National Buyer/Seller Forum Edmonton, Alberta. March 25 to 27, 2008 The event proved to be very successful, with many Ontario companies making valuable contacts and business leads. View photos from the event here. Read the news release and backgrounder.

Alberta Oil Sands – Enormous opportunities await Ontario manufacturers

• Are you an Ontario manufacturer that wants to tap into booming Oil Sands development?
• Are you an Alberta company that needs help to expand your resources?

If you answered yes to either question, then read on:

There are $160 billion of major projects announced, underway or recently completed in Alberta's oil sands.

Alberta companies need extra manufacturing capacity to keep up with demand.  Ontario’s innovative manufacturers have the required products, skills and capacity.

Key areas of opportunity include:

• Coatings and heat-treating
• Engineering and construction
• Environmental technologies
• Fabricated metal products
• Industrial accommodation
• Industrial machinery and equipment
• Infrastructure
• Machine shops
• Pre-fabricated housing
• Structural steel
• Tanks, pressure vessels, heat exchangers

The Ontario government is partnering with manufacturing companies, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and the Alberta and federal governments to build a “made-in-Canada” solution for Oil Sands growth.

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