Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

The Toronto District School Board is the largest school Board in Canada and the fourth largest in North America, with nearly 600 schools and more than 250,000 students each year. From our team's beginning the TDSB has been very supportive of our team, and provides us with the expensive entry fee for the competition. We are looking forward to yet another year in partnership with our school board, the TDSB's generous donations make our team possible.

Belzona International Ltd.

Belzona International Ltd. is a world leader in industrial and repair composites. Their products include polymers, elastomers and lubricants for use on such things as machinery, pipes and concrete. Belzona products are also durable against environmental, chemical and physical damage, making them ideal for general and industrial use. This is Belzona's first year in partnership with the Iron Bears, and, in addition to supplying us with a generous monetary donation, Belzona has subsequently provided us with high quality elastomers for casting wheels for our complicated drive system. The contributions from Belzona International Ltd. will also be responsible for a significant part of any success had by the team this year.

Zoom Technologies

Zoom Technologies Inc. offers design and prototyping services for machined parts. With the assistance of a professional engineer, Zoom can help one develop and design parts and prototypes based off of ideas, CAD designs and 2D sketches. Zoom Technologies has provided us with machined plates for our drive system as well as allowed us to use their machining facilities; this is also our first year in partnership with Zoom Technologies Limited. We are grateful to Zoom for helping us machine and mold parts for our new drive system, and look forward to working in partnership with them in the future.

Gold Sponsors

Accupath Waterjet Solutions Inc.

Accupath Waterjet Solutions Inc. provides cutting services using the leading technology in the waterjet cutting industry. Their waterjets are capable of cutting everything from steel and marble to rubber and foams with a great degree of accuracy. This is our first year in partnership with Accupath Solutions and we are very pleased with the rapid rough cutting services they have provided to us in the making of omni wheel components for our complex drive system. We are very thankful for the services Accupath has provided us with this year, and we are greatly excited to have the opportunity to work in partnership with them again next season.

Silver Sponsors

McKinnon Metals

McKinnon Metals, Ontario's #1 small metals distributor, is a family run business with an extensive inventory of competitively priced metal. In continuing generosity, McKinnon Metals has once again generously offered to supply our team with greatly discounted stock metal. Their helpful and friendly staff are always more than happy to give us suggestions for material selection, and their charitable discounts keep our robot frames sturdy and light, year after year.

J&D Boiler Repairs Ltd.

J&D Boiler Repairs Ltd.

J&D Boiler Repairs provides dedicated customer service, and reliable boiler maintenance services. We are excited about our first year in partnership with J&D Boiler Repairs Ltd. Their financial contribution towards our team is greatly appreciated, the money will go towards the cost of the materials used to make our robot and the expensive registration costs.

A-Line Precision Tool Ltd.

A-Line Precision Tool Ltd. is a tool and die company that specializes in parts for the Air Force. In this, their first year with our team, they have machined plates for our driving modules. Unfortunately, because of how busy A-line has been we were not able to machine many plates with them. However, we were very pleased with their turn around time and hope to work with them again in the future.

SDA Enterprises

SDA Enterprises has been in business for 5 years supplying plumbing fixtures, HVAC equipment and providing both accounting and book keeping services. This is our second year in partnership with SDA Enterprises and their donations of nuts, bolts and other parts have been greatly appreciated.

Martin Sprocket & Gear, Inc.

Martin Sprocket & Gear was formed almost 6 decades ago, and is an international company specializing in power transmission and material handling products. With over 30 branch locations, they manufacture a wide variety of stock metal and plastic parts but are also capable of producing custom orders. Martin Sprocket and Gear is our team’s sole provider of gears and sprockets this year, and they have generously donated the services of their machine shop. We look forward to many years of partnership with this great company.

Entripy Custom Clothing

Entripy Custom Clothing is one of Canada’s most diverse custom clothing suppliers. Between their impressive production capabilities, their assorted catalogue, and their whole-hearted generosity, their logo is becoming a common sight. Entripy has been our team’s source for our uniforms for the last couple of years, but their generous offer to sponsor our team and reduce the overall uniform cost is greatly appreciated. We look forward to many more years of high-quality team shirts.

Bronze Sponsors

Rod End Mechanical

Rod Ends Mechanical Ltd provides a wide assortment of mechanical parts and linkages, all with outstanding quality. Their friendly and talented staff will help you find the part you need, and their prices can’t be beaten. Rod End Mechanical has once again helped us out this year, by donating several key parts, as well as the use of their tooling. We are grateful for their services and the parts we received, and look forward to many years of co-operation with this broad company.

We would also like to extend a special thanks to Kevin Glass for his generous contribution towards our team.