The Brome-Missisquoi region of Quebec is a leading industrial zone that offers many advantages for businesses. It has excellent transportation infrastructure with access to highways, railroads, airports, and US border crossings. The region has an established community of industries in fields like microelectronics, plastics, limestone extraction, and agri-food. It offers affordable commercial sites, a skilled workforce, and low operating costs. The Brome-Missisquoi Economic Development Corporation works to welcome new businesses and support their needs.
1. BROME-MISSISQUOI:
LEADING
INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Everything leads to your success
2. Brome-Missisquoi: A choice location
your host, your network, Close to the United States, Montréal and Sherbrooke,
the Brome-Missisquoi region is extremely well-served:
your partner • Highways, railroads and airports
(including Bromont Airport)
• Several border crossings in the area
Regardless of the size of your business,
• Highly accessible key services
as soon as you decide to locate in Brome-Missisquoi, (water, electricity, natural gas, telecommunications)
• 9 universities + an industry-based research centre
you will receive a superb welcome, and enjoy
perfectly functioning services and infrastructure,
all adapted to your industry’s many needs.
Whatever your projects, we are with you, A high-quality industrial
responding to your needs and helping you community
to achieve your aims. Several leading industries and their sub-contractors already make for
a significant proportion of the businesses in our parks. Key among
them are researchers, designers and developers. With its stimulating,
dynamic and bilingual work environment, Brome-Missisquoi is the
new industrial “valley”.
3. Microelectronics and Limestone extraction in Bedford
the Bromont Technopark and the surrounding area
Here were created the camera for the Spirit probe that Graymont (North America’s third-largest producer
landed on Mars and the WATSON supercomputer that of quicklime) and Omya (an international producer) ex-
caused such a stir on the Jeopardy show. Here, too, are tract a limestone of very high-quality from the local soil.
produced the microprocessors found in game consoles, This they transform into various products, including
telephones and cars. IBM and Teledyne Dalsa form quicklime, calcium carbonate and construction stone.
an impressive force in the field of nanotechnologies and semi- These products are used particularly in mining extraction and water
conductors; these companies alone employ a specialized treatment, and as inputs in a multitude of products, including tooth-
workforce of almost 3000 employees. They are currently paste, latex paint, agricultural fertilizers, concrete, asphalt and paper.
collaborating in the construction of a large research centre led by the
Université de Sherbrooke.
Agri-food, an innovative
Plastics at Cowansville, and prosperous niche
East Farnham and Farnham. From Brome Lake Ducks (known for their foie gras)
to the Domaine Pinnacle’s ice cider (known even in
Rotoplast, Kaytec, Polyplus: companies that restore China), our agri-food businesses are of great repute.
to the art of plastic-making its former glory. Here, They include foodmakers operating at both craft-
biodegradable bags are made, and there is an (cheesemakers, restaurateurs, well-known caterers)
emphasis on recycling, innovation and the development and industrial levels (Bonduelle and Arctic Gardens), as well as
of revolutionary new processes. the seventeen vineyards that make Brome-Missisquoi the cradle of
wine-making in Québec.
4. Open spaces, A CHOICE GEOGRAPHICAL
at attractive prices LOCATION
Room for expansion. Brome-Missisquoi offers tailor-made sites that QUÉBEC
can grow with you. The prices are affordable, with production costs
and tax rates being among the lowest in North America.
montréal
BROMONT
An affordable workforce (Knowlton)
With its large network of people, interested in both their work COWANSVILLE
environment and the unique atmosphere of the region, Brome-
Missisquoi may be regarded as a veritable nursery for your industry.
We are known for attracting and retaining the personnel in our
industrial parks.
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