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Best Manufacturing Services Companies in Quebec, Canada

The 91 best Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: APF Villeneuve.

91companies tracked
$2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · MANUFACTURING SERVICES × QUEBEC

Our analysis of 200 Manufacturing Services companies

$4.4b in tracked funding; 61% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

200companies analysed
61%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2002median founding year
42median Fliar Index™
160kcombined LinkedIn audience
44%of audience held by top 3
9companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1APF Villeneuve
Company specializes in high precision metal manufacturing services
29Funding bottom 46%Talent bottom 45%Global bottom 29%
All 3 signals ▾
Fundingbottom 46%
Talentbottom 45%
Globalbottom 29%
Funding: Raised $1.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr)
Talent: 1 named leader on record
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100
$2M28 mo agoFunding RaisedErick Villeneuve
CEO
1989———
2DIACARB
Company specializing in CNC turning and milling, grinding, and engineering
$450K28 mo agoFunding RaisedSteve Bissonnette
Owner
1981WordPressMySQLPHP+20——
3Pultrall
Pultrall is a composite material manufacturing company specializing in the manufacturing of composite…
—27 mo agoFunding RaisedBernard Drouin
CEO
1987WordPressMySQLPHP+1727 patents
Pultrusion-based production of reinforced concrete bars and composite reinforcement components
—
4CMP
Provider of product designing, integrated manufacturing, and other services
—44 mo agoFunding Raised—1967WebflowPlausibleGoogle Analytics+114 patents
Marine hydraulic steering pumps and anchor adaptor systems for vessels
2 partnerships
5GRYB
Provider of heavy equipment attachments manufacturing services
—48 mo agoSeedRemi Beaudoin
Owner
2007SalesforcePHPYouTube+16—3 launchs · 1 partnership
6Nitrex Metal
Manufacturer and supplier of automated turnkey nitriding and nitrocarburizing systems
—129 mo agoFunding RaisedMichel Korwin
Founder
1984WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+412 patents
Control of gas atmospheres for metal heat‑treatment processes
—
7Acces Location
Provider of cleaning and coloring of masonry products
——AcquiredHarold Dube
Founder
2004———
8ACE Mechanical Services
Provider of mechanical services for machinery and heavy vehicles
——Funding Raised—2008WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23——

Top 6 Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec

#1
Funding Raised · Crabtree, Quebec · founded 1989
$1.6Mraised
▾

APF Villeneuve specializes in high precision metal manufacturing since 1989, with modern equipment and reliable service. They constantly push the boundaries of industrial metal manufacturing and have recently received $1.6M in support for automation.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
bottom 46%
Talent
bottom 45%
Global
bottom 29%
Funding: Raised $1.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Jan 2024)
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Global: Single-market focus (Canada)
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$1.6M
Founders & team
Erick VilleneuveCEO
Investors
Quebec, Invest Quebec, Canadian Space Agency
#2
Funding Raised · Saint-laurent, Quebec · founded 1981
$450Kraised
▾

Diacarb is a precision machining company that specializes in CNC multi-axis turning, Swiss turning, CNC horizontal/vertical milling, engineering/product development, grinding/carbide, and quality control. They offer complete grinding services and are equipped with a variety of precise and versatile digitally-controlled machining tools.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Conventional Debt$450K
Founders & team
Steve BissonnetteOwner
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpNginxGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Font Api
#3
Funding Raised · Thetford Mines, Quebec · founded 1987
—raised
▾

Pultrall is a composite material manufacturing company located in Thetford Mines, specializing in the manufacturing of top-quality composite materials using the pultrusion process. They offer V-ROD composite rebars made of fiberglass, which have high tensile strength and are manufactured with vinylester resin to be corrosion resistant. Pultrall also manufactures industrial and/or municipal equipment for the chemical, mining, and processing industries as well as the treatment of wastewater.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Unattributed—
Founders & team
Bernard DrouinCEO
Investors
Fonds de solidarite FTQ
Tech stack
BootstrapCdnjsCloudflareComplianzFlywheelFont Awesome
#4
Funding Raised · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 1967 · 125 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of product designing, integrated manufacturing, and other services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 4.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Trajectory) announced in 12 mo
Investors
Fonds de solidarite FTQ
Tech stack
Animate.CssBootstrapCloudflareFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#5
Seed · Victoriaville, Quebec · founded 2007 · 77 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of heavy equipment attachments manufacturing services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. GRYB) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Remi BeaudoinOwner
Investors
Fonds de solidarite FTQ, CDPQ
Tech stack
AosApache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareFont Awesome
#6
Funding Raised · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 1984 · 138 employees
—raised
▾

Manufacturer and supplier of automated turnkey nitriding and nitrocarburizing systems

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 5.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2015Unattributed—
Founders & team
Michel KorwinFounder
Investors
Novacap
Tech stack
Anime.JsApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7

Funding & investor landscape

$2Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Fonds de solidarite FTQ3 rounds
BDG Private Equity1 rounds
CDPQ1 rounds
Canadian Space Agency1 rounds
Capital Southwest1 rounds
Centech1 rounds
Creative Destruction Lab1 rounds
Cycle Momentum1 rounds
Desjardins Capital1 rounds
Invest Quebec1 rounds

Notable founders

Erick Villeneuve
CEO · APF Villeneuve
Steve Bissonnette
Owner · DIACARB
Bernard Drouin
CEO · Pultrall
Remi Beaudoin
Owner · GRYB
Michel Korwin
Founder · Nitrex Metal
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,637,322 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Manufacturing Services coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada

How research on Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing is moving in Canada

A read on the academic research around Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 956 Canada-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 61% → 69% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • University of Toronto67
  • University of Alberta66
  • McGill University61
  • University of Waterloo61
  • Western University53
leading researchers
Daniel Therriault · Joshua M. Pearce · Aleksander Czekanski · M.A. Elbestawi · Mohammad Abu Hasan Khondoker · Matthew Brown · David Hartling · Hamel N. Tailor
▲ Breakthroughs252 · 26%
▲ 15%→28% share
▲1.9× share momentum6 median citations69% since 2021mostly methods-led
Composite material breakthroughs are surging — Canadian papers rose from 1 to 29, with self-healing hydrogels newly emerging at 15 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Composite material1→29
  • Fabrication4→31
  • Nanotechnology3→23
  • 3d printed2→22
  • Microfluidics1→13
Newly emergingSelf-healing hydrogels 0→15 · Extrusion 0→14 · Porosity 0→10
Landmark Grayscale digital light processing 3D printing for highly functionally graded materials · 525 cites
◆ Advancements491 · 51%
50%→50% share
▲1.0× share momentum5 median citations64% since 2021mostly methods-led
Composite material advancements intensified dramatically — papers grew from 5 to 57, now dominating the stable 50% advancement share.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Composite material5→57
  • Fabrication9→49
  • Mechanical engineering2→38
  • 3d printed14→48
  • Fused deposition modeling4→31
Newly emergingFusion 0→11 · Finite element method 0→9 · Robot 0→8
Landmark Multi‐Material 3D and 4D Printing: A Survey · 612 cites
▼ Concerns91 · 10%
▼ 16%→10% share
▼0.6× share momentum12 median citations66% since 2021mostly reviews
Concern research is cooling overall (16%→10%), yet 3D-printed defect studies tripled from 2 to 14 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • 3d printed2→14
  • Nanotechnology2→9
  • Manufacturing engineering1→6
  • Fabrication1→5
  • Selective laser melting1→5
Newly emergingMechanical engineering 0→8 · Fused deposition modeling 0→6 · Process engineering 0→5
Landmark A review on voids of 3D printed parts by fused filament fabrication · 387 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

Where additive manufacturing is researched across Canada

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Montreal124 · +0.48
Hot · 3D printingAdvancing · CeramicOpportunity · PhotopolymerConcern · Manufacturing engineering
Toronto104 · +0.50
Hot · CastingAdvancing · MicrochannelOpportunity · Composite numberConcern · Fused deposition modeling
Waterloo/Hamilton92 · +0.55
Hot · Selective laser meltingAdvancing · AlloyOpportunity · Self-healing hydrogelsConcern · 3d printed
Edmonton/Calgary91 · +0.48
Hot · Fused deposition modelingAdvancing · Layer (electronics)Opportunity · Self-healing hydrogelsConcern · 3D printing
Vancouver84 · +0.55
Hot · PiecewiseAdvancing · TrayOpportunity · RobotConcern · Nanotechnology
Ottawa/Kingston43 · +0.26
Hot · Medical physicsAdvancing · 3D printingOpportunity · Fabrication
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada

Who's filing additive manufacturing patents in Canada

Canada additive manufacturing patent filing is accelerating — 1,811 filings from 710 assignees (2016–2025), led by Pratt & Whitney Canada, NAT RES Council Canada, Aspect Biosystems; annual filings 90→219.

1,811 filings710 assigneespeak 250/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Pratt & Whitney Canada145
  • NAT RES Council Canada145
  • Aspect Biosystems129
  • Magna INT68
  • Xerox59
  • Tekna Plasma Systems59
  • Mosaic MFG41
  • Husky Injection Molding32

Common questions

How many Manufacturing Services companies are there in Quebec, Canada?
Radar tracks 91 indexable Manufacturing Services companies headquartered in Quebec, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec, Canada?
The Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec, Canada on this list have raised a combined $2M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Manufacturing Services company in Quebec, Canada?
APF Villeneuve is the highest-funded Manufacturing Services company in Quebec, Canada, with $1.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec, Canada are funded?
2 of the 91 Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Manufacturing Services unicorns are there in Quebec, Canada?
None of the Manufacturing Services companies in Quebec, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Quebec, Canada Manufacturing Services companies?
The most active investors in Quebec, Canada Manufacturing Services companies on this list include Fonds de solidarite FTQ, BDG Private Equity, CDPQ, Canadian Space Agency, Capital Southwest.
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