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Export 4.0 program — Advanced and Intelligent Technologies
Last Update: March 3, 2026
Quebec, Canada
Supports Quebec businesses in expanding with advanced technologies
Partnering and Collaboration
Grant and Funding
Overview
The Export 4.0 program provides up to $10,000 in value to support Quebec companies in the fields of advanced automation, robotics, and digital technologies as they explore new international markets. The program aims to assist businesses in identifying market opportunities and potential partners, thereby enhancing their expansion efforts.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Integrate new technologies
- Develop an online presence
- Selling in a new market
Eligible Funding
- No Condition
Timeline
- Open continuously
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
Location
- Quebec
Legal structures
- For-profit business
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- Startups
Activities funded
- Identification of new markets and strategic partners for companies incorporating advanced and intelligent automation technologies.
- Market expansion support for Quebec companies in advanced automation, digital robotics, and technology sectors.
- Development of business prospecting systems and reusable business development software tools.
- Creation of targeted communication pitches for phone calls, emails, and LinkedIn.
- Compilation of pre-qualified prospect lists.
- Acquisition of international market knowledge in industrial technologies.
- Learning methodological and strategic market development approaches.
- Increasing competitiveness and innovation levels.
- Facilitating contact with new qualified prospects and partnership or sales opportunities.
Examples of admissible projects:
$ 75,000
Creating an interactive environmental education center
$ 100,000
Launching a sustainable food delivery service
$ 50,000
Establishing a mobile pop-up cinema project
$ 90,000
Revitalization of historical community art spaces
$ 60,000
Development of an inclusive digital literacy program
Eligibility
- The company must offer a mature and viable product or service.
- The company must already be making sales in Quebec or internationally.
Who is eligible?
- Equipment manufacturers in robotics and automation
- Providers of technological solutions
- Software and engineering consulting firms
- System integrators
How to apply
1
Registration for the Export 4.0 program
- Participate in the information session scheduled for April 2, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM to obtain details about the program and the application process.
- Register before the registration deadline set for April 11, 2025.
- Pay the registration fee of $3,000 covering the participation of two representatives.
2
Validation of eligibility
- Submit the application for program enrollment.
- Wait for the ORPEX in your region to contact you to validate your eligibility for the program.
- Ensure that your product or service is mature and viable and that your business is already generating sales in Quebec or internationally.
Additional information
- The Export 4.0 program offers strategic support for identifying new markets and partners.
- The program is realized in collaboration with the ORPEX network.
- Participating companies receive assistance in developing business pitches for various platforms such as phone, email, and LinkedIn.
- Access to a list of pre-qualified prospect profiles is provided for participants.
- The program helps increase companies' international market knowledge, particularly in industrial technology sectors.
- Participants can expect to develop a strategic and methodological approach to market expansion.
- Companies will engage with at least four new qualified prospects.
- The program offers opportunities for partnership agreements or sales expansion.
- Insights into the global industry's growth, driven by advancements in AI, IoT, robotics, and 3D printing, are shared with participants.
- The program aims to enhance participants' competitiveness and innovation levels.
- The fee for participation in the program is CAD 3,000 per company, covering two representatives, while the program's real value is stated to be CAD 10,000.
- Upon registration, the regional ORPEX will contact the participant to validate eligibility.
- An information session is scheduled on April 2, 2025, from 12:00 to 13:30.
