Precambrian Products Inc. has invested $5.6 million in its Newmarket plant, supported by $880,695 from the Government of Ontario through the Regional Development Program’s Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC) stream. The project adds five new extruders across four production lines and creates 32 new jobs.
What the money buys
Extruders are the front of the line. Every roll of filtration media, every sorbent pad and every high loft slab we ship starts as polymer going into one of them, so capacity and capability at the extruder is capacity and capability for the whole plant. Five more across four lines widens what we can run, and how much of it we can run at once.
The work supports integrated composite products and next-generation non-woven fabrics for the healthcare, construction and automotive sectors — the three markets where customers have been asking hardest for a domestic source.
What was said
“This investment empowers us to expand in Ontario, create jobs, and develop next-generation non-woven fabrics.”
Dave Lea, CEO, Precambrian Products Inc.
“Our government is building a strong Ontario and strengthening the economy by supporting key investments in communities like Newmarket.”
Dawn Gallagher Murphy, MPP
“We thank Precambrian Products Inc. for their investment and for contributing to our province’s dynamic and growing manufacturing sector.”
Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Why it matters to customers
Nearly all North American filtration media used to arrive by container. A buyer qualifying a domestic source asks two questions: can you hold the specification, and can you hold the volume. This expansion is the answer to the second one — more extrusion capacity, in Newmarket, under the same certified quality system that covers the rest of the plant.
Announcement from the office of Dawn Gallagher Murphy, MPP: Ontario Welcomes $5.6M Manufacturing Investment in Newmarket.