Eight Saskatchewan organizations are receiving more than $11.2 million in federal funding aimed at helping businesses expand production, improve productivity and find new markets amid ongoing trade uncertainty.<\/p>\n
The funding, announced Oct. 9 through Prairies Economic Development Canada, comes from the Regional Tariff Response Initiative and the Business Scale-up and Productivity program. The federal government says the programs are intended to help businesses respond to pressures associated with U.S. tariffs while strengthening domestic supply chains.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Swift Current pasta production receives support<\/p>\n
Solo Italia Fine Pasta Inc. and South West Terminal Ltd. are receiving funding through both programs to expand commercial pasta production in Swift Current.<\/p>\n
The companies will receive $1.15 million in repayable funding to purchase and install commercial pasta-production equipment, including automated packaging, production-control systems and food-safety equipment.<\/p>\n
Another $966,850 in non-repayable funding will support facility renovations, cold-storage capabilities and space for the new equipment.<\/p>\n
The federal government says the project is intended to increase domestic food production while adding value to Saskatchewan-grown durum wheat.<\/p>\n
Frontier manufacturer receives nearly $1M<\/p>\n
Honey Bee Manufacturing in Frontier will receive $999,850 through the Regional Tariff Response Initiative.<\/p>\n
The money is intended for new information-technology infrastructure and efforts to expand the company’s market.<\/p>\n
The Regional Tariff Response Initiative provides non-repayable support aimed at helping tariff-affected small and medium-sized businesses improve productivity and diversify markets, according to PrairiesCan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fertilizer, manufacturing projects also funded<\/p>\n
Northern Nutrients Ltd. will receive $3.1 million to add a second manufacturing facility in Saskatoon and expand production of specialized sulphur fertilizer.<\/p>\n
The company says the expansion is expected to triple its sulphur fertilizer capacity to 150,000 metric tonnes annually.<\/p>\n
M.P.S. Welding Inc. will receive about $2.61 million to expand manufacturing in Pierceland and develop new products for the Western Canadian heavy oil and oil sands sector.<\/p>\n
Titan Clean Energy Projects Corporation will receive $787,500 to increase production at its biomass-processing facility in Craik.<\/p>\n
Three Farmers Foods Inc. is receiving $1 million to expand blending and packaging capacity in Saskatoon, develop an allergen-friendly production area and support marketing and export development.<\/p>\n
Digital platform planned for Prairie rail network<\/p>\n
The Western Canadian Short Line Railway Association will receive $611,400 to develop Prairie Connect, a publicly accessible digital platform mapping trade corridors, communities, resources, development sites and ports across the Prairies.<\/p>\n
The association says the platform is intended to connect shippers with railway operators and loading locations and increase awareness of freight opportunities in rural Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n
Federal officials say the projects supported by the Oct. 9 announcement are expected to support more than 147 jobs.<\/p>\n
The federal government expanded the Regional Tariff Response Initiative earlier this year as part of a broader package of assistance for workers and businesses affected by U.S. tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight Saskatchewan organizations are receiving more than $11.2 million in federal funding aimed at helping businesses expand production,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,46],"class_list":["post-945332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}