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BC Research Inc. is a 180,000 square foot scientific research and development company located at the south end of the University of British Columbia campus. 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. Its plant biotechnology team was mostly spun off in Silvagen Inc. which specialized in clonal reforestation. Azure Dynamics Inc., a hybrid vehicle systems developer, was formed with some of the transportation team and left the facility in 2004. The consulting business continued under the name Vison SciTec until August 2006 when CANTEST Ltd. announced its acquisition from BC Research Inc. BCR continues as a technology holding company.

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Encyclopedia of British Columbia, Edited by Daniel Francis, Harbour Publishing 2000
CANTEST Press Release, August 2006 http://www.cantest.com/cms/page3665.cfm

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	'''BC Research Inc'''. is a 180,000 square foot scientific research and development company located at the south end of the University of British Columbia campus. 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. Its plant biotechnology team was mostly spun off in Silvagen Inc. which specialized in clonal reforestation. Azure Dynamics Inc., a hybrid vehicle systems developer, was formed with some of the transportation team and left the facility in 2004. The consulting business continued under the name Vison SciTec until August 2006 when CANTEST Ltd. announced its acquisition from BC Research Inc. BCR continues as a technology holding company.		'''BC Research Inc'''. is a 180,000 square foot scientific research and development company located at the south end of the [[University of British Columbia]] campus. 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. Its plant biotechnology team was mostly spun off in Silvagen Inc. which specialized in clonal reforestation. Azure Dynamics Inc., a hybrid vehicle systems developer, was formed with some of the transportation team and left the facility in 2004. The consulting business continued under the name Vison SciTec until August 2006 when CANTEST Ltd. announced its acquisition from BC Research Inc. BCR continues as a technology holding company.

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