Prodmatix exists because most Canadian manufacturers are leaving SR&ED money on the table — not because their work doesn't qualify, but because the consultants writing their claims can't speak the technical language CRA expects.
Most SR&ED firms in Canada are accounting practices. They handle the financial side of a claim well — the cost components, the proxy method calculations, the schedules. But CRA's technical reviewers don't read those parts.
What CRA reviews are the technical narratives — the explanation of what the team was trying to do, what was uncertain, what was tried, and what was learned. When narratives are written by someone who doesn't understand metallurgy, process engineering, additive build parameters, or welding metallurgy, claims get reduced or denied. Not because the work wasn't eligible, but because it wasn't articulated in language a technical reviewer trusts.
Prodmatix was founded to close that gap. We specialize narrowly in Canadian advanced manufacturing and materials R&D, and we write narratives the way engineers explain their work to other engineers — with specifics, with quantified outcomes, with honest acknowledgement of what was tried and what failed.
Materials Science · Founder, Prodmatix
Majid holds a PhD in Materials Science and has direct experience working with Canadian manufacturers — particularly machine shops and metal fabricators — on SR&ED claims. The technical depth that earns trust with VP-Engineering buyers and survives CRA review is the moat Prodmatix was built around.
Prodmatix engagements are personally led by Majid; if you sign with us, you work with the founder directly through the entire engagement.
Four ideas that shape how Prodmatix runs engagements.
If your work doesn't qualify, we tell you on the first call rather than running you through a paid assessment to get to the same answer. We turn down claims we don't believe in. The practice grows on referrals from clients who trusted us with the honest answer.
A well-written technical narrative takes time. We deliberately run fewer engagements per year so each claim gets the attention it needs. The base fee in our pricing model exists to make this possible.
Cost calculations matter, but they aren't what CRA challenges. Reviews live or die on the technical write-up of what was uncertain, what was investigated, and what was learned. That's where most consultants under-invest. We don't.
The single highest-value thing your team can do today to improve next year's claim is start contemporaneous documentation — even informal records of decisions, iterations, and failures. We coach clients on this every engagement.
Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll review the technical work your team has been doing and give you a candid assessment of eligibility and refund range.
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