Imperial Oil today confirmed plans to construct a 90-megawatt cogeneration facility at its Sarnia refining and petrochemical complex. The new unit, to cost about $120-million, will use natural-gas-fired turbines to simultaneously produce electricity and steam, using approximately 50 percent less energy than conventional methods. “Imperial is a strong proponent of the responsible use of energy … Read More
That was the message to about 100 business and community leaders when a new name and logo for economic development was unveiled this morning. The Sarnia-Lambton Council for Economic Renewal and the Sarnia-Lambton Office of Economic Development will now be known as the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership. “Our new identity will provide one name for economic … Read More
Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE-MAR) announced today its plans to open a Worldwide Reservation Centre in Sarnia, Ontario. This will mark Marriott’s second centre in Canada and the first for Ontario. Worldwide Reservations currently operates a call centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick and has enjoyed great success there. Marriott decided to open a centre in Sarnia … Read More
Financial Contributions from Lambton County businesses and organizations have enabled the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership to strengthen and diversify the local economy. Over the last five years, these efforts have resulted in new industry bringing more than 2,400 new jobs in Lambton County – adding a combined payroll over $79.5 Million. At their Annual General meeting … Read More
TransAlta Corporation (TSX:TA; NYSE:TAC) today officially began commercial operation of its new 440-megawatt (MW) gas-fired facility at its Sarnia Regional Cogeneration Plant located in Sarnia, Ontario. The new facility is integrated with 135 MW from the facilities TransAlta acquired last year. The 575-MW, $490 million gas-fired plant is supplying steam and electricity to TransAlta’s host … Read More
Weir number one! Mike Weir captivated golf fans everywhere with his skillful Masters victory this spring. And to think he got his start right here, in the Sarnia-Lambton community of Bright’s Grove. Full story from the Observer.
Dow Chemical Canada Inc. announced today it will soon begin manufacturing market development quantities of polyethylene (PE) wax at its Product Development Plant, located in Sarnia, Ontario. These new materials, which will be made via INSITE* Technology, a Dow proprietary single-site catalyst and solution process technology, are the latest development products to be trialed at … Read More
CanWeb, today announced its acquisition of the assets of Chronicle Technologies Inc. (Chrontech), a privately held company located in London. Chrontech developed a leading edge suite of knowledge management products for the manufacturing, process control, health care and education industries. CanWeb’s newly acquired suite of products include: iWare TM – the customizable ‘knowledge management’ engine … Read More
Downtown’s Bayside Mall has signed a seven-year lease with Star Tek of Denver, Colorado to house a new 40,000-square-foot inbound call centre and 500 workers. The new call centre will fast-track hiring and training in order to be up and running by mid-December. The first 250 employees to be hired will start November 1, with … Read More
Suncor Energy Products Inc. and Shell Canada Products today announced they have signed an agreement under which Suncor’s Sarnia refinery will process Shell’s Sarnia refinery high-sulphur diesel into ultra low sulphur diesel. This 20-year agreement enables both companies to meet federal regulations for ultra low sulphur diesel fuel that take effect on June 1, 2006. … Read More
