SARNIA, ON: Manufacturer creating 90 jobs and investing over $5-million. CIMC, a world leader in commercial transport trailers is investing over $5-million in Sarnia, with plans to create 90 assembly and light manufacturing jobs. Maximizing the use of an existing building on Ube Drive in Sarnia, the facility will allow CIMC Refrigerated Trailer Co. Ltd. … Read More
A statement from Shell Manufacturing Centre in Sarnia, ON: “Today we announced that Shell has stopped actively marketing the Sarnia Manufacturing Centre and associated infrastructure (the refinery, chemical plant, Sarnia and Hamilton Distribution terminals and Shell’s 45 per cent interest in Sun-Canadian Pipeline. As promised from the outset of the divestment process, Shell will … Read More
Via BlackburnNews.com By Dave Dentinger October 15, 2020 ARLANXEO is selling its Sarnia-based olefins business to Mitsubishi Corporation. An agreement between ARLANXEO Canada, a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, and Diamond Petrochemicals Canada, a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi, was announced in a news release Wednesday. ARLANXEO’s olefins unit is located at the bio-industrial park … Read More
On Monday, October 5th, the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership in cooperation with Lambton College Co-op & Career Services and the Sarnia-Lambton Workforce Development Board (SLWDB) teamed up to present the first session of the Sarnia-Lambton Employer Series COVID-19 Workforce Solutions. Session one featured local human resources expert Anthony Folan from Integral HR Solutions, Lambton Public … Read More
Via the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development Employment Standards Program: As of Oct. 1, the general minimum wage province-wide will change to $14.25 an hour, up from $14. Student minimum wage will go up from $13.15 an hour to $13.40, and liquor servers’ wage will go from $12.20 to $12.45 per hour. These rates will remain … Read More
The City of Sarnia is looking to hear from businesses and residents on how it can support Mitton Village, Northgate and downtown Sarnia through the use of Community Improvement Plans. These are financial investment tools that aim to stimulate and support key community outcomes, such as affordable housing, safety, beautification and economic/business revitalization A number … Read More
PAUL MORDEN – THE SARNIA OBSERVER Published on: September 16, 2020 | Last Updated: September 16, 2020 3:38 PM EDT Nova Chemicals is backing an effort to keep plastic out of the Great Lakes. The company, which makes polyethylene plastic in Lambton County, joined representatives of the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup at the Andrew S. … Read More
The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership has been named as one of the Top 20 Canadian Economic Development Groups in Site Selection Magazine’s Canada’s Best Locations 2020 Awards. Recognizing local or regional economic development groups, the awards take into consideration excellence in regional partnerships, proactive and innovative programming, and quality data, web tools and resources. In a … Read More
Wallaceburg Free Press September 3 2020 Three Lambton and Chatham-Kent companies are receiving over $185,000 in senior government funding for projects that will go toward improving food safety, increasing labour productivity and enabling better access to markets. The funding for the local companies comes from the federal and provincial governments. They are spending over $5.4 … Read More
RE3 is a government funded program that provides non-repayable performance based contributions up to $5,000 to assist Southern Ontario women-led SMEs to rebuild, reopen and revive their businesses. With the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada’s Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF), WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation and Northumberland CFDC are working collaboratively within our … Read More
