BlackGold coatings
Turbine coating
Nanostructured physical-vapour-deposition metallic-ceramic coatings applied to gas turbine compressor airfoils to resist erosion and preserve efficiency.
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MDS Coating Technologies
AviationSaint-Laurent, QC
Develops BlackGold nanostructured metallic-ceramic coatings applied to gas turbine compressor airfoils to resist erosion, from a Montreal R&D base and a manufacturing centre of excellence at Slemon Park, PEI.
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Company site: mdscoating.comDevelops BlackGold nanostructured metallic-ceramic coatings applied to gas turbine compressor airfoils to resist erosion, from a Montreal R&D base and a manufacturing centre of excellence at Slemon Park, PEI.
Its province is therefore PROVISIONAL: recorded as QC on the basis of the registered office alone, with no confirmed headquarters, while its largest operations are in PEI. Verified 2026-09-23. ised-isde.canada.ca
Operationally its largest site is elsewhere: a federal release calls it "a P.E.I.-based aerospace coating technology company" with about 100 staff at Slemon Park, PEI. skiesmag.com
Received a $55.7 million federal contribution announced May 2026, inside a $212.9 million total project. Reports of "$110 million in government funding" combine federal and provincial money. skiesmag.com
The award is to create and maintain up to 230 jobs plus 70 co-op placements - a ceiling, not a committed figure. skiesmag.com
Its registered office is in Quebec - Corporations Canada gives Saint-Laurent, and the company's own facilities page gives the same street address as "Montreal". That is its legal seat. ised-isde.canada.ca
Corporations Canada lists it as active, a non-distributing corporation, with its 2024, 2025 and 2026 annual returns all filed and a last annual meeting of 2026-07-31. ised-isde.canada.ca
Its own facilities page lists three sites - Montreal, Slemon Park PEI and East Hartford Connecticut - and labels none of them a head office. No first-party source confirms a headquarters. mdscoating.com
Founded in 1997 - "Since 1997, we have developed and applied metallic-ceramic protective coatings". The federal entity is later: a certificate of continuance dated 2010-06-04 from New Brunswick. mdscoating.com
Accredited to Nadcap and AS9100, and states its gas turbine coatings are "qualified by all major OEMs" with over 5 million airfoils coated - commercially available, not in development. mdscoating.com
The exact award is $55,692,000 under agreement 820199, running 2026-05-12 to 2050-04-01, recorded against Slemon Park, Prince Edward Island in the federal disclosure. search.open.canada.ca
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Company site: mdscoating.comProducts MDS Coating Technologies publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Strategic Response Fund, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada - award within a $212.9 million total project; repayability not disclosed
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