Backgrounder: Funding helps Halifax West businesses build on innovation to create new jobs
Backgrounder
The Government of Canada invests more than $1,942,000 in five projects to support business growth in Halifax West.
| CLIENT NAME | PROJECT | TOTAL | MEDIA CONTACT |
| Maritime Labels & Packaging | B.R. Printing Plates Company Ltd., operating as Maritime Labels & Packaging, will purchase equipment, including an HP 25K digital printing press, to expand production capacity to meet increased demand from existing clients while improving efficiencies. This project will also allow the company to introduce new products for growing markets, resulting in up to 10 new jobs. | $900,000 (repayable) |
Paul Sproule Operations Manager Maritime Labels & Packaging 902-835-2400 (Ext: 4) paul@gomlp.ca |
| Sparrow Acoustics Inc. | Sparrow Acoustics will improve its ability to identify and triage cardiac patients. The project will also fund clinical trials, which will generate enough patient data to begin regulatory approvals and speed up commercialization. The project will create three jobs. | $500,000 (repayable) |
Mark Opauszky CEO Sparrow Acoustics Inc. 416-266-8966 mark@sparrowacoustics.com |
| Coastline Cordage Group Ltd. | Coastline Cordage Group will obtain intellectual property protection for its new product, the Whale Safe Break-Away Link, for use in the commercial fishing sector in domestic and export markets. The company will also develop a marketing strategy for the product, which will protect whales and other species at risk from entanglement in fishing lines. The product is currently being used in Eastern Canadian waters and off New England. The project will create up to eight jobs. | $262,500 (repayable) |
Matthew Moore President Coastline Cordage Group Ltd. 902-718-7673 matthew.m@coastlinegroup.ca |
| Ashored Innovations | Ashored Inc., operating as Ashored Innovations, will commercialize and increase production of its rope-on-command fishing system. It is designed to reduce the risk of whale entanglement by taking traditional fishing lines on crab and lobster pots and coiling them on the sea floor in a contained unit until remotely released. The company will further enhance the product’s software component to improve the monitoring of fishing gear. The project will create six jobs. | $250,000 (repayable) |
Aaron Stevenson CEO Ashored Innovations 902-305-3100 aaron.stevenson@ashored.ca |
| International Pre-owned Barcode Ltd. | International Pre-owned Barcode Ltd. will purchase equipment necessary to increase its ability to manufacture and refurbish barcode products. The new equipment will include two remanufacturing workstations, all-in-one computer systems and specialized tools. The project will create two jobs. | $30,493 (repayable) |
Paul Strople Director of Operations International Pre-owned Barcode Ltd. 902-468-8210 admin@preownedbarcode.com |
| Total | $1,942,993 |
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
Lori Selig
Communications Manager
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
902-266-7477
Lori.Selig@acoa-apeca.gc.ca
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