Fredericton-based ADI Systems was presented the New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award on Thursday by BioNB, New Brunswick’s bioscience agency.

BioNB presented the award, sponsored by McInnes Cooper, at an event called Innovation at the Market. More than 150 members of the business and research community gathered to celebrate the substantial growth in the province’s bioscience sector in recent years.

ADI Systems provides wastewater treatment and waste-to-energy technologies for industrial processors around the world. This includes many household names such as The Kraft Heinz Company and The Kellogg Company.

ADI Systems has also completed successful wastewater treatment projects locally—including a system at Old Dutch Snack Foods in Hartland, NB. The company is currently working on a large-scale project at Lake Utopia Paper, a J.D. Irving Company.

ADI Systems was founded in New Brunswick nearly 30 years ago and has successfully expanded over the years to build a global presence. In the process, it has created many employment opportunities for New Brunswick residents, helping grow the local economy, said a statement from BioNB.

“We are honoured to accept the New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award,” said Shannon Grant, President of ADI Systems. “The award brings light to our humble N.B. roots, and showcases how a local company can compete on a global scale.”

The New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award is given out every year to an individual, company or research team who has made outstanding contributions to the growth and promotion of the sector. The previous winners include Sylvar Technologies, LaForge Bioenvironmental and LuminUltra Technologies.

The other finalists for the achievement award this year were: Chris Baker of IPSNP Computing; SomaDetect, a start-up and finalist in NBIF’s Breakthru Competition, and Murray McLaughlin of Bioindustrial Innovation Canada.