New KPMG Study shows Sarnia’s competitiveness Sarnia has been ranked as the least expensive location for doing business in Ontario and thirteenth when compared against 64 cities internationally in a study released today by KPMG Consulting of Vancouver. The major finding of the study is that overall business costs in Canada are lower than in … Read More
Another 100 jobs will come to the area after auto parts manufacturer Waterville TG Inc., a manufacturer of automotive weather sealing systems, announced an expansion Wednesday of a plant still under construction. In September 1998 Waterville TG Inc. announced that they would build a new manufacturing and warehousing facility on 47 acres of land in … Read More
Mr. and Mrs. Max Wiener, of Advanced Finishing Technologies Inc., are pleased to announce the Grand Opening of their new manufacturing facility in the Moore Industrial Park. The 25,000 square foot plant will initially employ 30 people and, at full production, about 50 people. The $2 million facility provides micro-etching, electro-polishing, chrome flashing and colouring … Read More
RMH Teleservices announced today that it has selected Sarnia as the site for a new 250 seat call center which will provide over 500 full-time equivalent jobs to the area. In addition to the 500 telemarketing positions, an additional 30 management and administrative positions will be created. The Sarnia-Lambton Office of Economic Development and the … Read More
Sarnia’s new telemarketing centre will create more jobs than had originally been anticipated. RMH Teleservices will employ about 700 people at the Dow Modeland Centre, company executive vice-president Mike Scharff said Thursday. When the company first announced it would locate in the facility, it was estimated that 500 jobs would be created. Scharff said the … Read More
Effective October 1, 2000, the former Montell facility at 339 Lasalle Line in St. Clair Township is now part of Basell Canada Inc. The plant was previously owned by Shell Canada Limited prior to the formation of Montell in 1995. The plant comprises two world-scale facilities: a polypropylene plant and an isopropyl alcohol plant. Shell … Read More
In recognition of the development of ethylene styrene interpolymers, soon to be known commercially as INDEX* Interpolymers, Dow was named as a winner of R&D Magazine’s 38 th annual R&D 100 Awards. INDEX Interpolymers will be a new and novel family of then-noplastic polymers based on copolymerizing ethylene and styrene, and potentially other monomers, produced … Read More
RMH Teleservices, Inc. today announced it will be expanding its Sarnia location by 400 positions in response to its continuing success in attracting new clients. Executive Vice President, Mike Scharff, says, “The new in-bound expansion will be housed in Building 1040 of the Dow Modeland Center where the company will lease an additional 23,690 square … Read More
Century Truss Company, of Brighton, Michigan, announced today it will build a $12 million, 68,000 square foot manufacturing facility on Polymoore Drive in the St.Clair Industrial Park. Primary products from the new plant will include pre-engineered wood roof and floor trusses, light gauge steel trusses, and engineered “I” joist packages. “We selected St.Clair Township as … Read More
Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – The Government of Ontario is investing $324,900 in a support system that will help Lambton County’s rural businesses identify and act on growth opportunities, Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Brian Coburn announced today. “This initiative gives Lambton County businesses the resources they need for success … Read More
