International clients in the oil & gas, mining, chemical, power and utilities industries rely on the software and consulting services developed and delivered by Canadian company Matrikon. Matrikon’s solutions enable companies to use operating data to optimize operations in a variety of ways, such as by boosting productivity, achieving environmental improvements, reducing waste and preventing potential equipment failures.

Founded in 1988, the company has grown into one of North America’s top industrial-solution integrators. The company maintains a total of 20 facilities across North America and in Europe, the Middle East, Australia and India. Matrikon’s Canadian workforce is key to the company’s success; most product-development and R&D work takes place at one of its four facilities in Canada. Nearly half of the company’s global workforce of approximately 570 people works in Canada.

The company appreciates the many advantages available in Canada, such as a highly skilled workforce, generous R&D tax incentives and world-class post-secondary institutions. Matrikon maintains a formal partnership with the University of Alberta—recognized as an international leader in research related to industrial software—to put research findings to use solving real-world challenges. The company’s clients include many companies active in Canada’s oil & gas and mining industries. In Europe, Matrikon has many clients involved in the production of chemicals and North Sea oil-and-gas projects.

Matrikon [www.matrikon.com] is another example of Canadian leadership and excellence the global business world continues to count on.

Additional Facts

• In fiscal 2009, Matrikon posted revenues of $73 million.
• Clients in the oil-and-gas and mining industries account for more than 73% of Matrikon’s total sales.
• Matrikon shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: MTK).