A Northbridge Success Story

Dental Lab Faced Heavy R&D Expenses

A small dental laboratory was struggling with the high costs of new development to stay competitive in the dental industry. New materials and processes in the preparation of dentures in turn lead to exhaustive research and experimentation aimed at improving performance, quality and efficiencies. As any business knows, heavy expenditures must be absorbed in order to stay afloat.

Expansion Beneficial Yet Costly

The main thrust for this company had been to expand its facilities and provide more employment for qualified technicians while becoming the leading facility in the country. However, it was going to take time for the progress made from the expansion of the lab and hiring of staff to pay for itself in sales.

Dental Lab Sees Six Figure Return

Northbridge worked very closely with the client to identify development work which would qualify under the federal SR&ED development work which would qualify under the federal SR&ED program. The account manager helped to prepare a claim that was highly successful in recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars for their development activities.

Funds Re-Invested, Business Advances

The return on their costly R&D activities allowed the client to reinvest in new technology and hire additional technicians to meet their goals of expansion, becoming a North American leader in their field.

* This is a factual account of a client’s success with Northbridge Consultants.

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Employee Spotlight: Dan Paine

Northbridge Consultants are, as always, continuously growing and improving to provide our clients with the best service possible. To this end, we would like to welcome Dan Paine to the Northbridge team.

Dan Paine is one of our new Business Account Managers and Support Specialists here at Northbridge Consultants. He holds an Honours Biochemistry degree from the University of Guelph, and brings to Northbridge years of experience in research and development in a manufacturing environment.

He also possesses years of client oriented service and sales experience. His previous work has taken him across North America, and to England and Australia.

Dan has worked with the SR&ED program for over five years now, and brings with him an in depth knowledge of the SR&ED claim and review process. Having worked with the program as both a prospective claimant and as a consultant, Dan has a unique perspective. It has given him an unparalleled ability to effectively interact with clients in an easy and knowledgeable manner.

Dan’s background and experience in biology, chemistry, printing and food science brings yet another piece to the Northbridge puzzle allowing us to provide Business Account Managers with specialized in depth knowledge in your field of business.

Dan is quoted as saying: “I greatly look forward to working with Northbridge clients, and applying my knowledge to each specialized industry.”

For Our Valued Clients

Northbridge takes pride in maintaining an unmatched level of customer service to our clients. Our account managers are evaluated based on client feedback – please complete our survey to let us know if Northbridge Consultants met or exceeded your expectations, as well as how we can improve our service to you.

Testimonials

“Northbridge Consultants have been filing our SR&ED claims successfully since 2005. Our most recent claim for our 2008 fiscal year met approval, and we will receive a very significant return. Our past returns have assisted HTECH in considerable growth and business development. With the assistance of Northbridge, the program has proven to be an exceedingly rewarding compensation for our SR&ED expenditures.”
- Allan Hrynyshyn, P. Eng. President and Owner of HTECH Inc.

HTECH Inc., a world-class business, manufactures “high technology” continuous chilling and freezing systems for the food industry. e company
also builds a full range of superior quality material handling systems. HTECH Inc. was recognized as one of the fastest growing Canadian companies
in 2007 by Profit Magazine. http://www.htech.ca

Northbridge provides results oriented consulting services through the development of adaptable and innovative business solutions for firms operating in Canada.

Value Added Services

Northbridge Consultants are known for their SR&ED expertise and consulting services. We have now expanded our service offerings to include ISO 9000 certification. Northbridge is also now a qualified SMART Service Provider, and we can assist you in attaining government funding for implementing these iniatives through the CME SMART Program.

For more information on these valuable new ways to benefit your business, contact us. You can reach us via email at info@northbridgeconsultants.com or by phone at (519) 623-2486.

• Make sure you keep hard copies of all important e-mails and documents. Many companies store e-mail on servers for less than a year.
• Adapt your current tracking system to log all eligible SR&ED labour hours.
• Remember: customer service is everyone’s priority, and has a direct and tremendous impact on your bottom line.

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