Taking Care of Business 

News for the Sarnia-Lambton Business Community

From the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership

Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, Canada

March 18, 2014

 

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In this issue
Register now for FREE exporting seminar!
Businesses add up at Business Enterprise Centre
Sarnia and BioAmber featured on Province's website
Are you taking advantage of your free business listing?
Mallay to talk energy at national conference
Summer opportunities for students
Economic development news
Our contact information
Are you thinking about exporting your product or service?  - Check out the free one and half day seminar on Exporting taking place in Sarnia April 02 and 03!
 
Learn about:

- First steps in exporting - key government programs, services and resources

- International market research - online tools, directories and databases

- Intro to trade compliance issues - this workshop (taking place on Day Two) is intended for companies that are currently exporting, and covers 14 areas of compliance; provides sources for finding regulations; and business guides, particularly for the USA and Europe.

 

 
This free seminar is sponsored by the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership, Forum for International Trade Training, and the Province of Ontario.
Fraser Parry 
BEC Business Counsellor Fraser Parry
Business Enterprise Centre helps dreams become reality -  For well over a decade the Business Enterprise Centre (BEC) of Sarnia-Lambton, located within the offices of the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership, has quietly and consistently been helping people achieve their dreams. Providing advice and assistance with business start ups, this small business help centre has helped guide hundreds of Sarnia-Lambton residents toward achieving their goals of starting their own businesses.  In fact, since the BEC's inception in 2000, more than 1,000 local jobs have been created through the small business start ups with which the BEC has assisted!

If you would like to start a business and need some guidance, contact the Business Enterprise Centre of Sarnia-Lambton at 519-332-1820 or toll free at 1-800-972-7642 to make an appointment. As always, the service is free!
Sarnia and BioAmber  featured on Province's website - Sarnia-Lambton and BioAmber Inc.'s  biosuccinic acid manufacturing plant currently under construction in the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia continue to garner positive attention for this community; with their story being a feature page on the Province of Ontario's Invest in Ontario website.
 
From the company's initial list of 100 potential plant locations, BioAmber CEO Jean-Fracois Huc noted that Sarnia was "the clear winner".  Huc stated that Sarnia-Lambton's skilled workforce, infrastructure, proximity to markets, and this area's reliable supply chain all factored into the company's decision to locate in Sarnia-Lambton.
 
The facility will have initial capacity of approximately 30,000 metric tons of bio-based succinic acid and is expected to be mechanically complete in 2014. BioAmber plans to further expand production by 20,000 metric tons in 2016, bringing the total annual capacity to 50,000 metric tons.
 
Read the story at http://tinyurl.com/kv9ml4h.
Are you promoting your company in the Sarnia-Lambton Business Directory? - The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership provides  free on-line business directory listings to all companies located in Lambton County. If you receive an email or letter from us about your listing we hope you will take a few minutes to review your information.  You can include your logo and lots of  info about your company and your products or services. Check out the directory at http://www.sarnialambton.on.ca/main/ns/14/doc/4/lang/EN.  Contact Jeanny at the Economic Partnership, 519-3321820 (toll free 1-800-972-7642) to review your listing!
 
Your listing is always free.
Mallay to speak at All-Energy 2014 conference - Economic Partnership general manager, George Mallay, will be a featured panelist at the April 9-10 All-Energy 2014 conference in Toronto, where he will participate in a panel on developing the labour and skills in the sustainable energy economy on April 9.

"This is a great opportunity to promote Sarnia-Lambton as a location for companies providing services and manufacturing products for the energy sector," said Mallay. "With the massive amount of power generation, both renewable and traditional, and the industry-specific training  we have here, Sarnia-Lambton was a logical choice to put before this international audience."
 
There is a registration fee for the two day conference; however there is no entrance fee for those wanting to attend just the associated conference trade show. You can learn more at www.all-energy.ca/Visit.
Students, check out these summer opportunities
 
Summer business - Students have the opportunity to run their own businesses this summer!  Up to $3,000 is available for entrepreneurial young people between 15 and 29 who want to create and run their own summer businesses. Learn more at https://www.ontario.ca/business-and-economy/start-summer-business-students.
 
Young Entrepreneurs - make your pitch! Make and submit a video presenting your business idea to win prizes. Entries due March 28. Learn more at www.makeyourpitch.ca.
 
Contact Chantelle Core at the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership to get started. You can email Chantelle, or give her a call at 519-332-1820 (toll free 1-800-972-7642).
 
Learn more about our services for youth at www.sarnialambton.on.ca/main/ns/100/doc/201/lang/EN.
Recent Sarnia-Lambton economic development news -  Construction beginning on new home for Central Lambton Family Health Team ..... Sarnia's first brewery ..... Atelka opens contact centre in Sarnia-Lambton ..... Tenancy targets exceeded at Research Park ..... Ubiquity Solar announces Sarnia-Lambton pilot plant ..... NOVA plans ethylene, PE expansions ..... Ontario Federation of Agriculture exploring corn stalks for hybrid economy ..... Lambton County receives A+ credit rating ..... Click HERE for more economic development news from Sarnia-Lambton. 
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