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2019 FAST 40

City announces Top 40 fastest growing businesses in Hamilton HAMILTON, ON – Today, in collaboration with BDC, Canada’s bank for entrepreneurs, Hamilton’s Mayor Fred Eisenberger announced the top 40 fastest growing businesses in Hamilton. The Fast 40 program represents the ones to watch in…

City hits new record-setting economic milestone: $1 billion in building permits in eight months

City hits new record-setting economic milestone: $1 billion in building permits in eight months HAMILTON, ON – Building activity is a key economic indicator that provides insight on the health of a municipality. Today, the City of Hamilton’s Chief Building Official Ed VanderWindt announced…

New $30-million steel processing facility opens at Stelco in Hamilton

Stelco executive chair Alan Kestenbaum noted that the company’s new $30-million steel processing plant is the “first investment in a new production facility in our Hamilton Works facility this century.” – Barry Gray , The Hamilton Spectator Stelco has unveiled a new $30-million, state-of-the-art…

Seed capital: Agrifood giants stalk the city of steel

The control room for production at World Energy’s biodiesel plant on Wentworth Street North – John Rennison,The Hamilton Spectator Plant-based plants create billion-dollar economic harvest for Hamilton Leonardo DiCaprio and the brains behind Bunge’s Hamilton operation hit the jackpot when shares of Beyond Meat…

Hamilton Ranks One Of Canada’s Best Communities

Hamilton, ON- August 14, 2019 – As part of its 2019 Canada’s Best Communities rankings, Macleans Magazine has ranked Hamilton in the top 25 and third “Big City” overall. This ranking, along with Hamilton being named in the top 2 in North America for…

Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority to lead $16M Agri-Food Expansion at Pier 10

NEWS PROVIDED BYHAMILTON PORT AUTHORITYAug 21, 2019 HAMILTON, ON – The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors and Member of Parliament for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, announced the Port of Hamilton will receive a $5.5 million investment for a Pier 10 Export Expansion from the National Trade…

Hamilton Named One of North America’s Rising Tech Cities

Hamilton, ON- July 17, 2019 – As part of its 2019 Scoring Tech Talent Report, CBRE ranked Hamilton in the top 2 in North America for tech cities of “opportunity”. Over the course of the last five years, Hamilton’s tech scene has grown…

FASHION POP-UP SHOW

With a growing number of fashion designers, Hamilton has 521 fashion businesses and is the 5th largest cluster of fashion businesses across Canada. One of the major fashion clusters is located on James Street North, which is the location for the annual Supercrawl festival…

Growth of Hamilton Airport Brings Opportunities For Local Businesses

Growth of Hamilton Airport brings opportunities for local businesses SAIRA PEESKER THE GLOBE AND MAIL August 11 at 3:23 PM ET Max Daviau is vice-president of retail for Detour Coffee Roasters, who are overseeing the launching of two new food and beverage kiosks inside…

Weekend Getaway: Yes, Hamilton is well worth a visit (says the Globe and Mail)

The Rock Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Domini Clark/Handout I feel like summer is rapidly slipping away and I want to maximize the weekends that are left. What’s an easy day trip from Toronto that doesn’t require much planning? It’s Hammer Time. Wait.…

Hamilton startup gets ‘big win’ with NYC transit pilot project

From left, Kevin Talaue, Ravi Puvan, Kelly Moylan, Sasha Kucharczyk, and Ethan Jackson at Preteckt, a vehicle diagnostics company that has been chosen to collaborate on a transit pilot project in New York City. – Barry Gray , The Hamilton Spectator Preteckt is one…

Stelco Goes Hollywood!

Jeff Tessier,Images provided by Stelco With Hamilton now one of the busiest filming locations in Ontario, more film related investment is coming to the city. Whether through AEON’s major film studio announcement (read it here) and now an investment in more filming capacity at…

Architect rendering of new L3 building set against blue sky

L3 Chooses Hamilton, Ontario, for New WESCAM Head Office

– New Facility to Host Growing High-Tech Workforce in the Region – HAMILTON, Canada, June 25, 2019 – L3 WESCAM announced today the construction of a brand-new, state-of-the-art headquarters facility, which will include 330,000 square feet of research and development, engineering, assembly and office…

Mohawk College, EON Reality open new virtual reality lab

On June 24, 2019, Mohawk College officially opened its new EON AVR Development Lab. The new lab, built in partnership with EON Reality, will support and build on the Virtual Reality community in Ontario, positioning Mohawk College as a leading location for AVR development and…

Production assistant holding a clapperboard, about to film a scene.

Massive Film and TV Production Hub Heading to Hamilton, Ontario

– A coalition of industry leaders to build 500,000 square feet of sound stage and a 15-acre live-work-play community for the creative sector. – HAMILTON, ON (June 18, 2019) – Aeon Studio Group (ASG) announced today a plan to turn Hamilton, Ontario into an…

Beleave Receives Green Light for Building Permit as Hamilton Phase 2 Expansion Moves Forward

Beleave will add almost 100,000 sq. ft. for cannabis extraction, processing, and cultivation.

Phase 2 expects to generate approximately $50 million in annualized revenue with an average gross profit margin of 60 percent once fully operational.

Sucro Sourcing Announces New Sugar Refinery in Hamilton

June 7, 2019 HAMILTON, Ontario Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sucro-sourcing-announces-new-sugar-refinery-in-hamilton-canada-300863828.html PRNewswire/ — Sucro Sourcing announced today the completion of its new granular sugar refinery in Hamilton, Canada. The refinery was completed with the support of the Port of Hamilton and will begin refining sugar immediately. The construction of the granular…

National Trade Corridor Funding Announced for Hamilton International Airport

Four-year, $38.8 million infrastructure project will support continued cargo and passenger traffic growth HAMILTON, ON (June 14, 2019) – John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport will undergo an Airfield Rehabilitation and Modernization Project to fully restore its two main runways, supporting taxiways and lighting…

Construction site at the KF Aerospace facility in Hamilton.

Expansion Well Underway at KF Hamilton

June 12, 2019—Hamilton—The expansion of KF Aerospace is on schedule with the steel framework of its wide-body hangar at YHM. The aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider is on track with the 100,000 sq. foot expansion that will add wide-body aircraft capability to KF’s Hamilton operation.…

Fluke Transportation expands its Port of Hamilton presence

Fluke Transportation is growing its footprint in the Port of Hamilton with a 56,000-square-foot warehouse expansion that is seen as one of the first steps in transforming the Westport area of the docks. The building will be a pre-engineered, steel-frame, pitched-roof structure on the…

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