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
The County of Lambton, the City of Sarnia and The University of Western Ontario announced a major research and economic development initiative for the Southwestern Ontario region at a media conference today. The County of Lambton has established a Community Development Corporation (CDC) which has purchased the Dow Modeland Building Complex. This self-funding Corporation will … Read More
Lambton County is moving forward in its partnership with The University of Western Ontario Research & Development Park after finalizing several formalities today. “We have closed the real estate deal for the Dow Modeland Centre and have formally incorporated the Community Development Corporation,” said Lambton County Warden Todd Case. “The University of Western Ontario … Read More
