Two New Brunswick companies this week have been named to lists of Canadian tech companies making impressive strides.

Smart Skin Technologies of Fredericton was named to the CIX Top 20, a list of leading young tech companies recognized by the Canadian Innovation Exchange. And RtTech Software of Moncton was named to Deloitte’s 2013 Companies-To–Watch.

Smart Skin has developed a technology called Quantifeel, which detects pressure on surfaces and produces real-time graphics on devices or computers showing where pressure is being exerted. The latest application for the technology is testing cans and other packaging in the food and beverage industry. The company also has a golf training application that helps golfers monitor and correct their grip through their swing.

Smart Skin and the other winners will present their companies Nov. 21 at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto.

RtTech Software now has two products to help manufacturers save money in the manufacturing process. RtEMIS is a software solution that identifies and maps ways to reduce energy consumption in production processes. And RtDuet is a real-time monitoring solution that detects equipment shutdowns and production delay events to calculate asset performance indicators like availability, utilization, and reliability.

“This is a huge acknowledgement for RtTech Software,” says CEO Pablo Asiron in a statement. “All of us at RtTech have been working hard to provide industrial manufacturers with a better manufacturing intelligence system to help reduce waste throughout their production process.”