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Selkirk Technology Access Centre
The Selkirk Technology Access Centre (STAC), located in Trail, BC offers a suite of technology resources for fabrication innovation and research. These resources are being made available to KORE’s current and incoming outdoor product makers and creators.
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
The STAC will enable the development of commercialized products and services and optimization of business processes resulting in decreased costs, increased efficiencies, and enhanced productivity for industry clients.
Advancing Business Innovation
Explore technical expertise and specialized equipment to advance product design and development of commercialized products/services:
- 3D printing
- 3D scanning
- Rapid prototyping
- Material characterization
- Fitness for service testing
- Forensic engineering
- Reverse engineering
- Material research and development
- Customized training
Revelstoke Idea Factory
The Revelstoke Idea Factory is non-profit organization centred around accessibility. Its mission is to create a welcoming, supportive environment where individuals, entrepreneurs and local businesses can develop, prototype, and commercialize new products.
The Idea Factory offers the latest and greatest in manufacturing technology including:
- laser cutters
- 3D scanners
- plastic & resin 3D printers
- powerful laptops stuffed with the latest software
- sewing equipment
- and more
The goal of the organization is for you to be able to take your dreams to prototype and hopefully, one day, production. To help make that happen, the Idea Factory offers
hands-on experimentation, innovation and collaboration, as well as digital manufacturing technology, tools and in-depth skills training for the community to learn and create.
Ground Floor and YXC Maker Space
Located in Cranbrook, the Ground Floor Coworking Space and YXC Maker Space offer small business-focused services in a shared office space. Ground Floor gives professionals the opportunity to work as part of a community to help raise collective impact, generate innovation, facilitate networking, and honour diversity. And the YXC Maker Space is for the creative, innovative mind who learns by doing. Currently its offerings include 3D printers, lasers, and more.
