational, and healthcare related applications. The broadcast industry is adapting (Digital TV, VOD, PVR, HDTV, Special Features, Interactivity). Content providers are rapidly positioning for an Internet and mobile era (e.g. Apple iTunes signs deal with ABC, Google acquires YouTube). Major trends include convergence, simplification, specialization, personalization, and portability. Global spending on Media & Entertainment is projected to increase to $2.2 trillion by 2012. Telecom service providers have entered the digital media market (Satellite, Internet television (IPTV), and mobile TV service offerings). IPTV enables telecom providers to leverage their broadband investments and enter the subscription TV market.
Service Name:	eHealth Focus Area
Demand and supply are not collaborating on eHealth solutions. TRLabs’ MPCM will facilitate meaningful local innovation in eHealth and industry growth by bridging supply and demand. TRLabs has a vision for how eHealth technologies will help improve quality, safety and sustainability of healthcare.
Service Name:	Strategic Sectors
The Strategic Sectors program enables forward-thinking and responsive commercialization activities, enabling TRLabs to progress industry through the MPCM regardless of industry sector. Priority will be placed on technologies/projects that fit into areas defined as strategic by TRLabs’ Government Stakeholders. For example: Energy, Resources and the Environment have been identified as areas where government stakeholders want to grow supporting ICT industry. TRLabs is well suited to make technical contributions that support sector productivity gains. Therefore, under the Strategic Sectors focus area TRLabs is proactively seeking out large industry involvement and partnerships to create market pull activity.

Market profile

Alliances:

• Financial
• Sales/Marketing
• Technology

Strategic alliances:

Markets:
Telecommunications and Information Technology

Alliance Detail
TRLabs currently has over 40 sponsors from the industry,
university and government sectors. Its industrial sponsors
include telecom carriers,multinational equipment manufacturers,
telecommunications service providers and over 30 small technology
businesses throughout Western Canada. University sponsors are the
Universities of Alberta, Calgary, Manitoba, Regina and
Saskatchewan, and government sponsors are the governments of
Canada, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Industry sector market interests:

• Consumer Products
• Environment
• Information Technology and Telecommunications
• Medical/Biotechnology/Chemical
• Service Industry

Geographic markets:

Export experience:

• Hong Kong
• Mexico

Sector information

Distribution of employees

Our employees are distributed fairly equally across five labs:

* 11 in Edmonton
* 10 in Calgary
* 7 in Saskatoon and Regina
* 7 in Manitoba