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Xinyi Glass Holdings plans to devel- XINYI GLASS HOLDINGS
op its first North American manufac-
turing facility - a float glass plant - in NEW FLOAT PLANT IN CANADA
Ontario. The partnership will create
400 jobs for Ontario workers. opened in 2013, and includes a higher
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne discussed their plan to minimum wage and
has announced business agreements expand their Ontario better working condi-
exceeding CAD 1 billion between On- IFBERVBSUFST BU .B34 tions, free tuition for
tario and Chinese organizations. The to include a business hundreds of thousands
Premier met with Xinyi Glass Hold- centre with clini- of students, easier
ings to discuss their commitment cal testing facilities. access to affordable
to investing in Ontario. Xinyi has The CAD 15 million child care, and free
selected Ontario as the location for investment will create prescription drugs for
its first North American manufactur- an estimated 50 high- everyone under 25
ing facility, a large float glass plant. value jobs in Ontario. through the biggest
Xinyi’s planned CAD 450 million Premier Wynne then expansion of medicare
investment, outlined in an agreement met with Lou Qinjian, in a generation.
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the province, would create 400 jobs Zhenglong, Governor of Jiangsu, anniversary of its sister relationship
in Ontario. to discuss Ontario and Jiangsu’s with the province of Jiangsu. Ontario
At a signing ceremony in Nanjing, successful sister relationship and and Jiangsu first formalized their
Ontario and Chinese organizations promote Ontario as an ideal trading ‘twinning’ relationship in November
announced another 32 agreements, QBSUOFS BOE DPMMBCPSBUPS JO 3 % 1985 with the signing of the Ontario-
which are expected to create more technology and education. Jiangsu Friendship Accord in To-
than 700 jobs in Ontario, including: Earlier in the day, Premier Wynne ronto.
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agreement with Shanghai Golden tario, to see first-hand how Ontario’s biotech and pharmaceuticals. Hua-
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a CAD 5 million agreement with and opportunity during this period the best place in Canada to make a
Dajiang Environmental Corpora- of rapid economic change. The plan new business investment.
tion to collaborate in the research,
development and commercializa-
tion of smart water technology NSG/PILKINGTON
and related sensor technologies.
Dajiang will also set up a subsidi- REOPENING OF OTTAWA PLANT
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development; reopen in December 2017, according to company officials. The plant was dam-
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with the province of Jiangsu to “The Pilkington North America Ottawa plant is in the final stages of repairing
fuel innovation, collaboration and the damages caused by the February 2017 tornado, which included replacing
economic growth in both regions. the damaged roof and walls, significant investments in equipment, and other
Premier Wynne also met with XPSL w TBZT 3JDIBSE "MUNBO SFHJPOBM EJSFDUPS "SDIJUFDUVSBM (MBTT /PSUI "NFS-
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Geneseeq, a leading health solutions decision was made to move forward on a full furnace rebuild. Once all repairs
company that specializes in personal- are finished, it is still projected the plant will restore production in December. A
ized cancer care. The Premier toured real positive is that we have been able to keep our employees working through-
their Chinese headquarters, which out the process.”

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