WINNIPEG (Staff) – Although the “Canada Inc.” alliance is new, the companies involved are hardly neophytes at working in China.
Agri-Tec Canada, which is coordinating the effort, has done considerable work in China. It is an export marketing consortium of 18 companies from Western Canada. Other members in the new alliance also have experience in China.
“We’re not new at it,” said Don Neufeld, a director with Agri-Tec. “Basically, it’s an extension of what we’ve been doing.”
The consortium can usually handle projects worth up to $40 million.
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Bigger projects, more power
“But when you get into a $300 million project, we need more power than we have,” he said, referring to grain handling terminals under bid.
Neufeld said they found “partners to put forth a credible presentation” to China.
They include: Dessau Engineering, Monenco Agra Ltd., The Foundation Co. Inc. and Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.
Companies involved in Agri-Tec are: Alta Genetics, Arrowhead Consulting, Brett-Young Seeds, Can Oat Milling Products, Central Canadian Structures, CMC Engineering and Management, Community Electric, Daycon Mechanical Systems, Feed-Rite, Finora, Forever Industries/Emerson, South Agronomics, Manitoba Pool Elevators, Nord-Sen Metal Industries, OPI Systems, Roberts, Sloane & Associates, Sullivan Strong Scott, Superior Weighing Systems and Western Scale Co.
