Paradigm Shift

Paradigm Shift Technologies Inc.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

WeaponsAir SystemsDual-use

Founded 1995Component SupplierSupplies Land Forces, Air Forces, Naval Forces, Defense Industry

Profile last updated: October 13, 2026

About

Founded in 1995, Paradigm Shift is a defense component supplier based in Toronto, Canada working in weapons, air systems.

Paradigm Shift Technologies Inc. develops and supplies internal coating technologies for cylindrical components. Its proprietary EPVD process and CoatAlloy coating system are positioned as replacements for hexavalent chrome and cadmium plating in gun barrels, aircraft weapon systems and military aircraft landing gear, as well as in petrochemical equipment. The company licenses coating procedures and technical data packages to clients for use in their own production, and has supplied industrial testing and commercialisation contracts to defence manufacturers and government agencies, including the US Air Force, US Navy and DND Canada. It was founded in 1995 with its first office in Edmonton, Alberta, and has operated a head office in Toronto since 2000. Its leadership includes Gennady Yumshtyk, founder, president and CEO, and Eugene Yumshtyk, COO.

Location

Toronto, Canada

Founded

1995

Legal name

Paradigm Shift Technologies Inc.

Focus areas

EPVDCoatAlloychrome replacementhexavalent chrome eliminationinternal coatinggun barrel coatingweapon systemslanding gear coatingsurface engineeringlicensingdual-use

Languages

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

WeaponsAir Systems

Supply-chain role

Component Supplier

What they offer

HardwareManufacturing ServicesEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

EPVD

Internal surface coating technology

Electro-plasma vapour deposition process that applies proprietary alloy coatings to the inner surfaces of cylindrical components, such as gun barrels and tubes, as a replacement for hexavalent chrome plating.

CoatAlloy

Engineered coating system

Alloy coating system applied with the EPVD process to mitigate coke formation and resist carburization, erosion and thermal cycling, mainly for ethylene furnace tubes and process gas heaters.