The Home Depot – Meet The Buyer

Once again the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation was proud to sponsor the second Innovation for Sustainability event on November 24, 2011, in Kanata Ontario. Fifty-five small Ontario and Quebec companies with innovative, environmentally-preferred home improvement products or services met with the buyers of The Home Depot Canada to share their proposals and learn what it takes to do business with a large-scale retailer.  This year, a total of 158 submissions were received, featuring 228 products.  Of the 55 companies invited, 42 were from Ontario and 13 from Quebec.

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Ontario Helps Landing Gear Manufacturer Create 31 New Jobs

Ontario is helping Goodrich – a leading manufacturer of aircraft landing gear systems and home to the world’s largest landing gear test lab – develop new technologies and create 31 new jobs at its Oakville plant.

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Photo: Kevin Flynn, MPP-Oakville, announces Ontario investment at Goodrich facility in Oakville December 14, 2011.

Creating Jobs in Cambridge

With provincial support, Novocol Pharmaceuticals is adding jobs to modernize its Cambridge facility by expanding and creating new production areas for dental anaesthesia products, as well as converting an outdated production line into an R&D centre.  The company is also diversifying by acquiring advanced equipment to develop other innovative new products for the dental industry. More

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Photo: Minister Milloy at Novocol investment announcement in Cambridge December 13, 2011