BC Research

Key areas of focus include: BCRI has an extensive Intellectual Property portfolio of international patents and can work with partners to develop new technologies in a collaborative fashion.

The company specialized in consulting and applied research and development in the area of plant biotechnology and environment, health and safety, process and analysis, transportation and ship dynamics.

The company can be traced back to 1944 as it developed from the non-profit BC Research Council to a private company in 1993, founded by Dr. Hugh Wynne-Edwards, Ph.D, DSc., FRSC, a member of the Order of Canada, who served as the founding Chief Executive Officer and developed the facility into an incubator in the fields of biotechnology, drug discovery and alternative fuel technologies.

The Company continued to provide specialized consulting and applied research and development in an expanding number of different technologies and industries, including fluidized beds, storage of energy in batteries, fuel cells, electrochemical cells, corrosion testing and analysis, hydrogen, sulfur, chlorine, nitration, water treatment, and pulp and paper chemistry.

In 2017, moved to a newly constructed Technology Innovation and Commercialization Center on Mitchell Island in Richmond, BC to expand their capabilities.

BCRI Technology Innovation and Commercialization Center
BCRI Thermochemical Pilot Plant and Testing Area
BCRI Equipment Testing
BCRI Electrochemical Pilot Plant and Testing Area
BCRI Laboratory
BCRI Analytical Area
Aerial view of BC Research taken in 1985. The buildings are essentially the same as what they were in 2007 before the facility was demolished. The building on the right is the Ocean Engineering facility which housed two wave pools often used by the film industry.
A sign at the closed facility still in place in early 2009
Ex BC Research facility in Burnaby BC (2010-2017)