MAKE IT IN MIDDLESEX FERTILE GROUND FOR BUSINESS www.investinmiddlesex.ca Take skilled workers and a growing population in a strategic location with shovel ready sites, easy transportation links and low business costs. Add advanced technology, global business leaders and world class education and research facilities. Together they make Middlesex County fertile ground for business. M iddlesex S uccess S tories Armatec Survivability This key player in the regional defense cluster built a 300,000 sq. ft. building in Thames Centre citing the low business costs and municipal support. www.armateconline.com M iddlesex S uccess S tories A r m o To o l Armo Tool is a third generation business building machines for Tier One automotive parts producers in Canada, the US, Europe, China and Brazil. www.armotool.com Bonduelle A global leader in the frozen vegetable industry, Bonduelle’s North American headquarters is in Middlesex County. www.bonduelle.ca/EN/ M iddlesex S uccess S tories Cooper Standard A Tier One automotive supplier, Cooper Standard now produces electronic throttle bodies in addition to brake and fuel lines at the Glencoe plant. www.cooperstandard.com Diagnostics Biochem Canada This innovative company produces diagnostic kits for research and hospital labs world-wide. www.dbc-labs.com M iddlesex S uccess S tories jpw systems This family owned business provides designs for barrier-free doors and access control systems for large business and institutional clients such as municipalities and school boards. www.jpwsystems.ca Pickard Construction A specialist in communications infrastructure installation and maintenance, Pickard Construction serves southwestern Ontario from Lucan Biddulph. www.pickardconstruction.com G R O W I N G P O P U L AT I O N POPULATION 75,618 LABOUR FORCE 39,028 Statistics Canada 2011 LABOUR FORCE BY INDUSTRY 1% Utilities 1% Real Estate And Rental & Leasing 4% Finance & Insurance 4% Professional, Scientific & Technical 5% Wholesale Trade 5% Accomodation & Food Services 5% Public Administration 5% Transportation & Warehousing 6% All Other Services 7% Educational Services 9% Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 10% Construction 11% Retail Trade 13% Manufacturing 14% Health Care & Social Services Manifold Data Mining, Superdemographics 2013 E D U C AT E D W O R K F O R C E UNIVERSITY 15.80% COLLEGE 23.30% TRADES/APPRENTICE 9.30% HIGH SCHOOL 30.40% Statistics Canada 2011 Major Employers Number of Employees 500 Meridian Magnesium Products Division 400 Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital 350 Vari-Form 340 Armatec Survivability Corporation 285 KML Andersen 200 Cooper Standard Automotive 190 Cuddy Farms Corporation 140 Autotube Limited 125 LH Gray Limited TRS Components Limited 100 100 ArmoTool 110 Bonduelle North America Defence Auto Health Care Agri-business Food Processing Manufacturing Middlesex County 2014 CANADA Lake Huron Guelph Stratford U.S.A Port Huron 402 Sarnia 69 QEW Lake Ontario 401 Kitchener Woodstock 403 MIDDLESEX COUNTY Toronto QEW Brantford Hamilton 406 London Niagara Falls Buffalo QEW 19 3 St. Thomas 94 75 Detroit Lake St. Clair U.S.A Windsor 401 75 Lake Erie 0 90 50 Kilometers Aileen Murray Ec.D.(F), Economic Development Manager Middlesex County, 399 Ridout Street North, London, ON N6A 2P1 519-434-7321 x 2347 amurray@investinmiddlesex.ca Look for us on: www.twitter.com/investmiddlesex www.facebook.com/investinmiddlesex www.linkedin.com/company/invest-in-middlesex www.youtube.com/user/InvestInMiddlesex +investinmiddlesexCA www.investinmiddlesex.ca