Chocolate and confectionery giant Ferrero’s Canada unit will be financially supported by the Ontario government in its C$90m ($72.31m) expansion project that is aimed at boosting productivity of an existing plant. The provincial ...
The Ontario Government is helping pork processor Conestoga Meat Packers to expand local production and bring 170 new jobs to Waterloo Region. The government is investing up to C$5.3m ($4.35m) as part of its C$2.7bn ($2.2bn) Jobs and ...
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Redpath Sugar will invest C$5.2m ($4.17m) in the expansion of its dry blending and packaging plant in Belleville, Ontario to add new pouch packaging capabilities. The Canada-based cane sugar refiner will install two new customized ...
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Nutella-maker Ferrero International’s Canadian subsidiary is planning to expand its Ontario factory in Brantford to begin production of three new products. The company is looking to invest CAD36.1m ($27.6m) to scale up its ...
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The Ontario government is providing up to $85.8m ($66.5m) in funding to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Canada (FCA Canada) for an expansion of the automaker's minivan assembly plant in Windsor. The funding will support improved research at the ...
Grand River Foods has received funding worth $1.3m from Ontario to expand its processing facility in Cambridge, Canada. In addition to the funds it received from the Ontario Government, Grand River Foods will invest $13m in the ...
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The government of Ontario in Canada is investing around $5.2m in food projects to encourage local food production in the province. The funding is a part of the Ontario government's strategy to increase consumer awareness of and access to ...
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Honda’s Canadian unit is planning to invest $857m into three of its Alliston, Ontario manufacturing facilities to prepare for manufacturing of its flagship Honda Civic compact car. The company's Alliston facility, which is located ...
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Heavy trucks not required to be plated or pay commercial vehicle registration fees, provincial taxes and certain tolls will no longer be exempt, the Ontario government stated in the Budget's Transportation Infrastructure Funding Plan. For ...
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Canadian steelmaker Ivaco Rolling Mills announced Monday that it will receive a $7 million loan from the Ontario provincial government to modernize its steel billet and hot-rolled wire rod facility in L’Orignal, Ontario. Plans for ...
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A most recent suggestion by the Transit Investment Strategy Advisory Panel could result in many Ontario truckers paying higher fuel taxes. As the predominant user of diesel fuel, the trucking industry is being asked to take on a major new ...
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The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) said this week that diesel fuel taxes and driver/vehicle registration fees paid by the trucking industry should not be used to fund the Metrolinx transit plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area ...
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The Ontario government is set to provide funding for the expansion of four family-owned bakeries in the greater Toronto area through the Project Advantage and Rural Economic Development (RED) program. As part of the program, Bockerhaus ...
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With support from the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), wire and cable player Domtech is investing in "innovative technology and equipment" to produce new products and expand its existing electrical wire and cable product lines. ...
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The Ontario government says it is supporting job creation and protecting ratepayers by updating the province's Green Energy Investment Agreement (GEIA) with the Korean Consortium, which includes Samsung C&T Corporation. The revised ...
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