About Us

The Ontario BioAuto Council has a mission to position the province first in the race to meet the growing demand for affordable, sustainable bio-based products. The council brings together Ontario’s distinct advantages in the growing bio-based economy, and helps ensure participants have every opportunity to succeed.

Ontario has clear advantages for bio-based initiatives. It houses the largest North American auto parts and assembly industries, some of which are already using and producing parts from plant-derived feedstocks. Ontario is also a continental stronghold for research and production in agriculture and forestry, providing new plant varieties and expertise in plant oils, starches, and fibres. And the provincial chemical and plastics sectors are thriving, worth an estimated $20-billion each. Industry leaders, investors and innovators from these areas all connect through the Ontario BioAuto Council.

The council’s focus is biomaterials, such as flexible bio-based foams for car seats and woodfibre composites for automotive and construction applications. With a $5-million investment fund from the Government of Ontario, the council is providing support for biomaterials ventures and commercialization. With sustainability as its cornerstone, the Ontario BioAuto Council connects the ends of the value chain, and meets economic and environmental challenges head-on. Ontario has the natural resources needed for a strong bio-based economy, and the industrial capacity to advance new initiatives. The Ontario BioAuto Council is the conduit for those strengths.