Venmar Ventilation Inc. and Silentium: An innovative partnership

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Venmar Ventilation Inc. continues to grow and innovate by partnering with a high-tech Israeli firm.

Last December, this Canadian firm signed a partnership agreement with Silentium to develop an active noise control module. As part of Venmar’s continuous improvement process, this association will make it possible to integrate this revolutionary noise control technology into all of its products. The research and development laboratories of both firms will work together closely in order to adapt this unique technology to Venmar Ventilation Inc.’s indoor air quality products.

Who are Venmar Ventilation Inc. and Silentium?

For more than 25 years, Venmar Ventilation has been one of North America’s leading
manufacturers of innovative Indoor Air Quality products for residential applications. Today, with over one million homeowners among its customers, Venmar Ventilation continues to manufacture a full range of products. From kitchen range hoods and attic ventilators to filtration and ventilation systems, all of their products are recognized as the industry standard for quality, styling, reliability and an optimally healthy indoor air environment.

On the other hand, Silentium, based in Israel, has developed a revolutionary, embedded solution “Silence in a Chip“ for manufacturers looking for quieter and consequently higher-end products. They incorporate unique active noise control technology, which dramatically improves the quality of noise-emitting products. “Ventilation technology presents a perfect opportunity for Silentium’s embedded Spatial ANC (Active Noise Control) technology and solutions”, said Yossi Barath, Chief Executive Officer of Silentium. “This strategic collaboration with Venmar, resulting from the efforts of the excellent team at CIIRDF, presents Industrial Research and Development Cooperation at it’s best. We are very honoured and pleased to develop a strategic partnership with a market and technology leader like Venmar Ventilation”.

Valuable help

This partnership has been made possible by the CIIRDF, the Canada Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation. Established in 1994 and funded by the two national governments, the CIIRDF promotes the benefits of joint Canadian-Israeli collaborations and facilitates partner searches for companies in one country who are interested in finding a partner in the other country. “We are pleased to have succeeded in finding Venmar Ventilation Inc. further to a partner search request for R&D cooperation by Silentium, and this find reinforces our conviction that the CIIRDF partner search service can help many more Canadian and Israeli companies accelerate their innovation efforts", said Henri Rothschild, President of CIIRDF.

This is an innovative partnership where commitment and dedication to achieving a shared objective herald a promising future. “This CIIRDF partner search has resulted in a match that will turbo charge innovation at our Drummondville plant” concludes Daniel Forest, Vice President Research and Development at Venmar Ventilation Inc.

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For information
Karina Lecours
Marketing Services Manager
Tel. : (819) 477-6226 #3303
Fax : (819) 475-2660

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