Low costs, high profits: Canada services North America
Canada is the prime investment location for plastics manufacturing companies serving the North American market.
Offering the lowest production costs for the plastics sector among G-7 countries, costs in Canada are 6.4 per cent below those in the United States.
- Canada is also one of the world’s lowest-cost regions for producing high-volume synthetic resins.
- Canada is the second-largest exporter of moulds and seventh-largest exporter of machinery and auxiliary equipment, which are crucial to the competitive manufacturing of plastic products.
“We have top-notch scientists and engineers on staff who graduated from very good Canadian schools. Furthermore, research costs here are 30-40 per cent lower than our U.S. competitors.”
Ash Sahi, President and CEO
Liqui-Box, a DuPont Canada subsidiary
Canada offers several clear-cut advantages in plastic manufacturing:
Key Web Resource
Publications
- Investment Opportunities in the Canadian Plastics Industry
A 13-page presentation profiling the Canadian plastics manufacturing industry. PPT
- PLASTICS. MOULDING A VISION FOR GROWTH.
A two-page fact sheet that showcases Canada's positive sector-based results in the KPMG 2006 study and also highlights Canada's non-cost location advantages. PDF
Contact an investment specialist from the plastics sector
John Margeson
Tel: (613) 954-3016
or:
Dennis Shanley
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