How Adam Harris built C-Therm

C-Therm was pegged to be a billion-dollar company when it emerged from a lab at the University of New Brunswick. Investor money poured in. The sky was the limit – but then it wasn’t. In fact, it crashed.

A Halifax entrepreneur picked up the pieces and called Adam Harris, who had lost his job when the company crashed, and said, “Want to do it over, but this time from the ground up?” Adam knew the potential. He set aside any concern he had about investing himself in a redo and went to work.

That was 20 years ago. Today, C-Thern is an industry leader and disrupter in the world of thermal conductivity. It also stands as a model of slow and thoughtful growth. Adam Harris is a masterclass in building a company that listens to its customers and builds the products and services they need.