By Cathy Dobson, The Observer Carving up the pie The federal government is making $1 billion available for economic development in southern Ontario and Sarnia and its neighbours must work together to spend it properly. So says Stratford Mayor Dan Mathieson, who spoke to about 70 community leaders here Tuesday about the region’s future. Sarnia-Lambton … Read More
Thursday – February 19, 2009 In summer last year, H.C. Starck Canada commenced an investment project totaling several million dollars in order to expand capacity of the production plants in Canada. On account of the cooling off currently being experienced by the economic climate and the resulting decline in demand – also on the North … Read More
By Cathy Dobson, The Observer A major layoff announced Friday by parent company OptiSolar Inc. does not impact the Sarnia workforce, says Peter Carrie, vice-president of the company constructing a solar energy farm in Sarnia. Eighteen people employed locally by OptiSolar Farms Canada Inc. are not affected by the U. S. parent company’s decision to … Read More
Suncor halts ethanol expansion project. Announcement is the latest casualty of the economic downturn Suncor announced Friday it was halting work on a project to double the size of its St. Clair Ethanol Plant. Company spokesperson Jason Vaillant said “cash flow concerns” promoted the firm to put the $120 million job on hold for 12 … Read More
Graham Cooper, Vice President of Operations for Montreal-based CGTX Inc., today announced plans to build a rail car service center in Moore Township. The plant will be built adjacent to the CN main line on land to the east of the Montell Canada site.rail car service center in Moore Township. The plant will be built … Read More
MOORE TOWNSHIP, ON – Woodbridge Foam Corporation of Mississauga, Ontario, plans to construct a 76,000 square foot automotive parts manufacturing facility in the Moore Township Industrial Park. The facility, which is expected to employ approximately 150 employees at full production, is scheduled for an early Spring 1999 startup. The Sarnia-Lambton Office of Economic Development began … Read More
Bell Canada announced today that Sarnia-Lambton has been elected as an Ontario location for a new operator services company Bell is establishing. The new operations are expected to create close to 200 new jobs in Sarnia-Lambton.
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
