We've been in business since 1993, we're in plastic injection molders. Primarily in the
automotive and electronics industries. So, major customers in Peterborough are Siemens,
and Savage Arms. We are a tier 1 supplier, so we do ship directly to GM General Motors
and the majority of our business is outside and the majority would be automotive customers.
The company has been in Peterborough for 60 years, we are just celebrating our 60th anniversary.
We employ currently 340 employees in this location. We're a process control company,
we make sophisticated instrumentation. Our clients are multifaceted, we can have a blue
chip company such as Angler American, or it could be a distributor serving one of our average
markets which we focus on. About 90% of the product which we co-manufacture in this facility
is exported into different parts of the world. The 10% that we don't export, obviously stays
in the Canadian domestic market. And that is again aimed at waterways, for the mining
aggregates and cement, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, chemical, and oil and gas industries.
Nefab has been in Peterborough for over 30 years now, and what brought Nefab to Peterborough
was GE and the large motors division. Nefab is a global industrial packaging solutions provider.
Our competitive advantage is the fact that we have lots of locations around the world.
We partner locally with the colleges. We've worked with them for skills training and we've
worked with them on automation projects such as our robotics cell that we've developed here.
We've used Fleming College extensively for skill trades training. Peterborough has
a great work force, it's a, people that grew up here, want to stay here, they like the lifestyle.
We have no problem attracting people regardless of the skillset that we're looking for.
We've got easy access to highway 7, we're essentially on highway 7. We also have easy access to
the 401, which gives us access obviously to the Greater Toronto area and other parts of
Ontario and Quebec. Also close to the US border so we can send our experts across the US by road
In addition to that, we've got good access to the Pearson International Airport
for when we visit our international customers and partners.
The biggest mistake that people make is thinking that Peterborough's off the beaten track. But the 115 being a four lane
highway, we are basically 20 minutes from the 401 corridor. If you locate in Peterborough
you get a quality of life for your employees and yourself if you locate your business here.
We have worked with both the Kawartha Manufacturing Association and the PED, and we've utilized
both organizations to help us with training initiatives that have been organized locally.
We've accessed their ability to get us government funding for a number of different projects.
And we participate locally in a lot of their different meetings and the functions that they have.
We have worked with the Peterborough Economic Development before. We've either
been pulled in as a subject matter expert, where they like us to promote or help them
promote the Greater Peterborough Region. Or we've used them for consultation purposes.
As far as the support groups go, such as the Peterborough Economic Development.
They have great resources as far as market research, as far as putting us, doing the networking
thing, putting us in charge of, in touch with potential customers or potential partners.
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