LANXESS starts operating independently. Bayer CEO Wenning: “An important milestone on the road to realigning the Group”

LANXESS, the future company where the Bayer Group will combine almost all areas of its chemicals business and parts of its polymers activities, began operating as an independent unit on July 1, 2004. For the moment the new structure only applies internally. “We’ve reached an important milestone for the realignment of the Group on schedule,” … Read More

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Blue Water Bridge Duty Free Shop wins “2004 Platinum Award”

Local family-owned business receives second consecutive “Platinum Award” as ‘Retailer of the Year’ from the Canadian Frontier Duty Free Association. In 2002, when Garvin Lee and family completely upgraded their duty-free business on the Blue Water Bridge plaza in Sarnia, Ontario, the objective was to create a world-class duty free operation. They had no idea … Read More

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Gwen’s Garden Produce

16-year-old Gwen Williamson has opened a vegetable stand with the help from a summer grant program for students administered by the Business Enterprise Centre of Sarnia-Lambton. “Gwen’s Garden Produce” can be found everyday 10am-5pm except Fridays, at 7739 Lakeshore Rd., near Ravenswood, and on Fridays at the Forest Farmers Market from 9am-2pm until the end … Read More

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Sarnia-Lambton Business Directory Introduces new “Business To Business”

The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership is pleased to announce the addition of a new “Business to Business” section to its on-line edition of the Sarnia-Lambton Business Directory. In addition to the Business Directory’s other features, through “Business to Business” Sarnia-Lambton companies can now list products, in a searchable on-line format, that they manufacture and/or sell in … Read More

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Canada’s Largest Ethanol Plant Now in Production

Suncor Energy Products Inc. announced today that its St. Clair Ethanol Plant is now in production. With an expected production volume of 200 million litres per year, the St. Clair Ethanol Plant is now the largest ethanol production facility in Canada. “We are proud of our new, world-class ethanol production facility,” said Tom Ryley, executive … Read More

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Suncor Energy Celebrates Opening of Canada’s Largest Ethanol Plant

Suncor Energy Products Inc.’s investment in a clean energy future took another step forward today with the grand opening of Canada’s largest ethanol-production plant. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Patricia Davidson, Member of Parliament for Sarnia-Lambton joined Suncor Energy’s Executive Vice President, Tom Ryley, and other guests to celebrate the official opening of the plant … Read More

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2009 construction levels among Sarnia’s highest yielding years

For further information: Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley, Board Chair Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership 519-332-0330 mayor@sarnia.ca George Mallay, General Manager Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership 519-332-1820 mallay@www.sarnialambton.on.ca For Immediate Release Sarnia-Lambton, ON, CDA; January 27, 2010 – With the value of new construction in Sarnia totalling close to $100 million, 2009 concluded within the top five highest yielding years … Read More

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Int’l. Delegation to tour Biohybrid Chemistry Cluster

Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, June 14, 2013 – On Thursday June 20th, the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre and the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership will be hosting an international delegation from the industrial biotechnology sector. Included in the delegation are companies from the Netherlands, France, and Brazil. The group will be touring local attributes in the community that are facilitating … Read More

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SLEP GM speaking to int’l energy crowd; debuts new energy video

Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership General Manager, George Mallay, will be speaking today to an audience of energy sector representatives at the All-Energy Canada 2014 conference taking place in Toronto April 09 and 10. Mallay will be presenting and participating in a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m., ‘Developing the Labour Skills in the Sustainable Energy Economy’.  Mallay … Read More

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