BC Research Inc. is the research and development division of the NORAM Group of companies; a vertically integrated group of companies under common Canadian ownership that specialise in the development, scale-up and full-scale commercialization of chemical processes. We are located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

We are a chemistry-focused research and development company with almost 40 years of experience in solving complex challenges in chemical process innovation. Our core strengths include laboratory and bench-scale contract research with specialised analytical chemistry capabilities. With our engineering partners at NORAM Engineering and Constructors Ltd., this extends to process engineering and development, pilot and demonstration plant skid design and fabrication, along with their operation. We work with a broad range of different partners ranging from government and academia to start-up companies and established multinational corporations.

At BC Research Inc. we distinguish ourselves by our willingness and proven ability to work with chemistries and process conditions requiring specialised expertise and nonstandard process capabilities. Backed by extensive experience and a broad infrastructure designed for safety and flexibility, we support testing and piloting across a wide range of demanding reaction environments, operating conditions, and material systems. We are able to carry out industrially relevant research to move ideas from the bench-scale through to pilot and demonstration scale, with the ultimate goal of process commercialization.