GIT Coatings expands global reach with new headquarters

GIT Coatings (Graphite Innovation & Technologies Inc.) celebrated the grand opening of its new global headquarters and flagship operations facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in mid-October. The occasion was also used to announce a $5-million scale-up fund from Export Development Canada (EDC) to support the company’s international expansion.

Representatives from all levels of government attended the event, recognizing the company’s contribution to Canada’s clean-tech economy and to global maritime decarbonization.

With 10 times the space of its former site, the new headquarters facilitates expanding GIT Coatings’ manufacturing, research and development, quality control, and global support capabilities.

“This new carbon-neutral facility is a powerful example of how Atlantic Canadian innovation is creating good jobs while protecting our oceans,” says Braedon Clark, the Member of Parliament for Sackville—Bedford—Preston, on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, the Minister Responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. “GIT Coatings is proof that local leadership can drive global impact.”

With 95% of its revenue generated from exports, GIT Coatings is a Canadian success story in clean technology. The company’s biocide-free, graphene-based marine coatings, designed to reduce fuel consumption, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and eliminate the release of toxic copper and silicone oils into marine environments, are now used on more than 500 vessels worldwide. Collectively, these deployments have prevented nearly 250,000 metric tons of CO₂ and copper pollution to date.

^{GIT Coatings CEO, Mo AlGermozi, cutting the ribbon of the company’s new HQ and production facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mo is pictured with Jennifer Fuccillo (Invest Nova Scotia), Matt Stanley (Business Development Canada), John Risley (CFFI) and Jim Spatz (Southwest Properties Limited)}