Tech talent powers Kanata North testing lab

Stephen Tippet and Martin Lee have worked at the Teron Road lab for years, running product quality tests on everything from telecom equipment to consumer goods.

Enters new markets with TÜV SÜD

For countless companies in Kanata North and around the world, one of the first steps to bringing high-tech products to market – everything from telecommunications gear to aerospace components – has long been a testing lab on Teron Road.

The exterior signage, as well as the facility operator, has changed several times over the past two decades. But there’s been a constant during that same time period: A core group of skilled technicians who have been with the testing lab since its early days and helped it evolve and remain a world-class facility.

“We support each other,” says test technician Martin Lee. “The people are very important in making this business operate – it’s not just a bunch of machines that get the work done.”

Now that TÜV SÜD has taken over the facility, they are helping clients with product testing and finishing a full renovation of the space. Read more in the latest edition of The Kanata Networker.