Government of Canada

Solucan is setting up a digital can printing production line in part of the former Wabasso plant in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, for a project of CAD 4,094,891. The Quebec government granted a loan of CAD 1,340,713 and the federal government a loan of CAD 500,000; production started in December.

Frulact Canada Inc. established a 58,000-square-foot research and development and food processing facility in Kingston, Ontario, supported by up to C$6 million from federal and provincial governments and creating up to 55 jobs.

All-Pro Services Ltd. was awarded contract FP802-170133 to replace the duplex water-cooled compressor at a West Vancouver work site with a new air-cooled duplex compressor and air receiver. The contract value is CAD 159,733 and completion is expected by March 31, 2018.

MV Technologies received a purchase order for its SulfAx hydrogen sulfide removal system from the governments of Canada and Quebec as part of a $31 million biomethanization program. The announcement was dated June 27, 2017.

The Government of Canada, through the Build in Canada Innovation Program, awarded Burlington, Ontario-based Thordon Bearings a CAD 339,000 contract for its SeaThigor Marine Mechanical Face Seal, which is being tested by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard.