Backgrounder: New equipment and renovations help Avalon Peninsula businesses to modernize and create jobs
Backgrounder
The Government of Canada invests more than $1.2 million in three projects to support business growth on the Avalon Peninsula.
| CLIENT NAME | PROJECT | TOTAL | MEDIA CONTACT |
| PD Industries Limited | Purchase a 12-metre fuel efficient tugboat to provide towing and ship assist services to vessels entering St. John's Harbour, as well as other harbours on the Avalon Peninsula. The new vessel will enable the company to expand its services and offer visiting marine vessels a safer way to arrive. | $600,000 Repayable | Paul Dalton President 709-363-7700 pdindustriesltd@gmail.com |
| Harbour Grace Ocean Enterprises Limited | Upgrade infrastructure and equipment to increase capacity, which will improve productivity and meet growing demand in industries such as aquaculture. | $473,500 Repayable | Paul Lannon Director 709-596-5186 (ext. 209) paul@hgoe.ca |
| Bursey Manufacturing Inc. | Purchase digitized technology for manufacturing steel tanks. With its new computer numerical controlled press brake, the company will be able to improve product quality and increase productivity and competitiveness. | $140,000 Repayable | Cherie Cable General Manager 709-834-9200 ccable@burseymfg.com |
| Total | $1,213,500 |
Contacts
Marianne Blondin
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Official Languages and of the
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Marianne.Blondin@acoa-apeca.gc.ca
Paul McGrath
Director of Communications
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
709-689-5731
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