Business View Magazine | Volume 9, Issue 3

68 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 3 Since these issues often combine chemical and industrial processes with economic dynamics, KPM is well placed to provide integrated services that deliver verifiable and economically viable solutions. “We do scoping level paper studies upfront to understand the problem and simulate practical solutions,” says Davis. “Most lab-based companies in our space are unwilling or unable to commit much time to a paper study. On the other hand, most companies we work with are very happy when we suggest we do a paper study first instead of launching into lab work.” KPM’s applied approach to solving chemical process challenges for companies has placed them on a steep growth path, one Davis sees as an opportunity to impact multiple industries globally significantly. He notes, “KPM is one of the founding member of the Ontario Clean Technology Industry Association (OCTIA). We are collaborating with other members and stakeholders to establish Kingston and Ontario as a major chemtech hub globally. Our vision for KPM is to function as a catalyst to establish Kingston as a global destination for chemtech development. We have some major challenges to solve as a society, and we’ve got to start using smart chemistry to get ourselves out of these problems.” PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n BGM Metalworks www.bgmmetalworks.com | 613 634 2094 BGM Metalworks Inc. is a proven leader in fabrication and machining, serving a wide range of industries for 30 years. We supply industrial manufacturers with the products to keep them moving and are proud to partner with leading companies to develop and manufacture innovative solutions in green technology markets including water purification, resource recovery and lithium battery recycling. are critical partners who fill in the specialized skills gaps that KPM has not yet filled. One such company is BGM Metalworks – Kingston’s premier fabrication shop. “BGM Metalworks is a smart custom machine shop, the type of which you don’t always run into,” says Davis. “One of their strengths is completing uncommon projects. Since all our work fits into this category of uncommon work, we work closely with BGM to develop custom machine works that our in- house machine shop cannot undertake.” The Covid-19 pandemic still has a chokehold on most industries’ supply chain networks, and KPM’s industry is no exception. It is continually hedging against possible supply chain problems and ordering equipment it might need on projects well in advance. Despite this, KPM has doubled in size in the last five years; a growth spurt that Davis attributes to many different reasons. He explains, “Greenhouse gases, electrification, lower mineral grades, advanced materials, recycling – all these issues are driving demand for our services. In addition, there’s an ongoing debate on how to on-shore services previously outsourced to China, which requires extensive process engineering to match China’s labor advantages and make it economically viable to set up similar processes in the West.”