Located in the heart of Canada’s most populated region, with good access to the Greater Toronto Area and US through a sophisticated system of roads and rail, Bradford West Gwillimbury provides an ideal site for both bringing raw product in and shipping finished product out to domestic and international markets. Access to an extensive pool of skilled and semi-skilled labour provides abundant, dedicated local employment opportunities.
Three manufacturing sub-sectors share similar characteristics and provide a host of additional forward and backward linkages to supply and retail sectors.
Machinery Manufacturing
This sub-sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial and commercial machinery. These establishments assemble parts into components, sub-assemblies and complete machines. Parts are both made in house, using general metalworking processes or are purchased from local or nearby suppliers. Establishments tend to specialize in producing machinery designed for particular applications and this is reflected in the structure of the industry groups and industries.
Chemical Manufacturing
These companies manufacture chemicals and chemical preparations from organic and inorganic raw materials. Chemical manufacturing spans a broad range of activities. Companies considered relevant to this sector are smaller in nature, catering to household applications such as soaps and cleaning solvents.
Fabricated Metal Products
This sub-sector comprises companies engaged in forging, stamping, forming, turning and joining processes to produce ferrous and non-ferrous metal products such as cutlery and hand tools, architectural and structural metal products, boilers, tanks and shipping containers, hardware, spring and wire products and turned products, in addition to bolts, nuts and screws.
Advantages
Location
- Well located in the heart of Canada’s most populated region with good access to the GTA and the US.
Demographic Suitability
- For the most part, these industries require semi-skilled labour, which fits the South Simcoe area profile.