Search
Windsor pursuing $2B battery plant that would employ 2000
Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2021 10:32 AM
Video with WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation President and CEO, Stephen MacKenzie
The WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation has submitted a bid to land an electric vehicle battery production plant that has been described as the most advanced Canadian effort to date to secure the country’s first such facility.
The proposal, submitted this week, is for a proposed $2-billion plant that would employ 2,000 workers.
“It’s at quite an advanced stage,” said...
Concours buys AIS to form largest tool/mold firm in N.America
Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 10:38 AM
Windsor’s Concours Technologies has purchased another local firm, Active Industrial Solutions, in a deal that creates what is believed to be the largest mold and tool solutions provider by sales volume in North America.
The deal, which has been a year in the making, will create a company operating in four countries with about 525 employees with combined sales of $190 million last year.
“The strategy is to become a global player in the market,” said Concours president...
Windsor's Hiram Walker distillery keeps busy, eyes cleaner future
Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 12:00 PM
Despite the economic turmoil created by COVID-19 — with bars and restaurants often closed — Windsor’s Hiram Walker & Sons Distillery is on pace to sell more than normal this year.
“It’s been a really crazy year,” said...
Windsor property management firm acquires company, grows workforce in downtown
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2021 12:00 PM
CTV Windsor
WINDSOR, ONT. -- A Windsor-based property management company has acquired another firm with a specialization in condominium management with its eyes set on growth of both future clientele and its workforce in downtown Windsor.
Marda Management was founded in 2010 by Marla and Dale Coffin and moved its headquarters to the corner of University Avenue and Oak Street in...
Competitors no longer - Windsor companies team up to build domestic PPE industry
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2021 10:48 AM
MD Masks Inc. and Harbour Technologies are sharing their experience, engineering and knowledge to protect Canadians.
“We all felt that the PPE marketplace is taken advantage of and it’s time to pull it in and create jobs,” says Andrew Glover, engineering manager for Harbour Technologies.
“We're not competing here, we are trying to manufacture PPE and equipment in our own country, for our people and whoever else needs it,” says Maggie Gurun, owner MD Masks Inc.
Gurun...
SubscribeLet's Talk