Two Cariboo companies are receiving money from the BC Manufacturing Job Fund to help create sustainable, well paying jobs across a range of sectors.
In the Chilcotin TsiDelDel Development Corporation is receiving as much as $422,000 to purchase equipment for the creation of a sort yard for biomass.
This project is aimed at centralizing the processing of waste wood that would otherwise be burned, the manufacturing of higher value products, and create as many as 16 jobs for the TsiDelDel First Nation.
“Thanks to the support of the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund, we’ve transformed our infrastructure to not only produce more economically viable products but also minimize waste from our biomass operations.” Clayton John Charleyboy, Registered Forest Technologist with Tsi Del Del Development Corporation stated in a release. “This initiative is crucial to cultivate opportunities within forests devastated by catastrophic wildfires.”
Grosso Precast Limited in Williams Lake, who manufactures precast concrete products, is getting as much as $50,000 to conduct project planning for a capital project that aims to double its production, improve efficiency and add new high value products.
With more than three quarters of the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund projects located in rural BC, this funding will lead to economic diversification and growth in smaller communities throughout the province.
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