By Lisa A. Bastian (Apr 10)
The Canadian government’s support of industry is fueling growth in a range of industrial sectors, including aerospace, gaming, renewable energy, and plastics.
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By Steve Stackhouse (Apr 10)
While location used to drive site selection decisions, now infrastructure and high-speed communications are leading the charge.
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By Mark Crawford (April 2010)
Canada provides an ideal investment base for companies due to its high standard of living, government incentives, and investment security, boons during this time of recession.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
Last fall, Quebec launched specific financial commitments to enhance the growth of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
In 2006, 6N Silicon Inc. was a small business operating from a basement.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
In early March, Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) announced it had chosen Nova Scotia, Canada, for its North American production center for wind turbine towers and blades.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
Canadian cleantech company Electrovaya is a world leader in the design, development, and manufacturer of proprietary lithium ion superpolymer batteries and battery systems for electric vehicles and utility grid applications.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
SaskTel, Saskatchewan’s leading communications provider, will invest C$239 million in the province’s telephone, high speed, cellular, and broadband networks this year.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
As Canada’s first certified Google Apps partner, Nova Scotia’s SheepDogInc.ca is growing.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
The New Brunswick government showed its support of the software industry this year when it extended funds to Professional Quality Insurance Ltd. (PQA) to create 300 new jobs.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
A consortium led by Samsung C&T Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) will invest $7 billion to generate 2,500 megawatts of wind and solar power in Ontario, tripling Ontario’s output from these sources and providing clean electricity to more than 580,000 households.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
CentrePort Canada — North America’s new 20,000-acre inland port — has been designated Canada’s first foreign-trade zone (FTZ).
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
The 2010 Winter Olympics brought world-class athletes — and financial growth — to British Columbia. ricewaterhouseCoopers surveyed provincial and Canadian growth due to the games from 2003 to 2008.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
Quantium Technologies, an Alberta nanotechnology manufacturer, is planning a new, C$9.2 million, 35,000-square-foot factory in Edmonton.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
Aerospace research and development is growing in Prince Edward Island with a new Slemon Park facility from MDS-PRAD Technologies Corporation.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
A wind turbine manufacturer, WindTronics, plans to assemble residential and small commercial wind turbines and conduct R&D in Windsor, Ontario.
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Location Canada (Apr 10)
Other Ocean Group Inc., a video game developer, is based in California, but led by the Canadians Andrew and Deirdre Ayre.
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Location Canada (Mar 09)
In February 2008, Boeing Canada Technology opened a new 112,000-square-foot production plant in Winnipeg for assembly of some of the ...
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Location Canada (Mar 09)
When companies are looking to tap into a strong microelectronics cluster, they set up shop in Bromont, Québec, an important part of Canada’s ...
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Location Canada (Mar 09)
Manitoba’s green economy received a major boost in November 2008, with Manitoba Hydro board’s acceptance of a proposal from St. Joseph Wind Farm Inc. ...
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Location Canada (Mar 09)
It was a combination of the right project, the right time, and the right investment. The result is a new mine in Yukon with construction starting this year ...
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