Forty-nine companies will share $89 million in federal funding from a fund set up to compensate the dairy and poultry industries for loss of market share due to international trade agreements.
The total amount that will eventually be available will be $397.5 million.
The funding is available to dairy, egg and poultry processors to buy and install automated equipment and technology so they can boost capacity and be more productive. Examples include milk pasteurizers, ultrafiltration systems, robotics for packaging systems and new machines to grade, set and break eggs. The projects also address environmental challenges and labour shortages.
The list is:
Modhani Inc. | Tillsonburg | Ontario | Install new automated processing equipment such as an HTST pasteurizer, chilling system, packaging equipment, and a new mozzarella line for the company's dairy processing activities. | $1,757,700 |
Mountain Oak Cheese Limited | New Hamburg | Ontario | Install new automated processing and storage equipment including an automated butter churner and a walk-in freezer for the company's dairy processing activities. | $70,900 |
Nestle Canada Inc. | London | Ontario | Install new automated production lines for the company's ice cream processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Pinehedge Farms Inc. | St-Eugène | Ontario | Install an automated bottle washing system and new automated processing equipment for the company's dairy processing activities. | $880,700 |
Pixtar Canada Inc. | Mississauga | Ontario | Install new processing and packaging equipment for the company's poultry further processing activities. | $269,500 |
Punjab Milk Foods Inc. | Surrey | British Columbia | Install a fully automated state-of-the-art processing line for the company's paneer cheese processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Quality Cheese Inc. | Orangeville | Ontario | Expand and restructure one of the company's facilities through installation of new automated processing lines and packaging equipment for the company's cheese processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Ridgecrest Dairies Ltd. | Mission | British Columbia | Install a walk-in cooler extension and new automated processing equipment such as a cheese press, cutter and vacuum packaging machine for the company's dairy processing activities. | $227,600 |
Rossdown Natural Foods Ltd. | Abbotsford | British Columbia | Install new automated equipment for the company's poultry primary and further processing activities. | $1,500,000 |
Saputo Foods Limited / Aliments Saputo Limitée | Saint-Leonard | Quebec | Install new automated processing equipment for the company's Mozzarella and Bocconcini cheese processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Sheldon Creek Dairy Inc. | Loretto | Ontario | Install automated processing equipment such as a fluid bottle filler unit, a new conveyor system and various tanks for the company's dairy processing activities. | $845,600 |
Shelmac Brand Products Inc | North York | Ontario | Install new egg breaking equipment for the company's egg processing activities. | $197,000 |
Sierra Custom Foods Inc. | Brampton | Ontario | Install new automated processing equipment such as cutting, grinding, stuffing and packaging equipment for the company's poultry processing activities. | $1,391,600 |
Star Egg Co. Ltd | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | Modernize and automate the packaging process and install new processing equipment to enable in-house egg processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Sunworks Farm (1927127 Alberta LTD) | Armena | Alberta | Automate slaughtering, cutting and deboning as well as packaging of the company's poultry processing activities. | $160,000 |
TNT Foods International Inc. | Brampton | Ontario | Install new, automated equipment for the company's poultry further processing activities. | $1,893,900 |
Tiras Dairies Inc. | Camrose | Alberta | Install a new fully automated production line for the company's yogurt processing activities. | $121,900 |
Uniqpol Incorporated | Brantford | Ontario | Install a new refrigeration system, meat smoking equipment, sanitation equipment and packaging equipment for the company's poultry processing activities. | $1,262,800 |
Vitalus Nutrition Inc. | Abbotsford | British Columbia | Install an automated powder handling and packaging system for the company's dairy processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Floyd Dickie & Sons Limited | River Philip | Nova Scotia | Install a new egg grader and a loader with advanced technology for the company's egg processing activities. | $729,300 |
Fromagerie Bergeron Inc. | Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | Quebec | Automate a cutting and packaging line, to acquire production equipment as well as a new wastewater treatment system for the company's cheese processing activities. | $4,660,300 |
Fromages La Chaudière Inc. | Lac-Mégantic | Quebec | Install new automated processing, freezing and canning equipment for the company's dairy ingredient processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Galati Cheese Company Limited | Windsor | Ontario | Install a new automated packaging system for the company's dairy processing activities. | $189,000 |
Golden Valley Foods Ltd. | Abbotsford | British Columbia | Install a fully automatic grading system for the company's egg processing activities. | $5,000,000 |
Island Artisan Cheesehouse LTD/La Fromagerie Artisanale de l'Isle LTEE | Mont-Carmel | Prince Edward Island | Install automated processing and packaging equipment such as new pasteurizer, a new biomass boiler, a cheese extruder and a new specialty cheese line for the company's cheese processing activities. | $100,800 |
Jenner Colony Farming Co. Ltd. | Jenner | Alberta | Upgrade the refrigeration system and install new processing equipment for the company's poultry primary processing activities. | $43,600 |
La Fromagerie Champêtre inc. | Repentigny | Quebec | Automate bagging and canning stages and increase storage capacity for the company's dairy ingredient and cheese processing activities. | $421,400 |
La Fromagerie Polyethnique Inc. | Saint-Robert | Quebec | Integrate an intelligent technology that will enable the connection and synchronization of the plant's various operational systems for the company's dairy processing activities. | $271,500 |
La Fromagerie Victoria Inc. | Victoriaville | Quebec | Install new, automated production equipment including a new pasteurizer, boiler and whey silo for the company's cheese processing activities. | $500,800 |
