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How do you assess the ingredients quality of spice wholesalers in Canada?

When buying spices from  wholesalers, suppliers or distributors, it’s important to take the shelf life of the product into account.If spices are packaged transparently, carefully inspect the package to look for any lumps or powdered white materials. Shake the packs to look for any patches of white mold, do not purchase any if you find any. There are various companies that advertise their spices and herbs as being free of chemical additives.You can assess the ingredient quality of a spice wholesaler in Canada from Aaha Foods.They are one of Canada’s largest suppliers, distributor and wholesaler of Indian food and spices. They are supplying high-quality products but also at reasonable rates and capable, trustworthy service.

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Automatic Linear Bottle Washing Machine in Canada

Laxmi Pharma Equipment is a prominent Manufacturer, Supplier, and Exporter of Automatic Linear Bottle Washing Machine in Canada. The company was established in 1985 in Phase III, Vatva, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. We offer a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical equipment including Washing Machines, Filling Machines, Stoppering Machines, Capping Machines, Labelling Machines, Packaging Machines, Process Equipment, and more. The Automatic Linear Type Bottle Washing Machine operates by thoroughly cleaning bottles before filling them with liquids or other products. It utilizes oscillating guide rails to position bottles correctly for insertion into the carrier pocket. Multiple-jet sprayers fixed at the top wash the entire external and internal surfaces of the bottles, ensuring thorough cleaning. Features: Compact model suitable for washing oral liquid bottles. Bottles are fed through an S.S. wire mesh conveyor. Geneva assembly rotates to put bottles into pockets in an inverted position. Customizable washing sequences according to customer requirements.The Solenoid valve controls water jets, saving water during the washing process. Washed containers are then reversed upwards and placed straight on the tray for further processing. Applications: Widely used in pharmaceuticals, beverages, and food processing industries. Supply Coverage in Canada Laxmi Pharma Equipment is an Exporter of Automatic Linear Bottle Washing Machine in Canada Including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Victoria, Halifax, Oshawa, Windsor, Saskatoon. Feel free to reach out for further details and inquiries. We're here to assist you. Read the full article

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Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s fourth-quarter results beat analysts' expectations on Thursday as the Canadian retailer was boosted by its pharmacy business and continued demand for groceries.

The company says it earned a profit of $529 million available to common shareholders in the fourth quarter. Fourth-quarter revenue rose about 10 percent, to $14.01 billion, from the same period last year, topping estimates of $13.75 billion.

On an adjusted basis, Loblaw earned $1.76 per share, beating analysts' expectations of $1.71 per share.

Chief financial officer Richard Dufresne said during a Thursday morning earnings call that the company's gross margins in food retail had peaked in mid-2021, before Canada's current inflation episode began, but hadn't returned to those levels since.

He then said that the earnings results "are further evidence that [food] retail prices are not growing faster than costs and that the company is not taking advantage of inflation to drive profits."

Dufresne made a similar statement during the third-quarter earnings call last November.

While inflation cooled to 5.9 percent in January, food prices continued to rise. Prices for meat, baked goods, and vegetables have increased at a faster pace, and Canadians are feeling the pressure during their regular grocery runs.

"I've been trying to find savvy ways to keep things cheaper," said Tramika Blackwood from Toronto. "It's annoying that it's going up."

Others are growing frustrated with food retailers, as critics say that "greedflation" has companies profiteering at a time when grocery prices are accelerating at the fastest rate in over 40 years.

"The little money I make, I spend all on rent and groceries, which shouldn't be that expensive," said Mena Aparicio, also in Toronto.

Retailers are leaning on sales of food and medicines as rising prices are forcing consumers to prioritize spending on essentials and trade down to cheaper, private-label alternatives from higher-priced brands.

Loblaw posted a 9.7 percent rise in retail segment sales, reflecting strong growth in its food and drug businesses, with steady demand for cough and cold medicines, as well as high-margin beauty and cosmetics products.

Retail bellwether Walmart Inc., however, forecast its full-year earnings below estimates on Tuesday and warned that tight spending by consumers could pressure profit margins.

Loblaw, on the other hand, expects its full-year 2023 adjusted earnings per common share to grow in the low double digits compared with the average analyst estimate of 9.64 percent, according to Refinitiv IBES data.

Phoebe Stephens, an assistant professor of food security and sustainable agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said that grocery retail in Canada is heavily concentrated. About 80 percent of sales are controlled by five major chains, including Loblaw, she said.

"Whether or not 'greedflation' is at play is really, really difficult to nail down," Stephens said, noting that food processing and manufacturing are also heavily concentrated parts of the sector.

Several converging factors are putting upward pressure on food costs, including geopolitical events like the war in Ukraine as well as climate-related disasters like a surge of avian flu in North America that is driving up poultry prices.

"But there is also a question mark about the role of market concentration and a lack of competition in driving up these food prices," Stephens said. "Because of their unique position in the food system, grocery retailers actually have power over both suppliers and consumers."

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Maritimers helping in China’s coronavirus fight

Maritimers are trying to help medical professionals in China as the country tries to stop coronavirus from spreading.

A GoFundMe page titled "Medical supplies for Wuhan" has been created by the Canadian Society for Virology and Dalhousie University, allowing people to donate money for the purchase and delivery of desperately needed medical supplies.

"The top two are isolation suits and 95 Masks," says Dr. Zhenyu Cheng, a professor with Dalhousie University's Microbiology and Immunology Department.

Cheng was born and raised in Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have originated. Cheng says he's been in daily contact with friends and family in the area.

"Luckily, no one that I know got infected, so I'm really glad to know that," says Cheng. "I was concerned about their daily life, but what they told me is there's sufficient supplies of food and water."

The 95 Masks -- a disposable mask covering the nose and mouth -- has also been in short supply around here. Peter Jorna is a Halifax pharmacist and can't keep the product on his store's shelves.

"I was able to order them in at the beginning of the week," says Jorna. "Now they're short from my supplier, so it's more difficult to get them in."

Similar shortages of the masks have been reported from pharmacies in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Ottawa.

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The global soybean market has been upended. Can Canada come out on top?

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The global soybean market has been upended. Can Canada come out on top?

Jim Millington, CEO of Canada Protein Ingredients, in a soybean field near the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, June 17, 2021. The Ontario-based company’s foray into the soybean protein isolate market is a first for this country.

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When Jim Millington crossed the border from North Dakota to Manitoba in late May, the trunk of his Toyota Highlander hybrid SUV was full – but not just with luggage from his business trip to Fargo. It also contained an undisclosed number of 10-kilogram bags of soy flakes and five-litre jugs of crude soybean oil.

Mr. Millington didn’t want to reveal the quantities of these soybean products because his new company, Canada Protein Ingredients, is in the midst of scale-up trials for a proprietary process to produce non-GMO soybean protein isolate for human consumption. He doesn’t want to tip off any potential competitors to the volume CPI’s processing plant will manufacture when it comes online, likely at the end of 2022 or early 2023.

The Ontario-based company’s foray into the soybean protein isolate market is a first for this country. There is currently no Canadian processor making that type of isolate – the high-protein ingredient in tofu, tempeh and other plant-based alternatives to meat. “We’re adding value to a Canadian crop,” Mr. Millington said, “and we’re keeping a lot of that value here at home.”

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While Canada’s overall soybean production pales in comparison to the United States and South America, the country is a major supplier of high-quality, non-GMO soybeans for human consumption. But amid COVID-19 supply-chain bottlenecks, Canadian exporters are having trouble getting their soybeans to market. The way Mr. Millington sees it, why should the beans have to leave Canada to be transformed into a premium product? Why not process them here, creating value and jobs in the country where the crop was grown?

This is an especially apt question as Canada begins to emerge from the pandemic to snarled global supply chains. The pandemic has caused unpredictable dips and spikes in demand, exposing vulnerabilities in the way companies and countries move goods. Canada’s food supply chain bent, but it didn’t break. Now that parts of the world are beginning to return to normal, there are new problems – and opportunities – in the processing sector.

When it comes to the global plant-protein industry, soy is the leader, accounting for about 70 per cent of the market. “It’s the crop that produces protein,” Mr. Millington said. His company is betting on massive growth in the sector as the global population increases, Asia’s middle class grows, and more and more people want an environmentally sustainable alternative to meat.

Mr. Millington examines fresh protein powder at the Food Development Centre.

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Sales of processed food and beverages in Canada totalled nearly $118-billion in 2019, and 10 per cent of that came from grain and oilseed milling. Over the past five years or so, exports of processed food and beverages grew at an average annual rate of nearly 7 per cent, according to the federal agriculture department.

Ottawa is optimistic the trend can continue. The federal government has created innovation superclusters to boost growth in five industries, including plant-based protein, which is eligible for up to $153-million in funding.

The total value of CPI’s project is about $50-million, $7.3-million of which was provided by Regina-based Protein Industries Canada – the industry-led, government-funded non-profit organization representing the sector’s innovation supercluster. According to an Ernst and Young report commissioned by the non-profit, the global plant-based foods market is expected to reach $250-billion by 2035.

CPI’s plans come at a time when soybean prices have been trading at near-record highs, owing to several factors, including a resurgence in demand from China for GMO soybeans to make livestock feed; dry, warm weather in key U.S. states that caused early-season concern for this year’s crop; increased demand for vegetable oils as feedstock for renewable fuels; and global supply chain issues, including a worldwide shortage of shipping containers and disruptions at ports due to COVID-19 outbreaks and labour strikes.

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Global soybean prices rose from US$499.98 a tonne last November to US$643.92 in May – a 29-per-cent increase. Prices for the soybean oil complement rose by more than 50 per cent over the same period. “The market went bonkers in a short period of time,” said Jon Driedger, vice-president of LeftField Commodity Research in Winnipeg. “There’s a lot going on in soybeans right now.”

Mr. Millington holds defatted soy flakes. Soybeans are Canada’s third-largest field crop, behind wheat and canola, with more than 30,000 farms growing the legume.

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The world’s top three soybean producers are Brazil, the U.S. and Argentina. And the biggest customer is China, which takes about two-thirds of all global exports, the vast majority of which is GMO beans for livestock feed.

For years, China was Canada’s top export market for soybeans. In 2018, Canada’s shipments to China reached nearly 3.6 million tonnes. But the following year, that number plummeted to just 56,000 tonnes amid friction between Ottawa and Beijing over the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

As China rebuilds its hog population after an African swine fever epidemic nearly halved its herd, Canada’s soybean exports to the country increased to nearly 450,000 tonnes last year – still a fraction of what they used to be.

Soybeans are Canada’s third-largest field crop, behind wheat and canola, with more than 30,000 farms growing the legume. Production last year totalled more than 6.3 million tonnes, most of that in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba. Roughly two-thirds of Canadian soybeans are exported, bound primarily for Iran, China, Japan, Italy and Bangladesh.

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The beans are either exported raw or crushed in Canada into their two main components: oil, which is used in cooking, renewable fuels and plastic resin; and meal, which is overwhelmingly used in livestock feed. Canada has three large processing plants – two in Ontario and one in Quebec – as well as some smaller facilities in those provinces and in Manitoba. The country processes about one-third of the soybeans it produces; the U.S., by comparison, processes roughly half of what it grows.

Mr. Millington is not alone in believing there is room to increase Canada’s processing capacity.

Minnesota-based Ceres Global Ag Corp. is in the midst of completing an expansion of its soybean processing plant in southern Manitoba in light of strong demand for livestock feed in the area and rising demand for renewable biofuels in the U.S. (soybean oil is the primary raw input for renewable diesel). “Already in southern Manitoba, the value of our soybean oil has more than doubled in the last six months,” said Ceres president and chief executive Robert Day. “We like the prospects of that business.”

Brian Innes, executive director of industry group Soy Canada, said there is momentum in the sector to increase processing capacity, which would boost the economy, create jobs and limit trade risk. “There are a lot of projects in process, but the CPI plant is the first to be announced,” he said. “It’s the goal of the soybean industry to process more here in Canada.”

One of four warehouses at the head office of Ceresco, one of Canada’s largest exporters of food-grade soybeans, in Saint-Urbain-Premier, Que.

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While CPI is looking to keep its soybeans in Canada, Manuel Gendron is just trying to get his out. Mr. Gendron is the general manager of Ceresco, one of Canada’s largest exporters of food-grade soybeans.

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The Quebec-based company ships non-GMO soybeans to 45 countries, with about 35 per cent of its exports going to Japan. That product is shipped in containers from Prince Rupert or Vancouver. Shipments bound for Europe or China depart Canada in containers via Montreal or Halifax. (GMO soybeans sold for livestock feed, on the other hand, are typically shipped in far larger volumes by dry-bulk vessel.)

The challenge – for Ceresco and exporters of all kinds of goods, all around the world – is reserving containers. Even when companies secure containers at premium prices, steamship lines often delay their shipments with little warning. The situation is so grave Ceresco purchased a warehouse facility just to store the beans it can’t ship quickly enough. “I’ve never seen this before,” Mr. Gendron said. “What normally takes nine days to get to a customer in Europe is now taking 40.”

Before the pandemic, containers that arrived in Canada with imports from China got replenished with Canadian exports. Now, containers are going back to China empty: With containerized shipping rates far higher out of China than out of Canada, steamship lines want to get them back to Asia as quickly and fuel-efficiently as possible. “I don’t see anything getting better within a year,” Mr. Gendron said.

Neither does Murad Al-Katib, president and CEO of Saskatchewan-based AGT Food and Ingredients, which buys protein-rich crops such as lentils, peas, beans and chickpeas from farmers around the world, and ships to more than 120 countries. “Container freight rates are rising at a pace that I’ve never seen in my 20-year career,” he said. “Ultimately, it’s going to contribute to food inflation.”

If AGT can’t secure enough containers, the company may have to temporarily change the way it does business. AGT already does some dry-bulk freight, and it may have to rely more heavily on that option. Instead of shipping 20-tonne units in containers to multiple ports, it could ship 10,000-tonnes in a bulk vessel to a single port and then sell the product parcel-by-parcel upon arrival overseas.

While AGT does not sell soybean products, its focus is plant-based protein. And Mr. Al-Katib has high hopes for the sector. “Canada has the opportunity to be the first stop on the protein highway,” he said. “We have arable land and we have water. Those are two resources we have that are globally scarce today.”

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Mr. Millington climbs a spray dryer. Mr. Millington said CPI may be the first to go to market with a Canadian soy protein isolate, but he’s convinced more will follow.

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Despite the inconveniences of travelling to the U.S. during a pandemic, Mr. Millington’s trip to North Dakota was a must. Soybeans are roughly 20 per cent fat and 40 per cent protein; the rest is a combination of carbohydrates and fibre.

In order to create the protein isolate, the fat – in the form of oil – must first be extracted. But there is no pilot-sized test facility in Canada that does this, so CPI turned to North Dakota State University and a team of scientists and technicians to do it for the company.

Mr. Millington quarantined in Fargo for a week before supervising phase one of the trial at the university. With the oil and flakes successfully parsed, he packed up his Highlander and drove three hours to Winnipeg. He then self-isolated for two weeks before delivering the bags and jugs to the Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie. There, the second and final phase of the trial is under way.

CPI is in the process of selecting a specific site for its new plant, but it will be in Quebec, Ontario or Manitoba. When the facility is up and running, it will employ about 40 people. The oil extracted there will be sold for cooking. But it’s the flakes that have Mr. Millington most excited.

There are three types of soy protein ingredients: textured soy protein, which is about 50 per cent protein; soy protein concentrate, which is 65 per cent to 70 per cent protein; and soy protein isolate, which is about 90 per cent protein. “Soy isolates trade at a premium to other soy protein sources,” Mr. Millington said.

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Unlike most high-yield processing facilities that use hexane to separate the oil from the raw bean to create isolates, CPI’s extraction process relies on an alternative solvent. The soy isolate will be sold as “clean label” – an ambiguous term that means different things to different companies.

In CPI’s case, it refers to the company’s extraction technology. “Compared to our competition, our process is much more environmentally friendly and sustainable,” Mr. Millington said. “Our process will also comply with organic certification standards, whereas a hexane process does not.”

Mr. Millington said CPI may be the first to go to market with a Canadian soy protein isolate, but he’s convinced more will follow. “The value-added component is very attractive,” he said. “It’s clear that the market is headed in that direction. Consumer diets are changing, and the demand is far exceeding supply.”

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Food And Beverage Wastewater Treatment

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We have helped our OEM partners find the best electrochemical sensor technologies to integrate into their water treatment products. FEMSA, one of the largest bottlers in Latin America, had to increase the capacity of the wastewater plant at its Alcorta facility in Buenos Aires, but there was no room for expansion. Veolia understands this and is able to help clients meet water reduction goals and minimize their environmental impact by implementing technologies that convert wastewater effluent into water that can be reused elsewhere in the plant. Sweeteners are an important part of the global food and beverage industry. Our customized Reverse Osmosis (RO) units for steam boilers provide a return on investment in energy and chemical savings by increasing boiler feedwater quality, and our graywater and reuse systems eliminate or reduce the use of fresh water for plant operations, and even eliminate water discharge to the environment. Achieve better total organic carbon (TOC) recovery from your wastewater. Since 1993, research efforts on the NEOSEP MBR, an immersed-configuration MBR process, have focused on further optimizing both biological treatment and the separation unit (membrane) to enhance permeability, improve treated water quality, and minimize sludge production and overall treatment costs. Once used, all water leaving the plant must be treated to meet discharge limits set by state and federal regulations. We offer a wide range of membranes, adsorbents, and ion exchange resins to recover, isolate, and purify nutritional products, helping your facility achieve higher yield and consistent quality. The large volumes and challenging composition of the wastewater, combined with the increasing cost of water supply, has made efficient wastewater disposal a commercial priority for most Food & Beverage companies. Anaerobic methane and energy production are also being more commonly used in municipal waste treatment plants to provide heat and electricity. Veolia South Africa services and maintains more than 15 food and beverage water treatment plants throughout Africa. Our treatment plants are engineered to perform for an industry leading 25 years. The Amagel process is faster, uses less energy, and requires less space; and Amagel rapidly dewaters sludgy waste which promotes adaptive reuse of byproducts, helps prevent purifications, and simplifies disposal. Memthane® is an Anaerobic Membrane Bio-Reactor (AnMBR) which maximizes renewable energy production while producing superb quality effluent that can be reused or discharged directly to sewer. Smaller pore sized RO membranes are problematic because of energy requirements, and also because of the volume of wastewater produced at the same time pure water is made. The latter post-milk processing is the largest contributor to wastewater production and to the strength of the wastewater. U.S. Water can assist food and beverage facilities with understanding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements to implement a compliant water treatment and sanitation program. Our solutions diminish the overall water footprint of manufacturing plants while reducing downtime and OPEX, allowing our customers to operate more efficiently than ever before. This results in more efficient BOD and COD removal because higher MLSS concentration results in lower food to microorganism ratios, which is particularly important in the case of high-strength food and beverage processing effluents that would otherwise need an aeration tank with three or four times the volume. Veolia Water Technologies is also present in the beverage sector - working closely with breweries, so drink producers, spirit producers and distilleries. Pentair Advanced Filtration serves the Food & Beverage industry with proven technology for a wide range of applications. Each provides technological solutions for the various stages of water treatment that are required in the food & bev industry. Screening requirements can vary greatly depending on the application and poor or inadequate screening can result in ineffective wastewater treatment, discharge permit violations, equipment failure, and increased maintenance and operational costs.

Fluence is also a global leader in the design of 4SMB (four simulated moving bed) chromatography plants for the purification of fruit juices and the production of organic fructose without the use of chemical reagents. Parkson's expertise allows us to match the appropriate systems to efficiently pass through suitable water to downstream treatment systems while removing and treating solids. Nondairy ingredients such as flavors, sugars and fruits are also involved in production, and they can contribute to the waste stream. Plants are therefore increasingly pressured to treat their own water and wastewater supplies. Arvia's unique Nyex treatment systems are modular in nature and have been designed for ease of transport and installation inside or outside a food or beverage plant. During the reverse osmosis purification process, a semi-permeable membrane is used to remove ions and unwanted particles. Process water is likely to come into contact with food products. Whether discharging wastewater through POTW or NPDES, a company should consider its full cost of wastewater disposal when evaluating treatment and reuse. Treated wastewater never comes into contact with food. Water is a key ingredient in many foods and beverages. Producing one of the world's most loved condiments, this facility generates wastewater with remnants of tomato and juices that contribute to high COD concentration. Whether used to cook, cool, heat, freeze, or sanitize, water is a vital resource for the Food and Beverage industry. GE Water & Process Technologies, Trevose, Pa., is eyeing that segment, as well, although much of its work to date has involved sugary streams from beverage manufacturers. The food manufacturing industry and certain water-quality stakeholders are establishing guidelines for water reuse in production. Reduce the water intake from wells or municipalities and reduce wastewater discharge costs. Pressure boosting is needed for treatments, including reverse osmosis, where water moves through a membrane at specific pressures. It is imperative to treat this wastewater before sending it on to a municipal sewage system to limit municipal surcharges imposed for exceeding limits on TSS and BOD. It relies on a steady supply of fresh, clean water, and the Food & Beverage industry requires massive amounts of it. Nearly 70% of the world's fresh water is consumed by agricultural processes, and water shortages are now threatening the ability of Food & Beverage companies to meet the most basic needs of a growing global population. Dissolved Air Flotation Systems (DAF) are used all throughout food and beverage wastewater treatment applications because of their ability to remove total suspended solids (TSS) and particulate BOD. Efficient cooling water treatment is critical for ensuring maximized productivity and continuous operation. Parkson's controls group can provide the technologies and services necessary to monitor, analyze, and effectively control the equipment and systems involved in nearly all water and wastewater treatment processes in order to optimize the efficiency and functionality of each application. Water is a critical resource in the food & beverage market where increasingly demanding environmental requirements have given rise to new technologies and working practices to create a more sustainable way of operating food & beverage plants. During the purge, the concentrate is discharged at the minimum pressure, rather than at maximum pressure like in traditional reverse osmosis process. Boiler feed water is used for cooking, evaporation or heating equipment used in production. Wastewater from the Food & Beverage Industry often carries a high biological load. As an example, find below some wastewater issues and Lenntech pretreatments associated to a kind of food processing. Every business in the Food & Beverage industry has its own particular water demands. Different phases of the wastewater treatment process can generate unpleasant odors that may require the use of odor control systems. Culligan systems use cost-effective historical operating data logging, remote monitoring, and telemetry to help customers monitor and trend the performance of their water treatment equipment.

Some products demand a water quality that cannot be met with standard potable water. A vast majority is required by the food and beverage industry. Wastewater pollution load depends on the type of product being processed, the process and the equipment used, while the common characteristic is the strong organic content. When it comes to treating wastewater for manufacturing, there is no one size fits all”. Our teams use our technologies to build water treatment systems that are adapted precisely to the individual needs of companies such as breweries, food producers and juice and mineral water suppliers, which all surpass, often considerably, the hygiene- and technology-related rules for water use in the industry. Food Manufacturer predicts that through proper management and the installation of water recycling and treatment facilities, businesses could save over 2000% on their water bills every year. We can improve production processes from the inside out to support sustainable development in decades to come. Water is a very necessary and integral part of food and beverage processing. MIOX provides advanced chemical solutions to the food and beverage industry for all water treatment applications including source water treatment, surface or groundwater, process water treatment, cooling towers on the facility, clean in place (CIP) for syrups and raw sugars and bottle and surface sanitization. In food processing applications, water is used as an ingredient, an initial and intermediate cleaning source, an efficient transportation conveyor of raw materials, or the principal agent for sanitizing plant machinery and work areas. These limits are intended to match the wastewater characteristics of what is being produced. This process can remove both chemicals and bacteria , resulting in potable water safe for food and beverage production. These breakthrough benefits encompass myriad performance metrics, from the reduction of ever-growing municipal surcharges, through the provision of enhanced rural treatment and a greater opportunity for energy production (with harvested organic material). They are ideal for transferring abrasive or aggressive waste away from production and metering the harsh and aggressive chemicals used in water treatment. Specifically suited for large-scale (>10 mld) municipal or industrial water polishing for drinking water production or reuse. Berghof Membranes offers a complete line of membrane solutions for the food & beverage industry. Biological treatment : helps upgrade the quality of beverage and food industry effluent being released into the environment and a major component in water recycling from high organic load wastewater. With the cost of water constantly rising, DuBois' focus on water minimization programs, in cooling, boiler, and wastewater treatment, can help to further minimize costs and help your plant be more environmentally friendly. Most food processors are more interested in staying within the COD, BOD, phosphorous, nitrogen and TSS discharge limits set by municipalities and regulatory authorities. Mar Cor Purification can help these companies maintain profits by meeting water production requirements, as well as, controlling capital and operating expenses. To do this effectively, the food and beverage processing industry has to manage every aspect of water usage. This fact is reflected to the wastewater treatment technology employed which, in most of the cases, is biological with special attention to the application of the anaerobic digestion process. Ecosphere's patented Ozonix® wastewater treatment technology is a cost-effective, chemical-free solution for the treatment and reuse of the large amounts of wastewater generated from Food & Beverage operations. Veolia provides a number of technologies for treating water used in the beverage and food industries. Overtreating your wastewater system can result in excessive chemical costs, and inefficient facility operations can lead to costly surcharges or fines. With ReFlex systems, recovery is determined by the frequency of the purge steps that are controlled by the operating software, and not by the mechanical design and the number of stages like in a traditional reverse osmosis system.

Our integrated approach includes water purification equipment, pathogen and foam control, culinary steam and sanitation to provide facilities with confidence that water and process systems will meet and exceed quality assurance specifications. Over time, any equipment that comes into contact with poor quality water can be damaged or destroyed due to corrosion or sediment build-up. WCS Group provides critical system expertise for Water, Energy, Hygiene and Air systems to the Food and Beverage industry. The correct food and beverage water treatment system reduces production, maintenance and energy costs by minimising the effects of scaling and corrosion on your equipment, and maximising the potential for water-recycling. The same system can deal with completely different water treatment applications and behave completely differently for each - it can treat city water in the morning, reuse waste streams in the afternoon, and act as a second pass ultrapure system in the evening. Find out how our water treatment systems may apply to your needs and significantly benefit your results. Some poultry plants may process 2 million birds per week, so they are large-scale waste generators. Clarified water flows out of the DAF unit onto further processing or for discharge. In-process screening is utilized in many food and beverage applications for sorting, sizing, washing, and dewatering. According to the Brewers Association, the average American brewery requires seven barrels of water to produce one barrel of beer; and 70% of the intake volume is discharged to sewer systems as effluent. Biothane® high-rate anaerobic reactors are Veolia's leading technology for the treatment of high-strength wastewater, with the benefit of green energy production. Mar Cor offers a complete line of pretreatment equipment designed to accompany our Life Science water purification systems. Parkson offers several screening and solids recovery systems including in-channel and rotating or wedgewire screens, washing and dewatering technologies, and complete turnkey headwork system solutions. Water softeners and reverse osmosis are perfect for creating pure, potable water. Mar Cor Purification is a leading provider of beverage water treatment systems and services. Both processes convert the nitrogen into gaseous nitrogen without using acids or other chemicals and without generating any by-products. Because a brewery has different water needs than a snack foods manufacturer, GE has built a water treatment portfolio to target specific challenges like production uptime, foam control, and cleaning regulation. By reducing source-water requirements, any food & beverage company lessens its environmental impact. With a bachelor's degree in environmental science from the UK's Lancaster University, Barker has spent over five years analyzing the markets for technologies, plants and services within the water and wastewater industries sector. Especially where regulatory standards vary & the need for treatment is so diverse, experience and exposure to many different processes & applications simply has no substitute. Not only can the quality be improved by improving the quality of water used in production, but it can also be enhanced through technologies that address, for example, concentration and purification. Wastewater Installations of food and beverage manufacturers are continuously challenged by changing conditions caused by high peaks in amount and concentration of wastewater. These projects treated various waste streams to meet discharge regulations, reuse requirements or selective recoveries. Veolia Water Technologies helps our customers reduce their environmental impact and costs. Parkson can provide equipment, systems and fully operated system solutions to meet your water treatment needs which help you meet process requirements and discharge regulations, increase efficiency and reduce capital and operating costs. We do this by providing clean water & wastewater treatment solutions. These products are often extracted from whole foods such as green tea or fruit, or sometimes generated by fermentation.

[chatterthatmatters]

Can Made with Local go Global? I hope so.

Sheena Russell is the co-founder of Made with Local, and her story will inspire anyone who wants to be their own boss, and act on their beliefs and values.
 Made with Local sources local ingredients and then works with social enterprises to employ people who have barriers to the mainstream workforce. When COVID hits, the government orders this 'high risk' segment of the population into isolation, leaving Sheena with a ton of orders to fill and no one there to help her. Sheena makes a trademark entrepreneurial move - she jumps in with her family to bake, make and ship products, and fast-tracks a new product that is perfect for these times. 
If that isn't enough to earn your admiration, Sheena is also a Certified B Corp, to reflect a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit. They are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. Sheena is part of a community of leaders, driving a global movement of people using business as a force for good. 

Sheena's challenge is to have her brands compete for attention in some of the world's most competitive food markets. To help her with her quest we invite Andrew Black, CEO of Brand Project, a venture capital firm, Bobby Sahni, from Ethnicity Matters to advise her on tapping into the multicultural market. Kellie Sauriol, from RBC, talks about how to ensure her growth ambitions are supported.

Presented by RBC.

Humble beginnings  (01:24) After graduating from Dalhousie University, Sheena joins the City of Halifax teaching businesses how to recycle but needs a more creative outlet. In 2012, spotting an opportunity to produce healthy and tasty snacks, Sheena starts Made with Local. She starts selling her snacks at local farmers markets on the East Coast, building a strong following and in 2016 enters Sobeys Atlantic with her real food bars.

Local ingredients, local partnerships  (04:59) Using local ingredients is not enough, Sheena partners with a Nova Scotian social enterprise, the Flower Cart Group, using them to help make her products. With incredible support from SheEO mentors Made with Local expands further. Now with a presence in Sobeys Ontario, a private label partnership with FarmBoy and opportunities to expand their partnership with Loblaws, Sheena’s grassroots approach has paid off. To boot, Made With Local achieves a B-Corp certification.

Down, but not out  (10:30) COVID-19 strikes! “Well, it hit us like a ton of bricks.” With their production capacity completely shut down, and a large order pending, Sheena had to make alternate plans. It was all hands on deck, Sheena, her husband, and her director of sales roll up their sleeves and baked and packed. As if that was not enough, they were in the process of launching a new product.

Expert advice  (14:10) Andrew Black, Founder Managing Partner, Brand Project recommend Sheena continue to persevere in retail and do more sampling once COVID-19 allows her to do so. Bobby Sahni, Partner & Co-Founder, Ethnicity Matters, points out that: when catering to different ethnic communities dietary requirements, they are not all are homogeneous. Kellie Sauriol, Regional Vice President, Business Financial Services, RBC suggests focussing on working capital and cash flow constraints and using a forecast to do so.

Capitalism has a conscience - Tony’s closing thoughts  (22:47) Sheena has proven that profit and purpose can go hand in hand. Sourcing local ingredients and partnering with social enterprise, not as charity, but as a fundamental part the business and culture. And inspire of growing the business in one on the most competitive provinces, Ontario, remained true to her values, values that matter to all of us.

Links and References

Sheena Russell, Founder, Made with Local LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheena-russell-0459b728/ Website - https://www.madewithlocal.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/madewithlocal @madewithlocal Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/madewithlocal @madewithlocal Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/madewithlocal/ @madewithlocal

SheEO - https://sheeo.world Sobeys - https://corporate.sobeys.com Farm Boy - https://www.farmboy.ca B Corporation - https://bcorporation.net The Flower Cart Group - https://flowercart.ca Loblaws - https://www.loblaws.ca/about

Andrew Black, Founder Managing Partner, Brand Project LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-black-2b3764/ Website - www.brandproject.com

Bobby Sahni, Partner & Co-Founder, Ethnicity Matters LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbysahni/ Website - https://ethnicitymatters.com

Kellie Sauriol, Regional Vice President, Business Financial Services, RBC LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellie-sauriol-3a86a9158/   RBC Business page – https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/business/index.html RBC COVID-19 Financial Relief page - https://www.rbc.com/covid-19/business.html To get specialized support for your business, visit https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/business/advice/industry-expertise.html Future Launch - https://www.rbc.com/dms/enterprise/futurelaunch/index.html  

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[kayla1993-world]

Calgary Co-op relationship breakup causes unemployment and litigation

CALGARY — The emotions are likely to get damaged when a friendship breaks down despite more than 60 years of shared benefits.

The aftermath also involves the demolition of a large Calgary factory this month, hundreds of jobs and a complaint alleging millions of dollars in losses, in the continuing dust-up between grocery and fuel manufacturer Calgary Co-op and Saskatoon-based provider Federated Co-operatives.

Tom Webb, an adjunct professor at the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University in Halifax who has taught and written about co-ops for decades, said the increasingly poisonous arrangement runs contrary to the core "co-operative" principle that has guided the creation of co-op organisations.

The breakup of the partnership erupted publicly last August when Calgary Co-op revealed that it had told FCL that, in the spring of 2020, it was transitioning to Vancouver-based Save-On Foods as a supermarket provider, pledging to "elevate" customer experience with more organic, healthy and convenient products and a new range of exclusive private labels.

It said FCL will proceed to purchase petrol. In November, Federated replied with an announcement that it would shutter the huge Calgary Food Distribution Center, cutting more than 200 local jobs.

Instead, the war extended into the courts. In February, Calgary Co-op filed a notice of claim against Federated concerning a proposed "Loyalty Plan" FCL which mandated participants to buy at least 90% of their goods for resale from Federated to earn "patronage" (essentially profit-sharing) payments.

Calgary Co-op — one of the highest of the 168 supermarket cooperative affiliates of FCL in Western Canada — earned $47.7 million in patronage payouts for the year ending Oct. 31, 2019, of which $38.6 million was linked to its dollars-per-liter gasoline sales.

The latest rewards programme was designed to "prejudicially strike" Calgary Co-op, it claims in its complaint, requesting the court to require Federated to coninue paying the patronage linked to petrol, along with undisclosed penalties.

In its defensive statement submitted March 23, Federated points out that given its scale, Calgary Co-op has the same privileges and responsibilities as any other participant — and notes that 163 out of 164 qualifying participants have already participated in the loyalty programme, with Calgary Co-op being the sole holdout.

Federated is seeking restitution from Calgary Co-op in its counterclaim, alleging it violated secrecy commitments when it signed a direct rival contract with the supermarket.

This claims that losing Calgary Co-op's grolcery business would result in a loss of more than $385 million from FCL's annual revenue and more than $20 million from net income, causing it to pay severance costs of $4 million for management and more than $2 million for unionised employees as it dismisses personnel, push a competing supermarket supplier to compete and decrease its productivity in service distribution.

Given the current burden on the supermarket supply chain as consumers stock up to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, FCL spokesperson Cam Zimmer confirms the layoff notifications have been released and warehouse staff contracts are due to end as of April 13.

Meanwhile, Calgary Co-op spokeswoman Sage Pullen McIntosh says the move to swap mid-month grocery suppliers is continuing as planned, with retail products to be delivered through Save-On's Edmonton warehouse and delivery arm.

FCL posted revenue of $9.2 billion throughout fiscal 2019, net profit of $959 million and patronage distribution of $649 million.

Statistics Canada's new estimates indicate that in 2018 there were over 5,800 operating non-financial co-ops in the country raising $53 billion in income, but about two dozen of those employing more than 500. Fewer than 18 employees were working throughout the typical coop.

Approximately 44 per cent of Canada's co-ops are based in Quebec, where conventional worker cooperative help is higher than in most nations, Webb said.

CEO Scott Banda summed up his level of disappointment in his message in FCL's latest annual report when revisiting the highlights of the last fiscal year.

[robnicole58-blog]

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[stickyyouthstudent]

US employment falls for first time in seven years amid hurricane destruction - business live

Non-farm payrolls fell by 33,000 last month as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma triggered a record drop in employment in the hospitality and leisure sectors

Halifax report: UK houses prices grow at fastest rate in eight months

Pound hits four-week low against dollar as Tory infighting builds

UK productivity falls in the second quarter and lags G7 average

1.33pm BST

Payrolls actually fell by 33,000 last month in figures just out, far worse than expected.

Economists had predicted 90,000 jobs would be added. Figures for August were revised up to show 169,000 jobs were added (up from a previous estimate of 156,000).

#UnitedStates Non Farm Payrolls at -33K https://t.co/AL0r1gqseN http://pic.twitter.com/k39zqwxVWR

1.29pm BST

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, is speaking about trust at the Royal Society of Arts in London.

He says that in some ways, loss of trust in institutions is the very definition of a financial crisis, including the most recent one which has been “hugely trust-busting”.

Even as the scars of this crisis heal, this trust deficit might not repair itself naturally. The trust deficit that those in money and finance face may be not cyclical, not temporary, but structural and permanent.

And if that’s true, then those of us within financial services, including central banks, will really have to go some to repair that deficit.

1.20pm BST

US non-farm payrolls for September are coming up at 1.30pm.

Economists polled by Reuters are predicting the number of jobs added last month fell sharply to 90,000, from 156,000 in August, largely as a result of hurricane disruption.

1.11pm BST

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced it is extending its investigations to other 2 Sisters poultry plants in England and Wales, as well as its scandal-hit West Bromwich chicken processing plant.

It follows a Guardian and ITV News investigation that revealed poor hygiene standards and food safety records being altered.

Related: UK's top supplier of supermarket chicken fiddles food safety dates

12.16pm BST

Over in Greece pensioners have been protesting outside the country’s highest administrative court against further cuts demanded by international creditors. It is the second such demonstration this week as anger mounts over the spectre of yet more cutbacks next year. Helena Smith reports.

12.03pm BST

Howard Archer, chief economic advisor to the EY Item forecasting group, has analysed the UK productivity figures and says Brexit negotiations could further hold back progress:

There is a risk that prolonged uncertainty may end up weighing down markedly on business investment and damage productivity. Prolonged difficult Brexit negotiations could increase this risk.

This could also be compounded if foreign companies markedly reduce their investment in the UK, diluting any beneficial spill-over of skills and knowledge.

Related: UK productivity fall leaves it well behind world's big economies

11.49am BST

Easyjet is the biggest faller in the FTSE 100 with shares down 2.7% this morning.

The low cost carrier is down despite flying a record 24.1m passengers in the three months to September. The airline also said in a trading update that it was on track to make annual profits of £405-£410m, at the higher end of its guidance but below last year’s £495m.

11.28am BST

A separate report from the ONS shows that the UK was less productive than the average among the G7 advanced economies in 2016.

Output per hour worked in the UK was 15.1% below the average in 2016, compared with 15.5% below in 2015.

11.11am BST

Britain was less productive between April and June compared with the previous quarter, with output per hour worked down 0.1%.

It was dragged down by the manufacturing sector, where productivity fell in the second quarter by 1.3% according to the Office for National Statistics. Meanwhile services sector productivity was up 0.2% over the period.

Poor productivity performance underpins the stagnation of real wages, and presents the government with a particular challenge since it appears likely that previous forecasts of earnings, and hence also of tax revenues, have been overoptimistic.

Commenting, on today’s productivity figures, ONS Head of Productivity Philip Wales said: https://t.co/gJg5IopFKT http://pic.twitter.com/zkhiDZ1j2i

10.33am BST

David Madden, analyst at CMC Markets, has this take on developments in Spain and the implications for markets:

The IBEX has been hit by profit taking as yesterday’s impressive bounce back was short lived. The decision by Madrid to suspend the Catalan parliament is a short-term solution to the problem, as the two sides are still locked in a stalemate.

The Spanish government is in the process of making it easier for companies headquartered in Catalonia to switch their head office to another part of Spain. While Madrid is keeping the pressure on Catalonia, it is likely that dealers will steer clear of the Spanish stock market.

10.11am BST

Spanish equities and government bonds are underperforming other European markets after Catalonia’s head of foreign affairs said the region’s parliament would meet on Monday.

It is in defiance of Madrid, after the the Spanish constitutional court suspended the Catalan parliament, threatening more tensions and instability.

9.42am BST

Jeremy Leaf, a north London estate agent and a former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:

Once again, the market has proved its resilience and confounded the doom mongers. Not that there is too much to get excited about with these figures which confirm what we have seen at the coalface recently - that prices are holding up reasonably well where vendors are realistic, partly in response to a continuing shortage of stock.

Sadly, we are not seeing the hoped-for autumn bounce but a steady market is more than welcome with so much uncertain economic news.

The sudden surge in Halifax’s measure of house prices—up 3% over the last three months alone—is impossible to reconcile with all the other housing market evidence.

Halifax’s measure is the most volatile of all the indices we track. Other surveys show that the pipeline of demand is soft; RICS has reported that new buyer enquiries have fallen in six of the last seven months. Real wages still have further to fall over the next six months and mortgage rates will rise soon in response to the increase in banks’ funding costs.

In the current cautious market, prices treading water is good – and stability plus gentle growth is very good.

But momentum remains patchy and what growth there is is wavering rather than sustained, and prices remain under intense pressure in several key regions.

9.23am BST

Halifax said UK house prices are partly being propped up by a shortage of homes on the market:

9.03am BST

Guardian Business has launched a daily email.

Besides the key news headlines that you’d expect, there’s an at-a-glance agenda of the day’s main events, insightful opinion pieces and a quality feature to sink your teeth into each day.

Related: Business Today: sign up for a morning shot of financial news

8.56am BST

Annual house prices rose by 4% in September according to the Halifax price index.

It was the strongest rate of growth since February, bucking the trend of other recent reports which have indicated a weakening market.

The annual rate of growth has picked up for the second consecutive month, rising from 2.6% in August to 4% in September. The average house price is now £225,109 – the highest on record.

UK house prices continue to be supported by an ongoing shortage of properties for sale and solid growth in full-time employment.

There has been recent speculation on the possibility of a rise in the Bank of England base rate. We do not anticipate this will have a significant effect on transaction volumes.

8.44am BST

Wall Street hit fresh record highs on Thursday, with risk appetite among investors boosted by signs of a robust US economy.

A backdrop of strong economic data, optimism for corporate earnings in the third quarter and the recently released plan for tax cuts are fuelling the latest surge.

It’s hard to see how Donald Trump’s plan to revamp the US economy can live up to the hyped-up expectations but repeatedly fresh record highs indicate confidence not caution.

8.33am BST

It’s pretty quiet in markets across Europe this morning, as markets await the main event at 1.30pm with the publication of the US non-farm payrolls report in September.

Markets are feeling a little more relaxed about developments in Spain, where politicians in Catalonia do no seem able to agree on the best way forward. For now at least, that is helping to ease investor fears.

8.15am BST

Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone crisis and business.

The pound is under renewed pressure this morning as uncertainty builds over Theresa May’s future as Prime Minister.

We did have a result that was not at all what anyone wanted, least of all what she wanted or anticipated, and... sometimes when things happen you have to take responsibility for them.

This is a view I have held for quite some time and quite a lot of colleagues feel the same way, including five former cabinet ministers.

Related: Tory ministers privately agree Theresa May should go, says Grant Schapps

The pound has had another poor week its third weekly decline in a row, as concerns about political instability as well as disappointing economic data have undermined sentiment.

seems likely that this discontent will once again amount to nothing more than hot air in the short term at least. The last thing the currency, the Conservative party and more importantly the country needs right now is the self-indulgence of another leadership battle.

Continue reading...

[atlanticcanada]

N.S. government agency gives $2.1-million rebate to Oxford Frozen Foods

HALIFAX - A prominent Nova Scotia frozen food company is in line to receive subsidies of over $2.1 million from the province's business agency.

Oxford Frozen Foods Limited, the world's largest supplier of frozen wild blueberries, is planning an $8.5-million capital investment to create an improved packaging line.

Nova Scotia Business Inc. says the company is eligible to earn a maximum rebate of $2,135,000 upon completion of its project.

Under the innovation rebate, a company's total project costs must be between $2 million and $15 million.

An approved rebate under the program is up to 25 per cent against eligible project costs.

In addition to wild blueberries, Oxford Frozen Foods also sells and manages the processing and packaging of carrots and battered products.

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Ecopainting is located in the North East part of Scarborough. We recently purchased our own commercial condo in an up and coming industrial part of the city. Being only a short drive north of the 401 on Morningside Avenue, our company premises have become a busy hub for our painters and crews. We paint throughout the GTA but it’s always convenient when the job sites are in close proximity.

Scarborough used to have a strong industrial presence when companies such as General Motors and GE among others, represented its manufacturing base. Due to the de-industrialization of the economy, the manufacturing sector experienced a net loss of 1,758 jobs between 2002 and 2012. In contrast, the retail and service sectors together experienced a growth of over 3,000 jobs.

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Being a commercial painting contractor in Scarborough has its advantages. Ecopainting regularly gets the opportunity to work with local clients who are either major employers in the area or established corporate citizens. Our professional Scarborough painters have painted:

Commercial and industrial plants such as G&K Services

Office Space and buildings

Food processing facilities

Health institutions like Bellwood Health Services

Outpatient health facilities for the Rouge Valley Health System

Retail establishments in the Scarborough Town Centre

Condominium and apartment buildings

Schools and educational facilities

Public Transit Stations, such as the Go Transit Stations

Commercial customers have specific expectations from a Painting contractor. Most importantly, they would like the least disruption to their production processes. Retailers like contractors to be considerate of their customers. In care facilities, the number one priority is the comfort of patients and residents.

Ecopainting has a working understanding of these distinct requirements and works closely with facility managers to make their projects as hassle-free as possible.

Two Commercial Painting Projects in Scarborough (one is retail and the other industrial)

Lululemon Store (Scarborough Town Centre). This was one of their busiest locations and being in a mall it stayed open late. To avoid interference with their retail operations, all painting was to take place after closing time. A big and experienced crew was assigned to work overnight. We did all prep work and repairs immediately so they could dry quickly. The specialty primers had one hour dry and recoat properties. The customer specified the colours and they were bright and vibrant. Bright colours often require the application of multiple coats to achieve 100% hiding of the previous colour. To reduce the number of needed coats, we decided to use high quality fast drying paints. Specifically the product line was Benjamin Moore’s Aura. Aura dries very fast and allows for possible recoating in one hour. This paint also happens to be one of the most durable in the market. It employees Benjamin Moore’s proprietary Colour Lock technology and allows for years of durability and colour retention.

The other problem we wanted to avoid was the offensive smell that most paints emit. The store opens every morning and freshly painted walls come with the expected paint smell. Not this time, Aura paint came to the rescue again. This revolutionary product has low VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) and uses waterbourne colourants. Despite the strong colours like orange and purple, the smell of paint in the morning was minimal. We painted at this facility twice within a year, and both times we completed the work in one night.

Durapaint Industries. This company is located in the north east, industrial part of Scarborough. Durapaint is a supplier of pre-coated metal parts and equipment for the building industry. They have a large 60,000 square feet modern facility.  Inside their premises they have an enormous spray facility. The painting “assembly line” is 35,000 square feet in size and utilizes some of the most modern ventilation technologies. When they were building it, they engaged the services of the Ecopainting crews to paint some of the structural parts. These were very tall metal structures and we used aerial lift equipment to reach them. This time we used coatings from Devoe’s industrial paints. Later, we went back to paint some of their metal exterior structures including their state of the art paint filtering system. 

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According to Statistics Canada 2011, Scarborough has a population of 625,698. That is larger than the city of Halifax, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, or the combined areas of Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo.

Ecopainting is experiencing growth throughout the GTA. As a Scarborough based company, we are here to help, please call 416 733-7767 to know more about our painting services.

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