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374 Sidney Street, Trenton
L-3 Communications
Approximately 21 locally
early 1990's
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History of L3 Communications CMRO
L3-Communications – CMRO was originally established in Trenton in the early 1990s as a division of Spar Aerospace – best known as the creators of the Canadarm for NASA’s space shuttle program. The Trenton operation of Spar Aerospace was a maintenance repair and overhaul facility focussed primarily on servicing light aircraft and training jets – including Canada’s world renowned Snowbird Demonstration Team (431 Squadron), it also had a sub unit that did repair and overhaul on aviation ground support equipment.
In 1999 L-3 Communications acquired Spar Aerospace Canada including the Trenton operation. L3 – Communications - CMRO is the primary contractor for a large variety of aviation ground support equipment for Canada’s Department of National Defence. They currently employ 21 staff including a variety of technicians, equipment specialists and engineers at a 21,000 square foot facility located on Sidney Street in Trenton. Access to Canadian Forces Base Trenton and a highly skilled workforce in the region contributes to the continued success and growth of L3 Communication – CMRO.
Capabilities
L3 Communications – CMRO provides a complete range of equipment maintenance overhaul and repair for ground support equipment in the aerospace/aviation industry. Typical products serviced include power units, hydraulics test stands, air conditioners, wash carts, hydraulic fill and bleed systems and breathing air compressors. L3 Communications – CMRO specializes in providing equipment that allows the aircraft to function on the ground as it would in flight for ground repairs. Highly skilled diesel and gas engine technicians, pump mechanics and welders, with both civilian and defence industry experience, are supported by a team of engineers.
L3 Communications – CMRO services are not limited to the aerospace industry as they provide quality services for numerous civilian applications that involve, electrical, hydraulic, and portable power drive equipment used in construction, mining and infrastructure projects.
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Parent company L-3 Communications, based in New York City, comprises over 100 companies and is a leader and prime defense contractor in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), secure communications, government services, training and simulation and aircraft modernization and maintenance. The company also is a leading merchant supplier of guidance and navigation products and systems, sensors, scanners, fuses, data links, propulsion systems, avionics, electro optics, satellite communications, electrical power equipment, encryption products, signal intelligence, antennas and microwave products.
Local Contact
Robert Lawless, Manager GSE and Business Development
phone: (613) 965-6888
fax: (613) 965-6955
e-mail: Robert.Lawless@L-3com.com
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30 Dussek Street, Belleville
OM Group Inc.
Approximately 15 locally
1953
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History of OMG Belleville Ltd.
In 1953 Dussek Brothers of Crayford England established a plant in Belleville. The original business centered on oil and wax blending. It expanded to include the production of metal carboxylates, a line of chemicals that help catalyze reactions. Most of these products are used to control the drying of oil bases paints but are also used as polyester accelerators, rubber to steel bonding agents in steel belted tires and wood preservatives.
Dussek Brothers became part of Dussek Campbell and operated as a subsidiary of Burmah Castrol from the 1960’s. The facility was acquired by OM Group in 1998 and has operated as OMG Belleville Limited since then. The facility currently occupies approximately 35,500 square feet on a 7.5 acre site.
Products/Markets
OMG Belleville Limited produces PMRA registered wood preservatives. These are typically purchased by other companies and cut back to produce end cut preservatives which are used to treat the cut end of pressure treated lumber. The company also produces a line of tackifiers, products which are used to impart tackiness to oils in such applications as chain saw oils.
OMG Belleville Limited also toll manufacturers for other companies. Under this arrangement OMG uses it chemical reaction and blending skills to manufacture products on a fee for service basis for other companies. In some cases the finished product may be shipped directly to the customer’s facility for incorporation into their own product. In other instances OMG ships the product to their customers own customers.
Corporate
Corporately OM Group, Inc. is a leading global solutions provider of specialty chemicals, advanced materials and unique technologies crucial to enabling their customers to meet increasingly stringent market and application requirements. The company serves a wide variety of sectors, including rechargeable batteries, electronic devices, cutting tools, petrochemical catalysts, electronics manufacturing, industrial coatings, defense, aerospace, and medical devices. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, OM Group operates manufacturing facilities in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. They employ approximately 2,900 associates worldwide.
Local Contact
Rob McLean, Site Manager
phone: (613) 966-8881
fax: (613) 966-1901
e-mail: rob.mclean@na.omgi.com
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10 Loyalist Drive, Brighton
Agrium Inc.
Approximately 32 fulltime locally
≈1980
www.agriumat.com/ca/
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History of Agrium Advanced Technologies
Agrium Advanced Technologies in Brighton started out as a small third party packaging company called Mor-Pac more than 30 years ago. In 1999 Mor-Pac was acquired by Nu-Gro, the Canadian leader in the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of lawn and garden products. Nu-Gro was acquired by Agrium in 2006. They have grown into a global business specializing in formulating and packaging of lawn, agricultural and industrial products. Agrium Advanced Technologies continues to diversify to meet the filling and packaging needs of customers in a variety of industrial sectors.
Currently operating at two locations in Brighton Industrial Park (35,000 square feet and 15,000 square feet) with an additional 45,000 square feet of warehousing nearby, Agrium Advanced Technologies services more than thirty regular customers with many large commercial accounts including Benjamin Moore, BASF, 3M and Shell Canada.
Products/Markets
Agrium Advanced Technologies main focus is on custom manufacturing, formulating and packaging for all types of liquids used in the lawn and garden, agricultural and automotive industries as well as paints and adhesives. In-line filling systems include capabilities for high and mid-viscosity for silicones and caulking. Packaging capabilities include a variety of aluminium tubes, plastic cartridges and bins with a large range of capacities from tiny 10ml bottles to substantial 26,000 litre road tankers. Productivity allows for runs of up to 6000 cases per day in state-of-the-art multi-line and high output facilities.
With 32 full-time employees in Brighton (this doubles in the winter months when seasonal production peaks) this strong and loyal workforce, combined with production flexibility, contributes to Agrium Advanced Technologies on-going growth and success in the Quinte Region. The ability to meet customers evolving needs, including low or high capacity runs, along with a great reputation and positive relationships with long-term customers, supports future growth plans to double capacity in Brighton.
Corporate
Agrium Advanced Technologies has eight facilities in total and is a strategic business unit of Agrium Inc., a Calgary based supplier of agricultural products and services in both North and South America and a leading global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients and industrial products. Agrium Advanced Technologies leads through customer focus, innovation, performance, environmental responsibility, and safety, with quality products and services in the markets served
Local Contact
Jake DeGroot, Site Manager
phone: (613) 475-1262
fax: (613) 475-1283
e-mail: jadegroot@agriumat.com
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155 North Murray Street, Trenton
Schauenburg Group
Approximately 200 locally
1998
www.globalmedinc.com
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History of GlobalMed Inc.
GlobalMed Inc. was incorporated in Trenton in 1998 as a spin-off from Drossbach, an established industrial tubing manufacturer, to take advantage of new opportunities arising from a growing market for specialized medical tubing products. Building on its existing workforce talent GlobalMed has expanded from a relatively small operation just five years ago to a current workforce of just over 200 today.
Local training from Loyalist College has supported GlobalMed’s impressive growth. With a focus on high quality, customized products GlobalMed incorporates innovation, value-added and high level quality with exceptional service to customers in more than 25 countries around the world.
Products/Markets
GlobalMed is an ISO1 3485 certified manufacturer of plastic tubing including corrugated, expandable and smooth corrugated with capabilities to deliver unique products designed to meet diverse customer requirements. Medical tubing and injection moulded fittings manufactured in Trenton are utilized in numerous medical applications including anaesthesia, respiratory, sleep apnea, ventilators, hydrotherapy and other applications.
GlobalMed is more than a manufacturer; with dedicated design and process engineers and an on-site laboratory GlobalMed provides innovative solutions to customer needs, large or small. Products produced include tubing from 10 mm to over 200 mm diameter. GlobalMed’s equipment includes numerous extruders and injection moulders that can be adapted to a variety of production configurations and outputs.
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GlobalMed Inc. is part of the Schauenburg Group based in Ruhr, Germany with a long tradition in industry and with a commitment for continuous, controlled entrepreneurial growth, geared towards the need of the customer. The Schauenburg Group has bundled its activities, such as the production and design of machinery and equipment, plastic hoses for applications in industry, appliances, medicine or ventilation, electronic equipment and engineering products, into different business units made up of companies with similar background that form the basis for an international network of experience, competence and know-how. GlobalMed Inc. in Trenton is an important contributor to Schauenburg’s global success.
Local Contact
Al Flieler, Vice President, Manufacturing
phone: (613) 394-9844
fax: (613) 394-9845
e-mail: al@globalmedinc.com
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420 College Street East, Belleville
EPC Industries
Approximately 50 locally
2006
www.polycello.com
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of PolyCello
PolyCello Belleville opened its doors in 2006 as the second facility for EPC Industries Limited, a privately owned company. Formally Nordenia, PolyCello aquired the 79,000 square foot printing plant as expansion to the its growing business and to provide a central Canadian location. This has allowed PolyCello to provide increased support to the central and western North American markets.
Products/Markets
PolyCello Belleville primarily services the overwrap market for PolyCello’s customers - overwrap is found on towel and tissue products for example. The modern eight-colour presses print high-quality graphics and artwork. As a full service printing facility, it houses not just a printing department but is a fully sustainable second facility with prepress, quality assurance, shipping, administration and more at this location
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PolyCello was founded in 1956 in St. John New Brunswick with one printing press and six employees. Now under the third generation of leadership by Stephen Emmerson, President and CEO, PolyCello is proud to have been family owned and operated for over 50 years, with their main office and facility in Amherst, Nova Scotia.
PolyCello makes premium flexible packaging printed with high-level line screens in numerous formats. It offers a variety of packaging options which include: roll stock, stand-up pouches, microwavable, sustainable, shrink film, pillow pack, overwrap and lidding stock. The most popular styles of packaging found in stores today are pillow packs, stand-up pouches for the frozen food markets and overwrap for the towel and tissue markets. PolyCello’s flexible packaging is also used in the lawn and garden and pet food industries.
For full details visit www.polycello.com. The company has evolved from a regional packaging supplier of bread bags and cellophane wrap to one of North America’s leading flexographic packaging companies and is one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies.
Local Contact
Danny Kralemann, Operations Manager
phone: (613) 968-9222
fax: (613) 968-6662
e-mail: dkralemann@polycello.com
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193 Jamieson Bone Rd., Belleville
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Approximately 50 locally
1982
www.q-tp.com
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of Quest-Tech Precision Inc.
Begun as an electronics firm to be close to Nortel in Belleville, Montreal, and Ottawa, Quest-Tech has grown to be one of the premier metal fabricators in the Quinte area. The facility occupies approximately 80,000 square foot located on 5.75 acres of serviced industrial land in Belleville’s N.E. Industrial Park.
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Quest-Tech provides a complete range of fabrication and finishing services including shearing, punching, bending, welding, powder coating & wet painting, plating, silkscreening, assembly and custom packaging. They can create petrochemical towers out of 2 million pounds of sheet steel or coat hooks for a local school. However, their strengths lie mainly in custom sheet metal components and structural fabrication assemblies usin
g various grades of carbon steels, stainless steels, and aluminums.
First article approval is completed using the Fabrivision Optical Scanning system. This system automatically compares first article inspection results to the original CAD drawings, using predefined tolerance settings to show the deviation (color coded) of a scan compared to a validated CAD file. Any deviations from the original drawings are quickly relayed to production and the equipment setup adjusted accordingly. Their ISO 9001:2008 Quality System defined inspection procedures can be tailored to meet specific custom standards or requests.
Quest-Tech is also holds Kiln Dried Heat Treated (KDHT) wood packaging certification from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. They run an in-house crating operation to ensure the myriad of component they produce are properly protected for shipping.
More than three-quarters of their employees have been with them for 15 years or more, and they have an extensive training program to transfer that invaluable knowledge to recent college and certificate graduates both inside and outside the company. For example, their ASME-registered welding procedures helped them to work with Loyalist College students in the Welding Program there.
Most of their products are ordered by companies in the U.S., but they routinely ship to the Gulf States, Russia, China, all over the world. Markets include the Petrochemical, Air Separation, Telecommunications and Transportation sectors. Related to their industrial customers, Quest-Tech would like to work more with the Quinte community to provide park benches, arch signage, waste bins, stainless steel counter tops, hooks, metal work, whatever the organizations in the community need.
Local Contact
Steve Evans, General Manager
Phone: (613) 966-7551 ext 222
fax: (613) 966-8516
e-mail: sevans@q-tp.com
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9 Riverside Drive, Trenton
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Approximately 160 locally
1985
www.electrocables.com
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History of Electro Cables 
Electro Cables was founded in Trenton, Ontario in 1985 by a group of professionals including a doctor, lawyers and engineers. In 1990, one of the original partners, engineer Peter Davis, assumed control of the company initially operating from a small building producing only two wire and cable products. In 2010 Electro Cables celebrates its 25-year anniversary and now delivers more than 2600 wire and cable parts around the globe. The company continues as a family business with Peter’s daughter, Chandy and son Gord actively involved in daily operations. The Electro Cables corporate family currently includes 160 great people. Electro Cables credits a loyal, long-term local workforce as a factor in its 25 years of success delivering quality products to customers.
Products/Markets
Electro Cables locations include three in Quinte West and one in Colborne totalling 200,000 sft of production and warehouse space. Manufacturing operates 24/7 and their in-house fleet of trucks deliver products throughout North America. Electro Cables provides quality CSA, UL and/or ETL listed electronic and electrical cables with reliable technical support and service.
Products manufactured by Electro Cables include cables for video and satellite communications, equipment wire, fire alarm and security, coaxial, and control and instrumentation, to name just a few.
In addition to standard constructions, a team of in-house designers and engineers are available to develop new prototypes for any cabling application. Customization specialities may include unique colours, private label branding or custom wire and cable lengths and diameters.
Trenton’s location on Canada’s major highway 401 allows for ready access to markets, nearby Loyalist College supports safety and other training, and the established workforce with experience in wire and cable manufacturing provides an available supply of skilled talent.
Local Contact
Chandy Davis, VP Engineering
phone: (613) 394-4896 ext.231
fax: (613) 394-4101
e-mail: chandyd@electrocables.com
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335 Bell Boulevard, Belleville
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Approximately 40 locally
1957
www.doninichocolate.com
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History of Donini Chocolate
The Donini family arrived in Belleville more than 30 years ago with an old-world chocolate recipe and a vision. Today, they are a thriving company of 40 employees producing high-quality specialty chocolate.
In all started in Vigevano, Italy, 60 years ago and they continue this European tradition of excellence at their North American plant in Belleville.
Products/Markets
Donini specializes in dark chocolate (produced by adding cocoa butter and sugar to cacao), milk chocolate (dark chocolate made with milk), white chocolate (milk chocolate without the cacao solids), and couverture, the highest quality chocolates rich in cocoa butter. They make blocks of all-purpose and no-sugar-added chocolate, bits, buttons, stick, wafers, truffle shells, and a special chocolate for shaving made to stand up to a sharp blade and roll off in curls, all in dark, milk, and white chocolate. They also send tanker trucks of liquid chocolate to Toronto and Quebec with tanks heated to 40°C.
They’ve never been asked to make a life-sized statue of Apollo out of chocolate, preferring to leave such orders to specialty moulders. They also don’t compete with the makers of mass-produced chocolate such as Cadbury’s and Hershey’s. Donini’s chocolate maker, Vigilio, uses European recipes similar to Belgian or Swiss chocolate.
As a small company, Donini focuses on quality, innovation and distribution. Donini small size allows it to bring new products from the conception stage to market faster and to be flexible to adapt to the changing needs of its customers. Recently Donini has also been targeting increasing its presence in retail grocery stores.
Another successful innovation is producing chocolate products that complement wine.
Not only is the taste divine but the flavanols found in chocolate are similar to the antioxidants found in green teas, berries and red wine. The key is the right chocolate with the right wine. Generally, dark chocolate pairs with red wine and lighter chocolate containing fruit such as cranberries pairs with white wine. This has proven to be so successful in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Prince Edward County and Pelee Island that Donini has appointments in the Sonoma Valley, California, to
discuss an expansion of the product there.
Local Contact
phone: 1-800-727-1932
fax: (613) 966-7806