Every year the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce organizes a week long celebration of Small Business which culminates in the Awards of Distinction Evening.  The event was held at the Arden Theatre on October 20, 2011 with the "Join Us" wine mixer sponsored by St. Albert Business & Tourism Development. Congratulations to all of this year's winners and nominees!

Business Being Welcomed! 
 

The business attraction strategy of Business & Tourism Development focuses on increasing non-residential development, and part of this concentration is creating awareness and understanding the benefits of locating business in St. Albert.

The "Grow With Us" marketing campaign continues to promote St. Albert as a destination for new business through attending relevant and targeted events. 

ICSC Trade Show in Toronto

Business & Tourism Development has been active this fall in participating in a number of fall trade shows and conferences to build a better base of market and industry specific intelligence.

Events attended by Business & Tourism Development were four targeted trade shows, including:
 

* International Council of Shopping Centres (Toronto) - Brings together developers, retailers and real estate agents active in commercial development from across North America. Over 2,500 delegates attend this conference. 

* Oilsands Trade Show and Conference (Fort McMurray) - Business & Tourism Development participated

Bruce and Bob in Fort McMurray

* Banff Venture Forum (Banff) - our attendance provided insight into the hottest hi-tech companies from across North America, key industry issues, networking opportunities and learn from world-class professionals in the investment community.

* Global Clean Energy Congress (Calgary) - Business & Tourism Development is co-occupying a booth with Edmonton Economic Development Corporation and promoting and highlighting St. Albert attributes.
 

All four events provided key queries around existing projects, serviced or shovel-ready commercial and industrial lands, recently annexed lands, and opportunities revolving around Anthony Henday Drive.

For information on developing or locating your business in St. Albert contact Bruce Randall at 780-459-1630 or brandall@st-albert.net.

Focusing on...
Quantum Group of Companies 

St. Albert is where we started out,

L-R: Elda Daantos, Brendan Beier, Adam Carter, Gary Peacock, Vicki Beier, Shawn Chizen, Jennifer Rabenda, Tony LaGrange, Colleen LaGrange

Who is your target market? 

Our fire retardant products are used across the country to provide fire protection on plastic wood and structural steel. Our fire retardant coatings are sold through AkzoNobel, Cloverdale Paint, General Paint, and Sherwin Williams. Our industrial coatings systems are used around the world - ranging from the seal habitat at the Valley Zoo to a massive diesel fuel tank farm in Australia, you may even be standing on one of our products the next time you are in your neighbours garage. We just recently signed a world-wide distribution agreement with Dupont for our Precidium transit floor system.The flooring system is in place on the BART transportation system as well as most of the Edmonton Transit LRT cars. We also make a specialty product for Cantega called Greenjacket. It saves the lives of animals, especially large birds species and prevents costly power disruptions. 

What makes your business different or stand out from others? 

A strong focus on Research and Development, half of our staff are Chemists. Our laboratory facilities allow us to do some pretty comprehensive testing and evaluation. Since our inception, our focus has been on developing coatings with minimal environmental impact.  Recent changes in legislation have limited the amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that paint and coatings can contain.  However, our industrial product line are all zero VOC products. We attempt to not just meet legislation but make the best products with the least environmental impact possible. With our fire retardants we are a UL and Intertek listed facility, so that customers can feel safe in knowing that not only do we have very strict internal quality control guidelines, but there is external oversight as well.

What is your favorite thing about St. Albert? 

From the first time I saw St. Albert as a University student, I was taken by the City. I especially like the historic Mission Hill and the Red Willow Trail System.

Quantum Group of Companies

15 Riel Drive, St. Albert, AB
p. 780.458.3355  

e. info@quantumchemical.com

www.quantumchemical.com