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Plaintree among companies making contacts at Centrallia EMC business - Ten representatives of area manufacturers, including Plaintree of Arnprior,and a delegation from the County of Renfrew, took part in a unique business networking and match-making trade show in Winnipeg this fall. Centrallia 2012 featured a sophisticated program that enabled participating businesses, prior to arrival at the show, to each arrange 14 one-on-one meetings with prospective customers or business allies. It provided local businesses with pre-qualified leads in the target business sectors in which they were most interested, and optimized their investment of time and money. This is a significant value to owners and operators of small-and medium-sized businesses with limited time and financial resources, noted organizers of the event. Among those taking part were County Warden Bob Sweet and economic development manager Alastair Baird, as well as representatives from the Pembroke and Area Airport Commission, Over the course of two days and three evenings, the participants met with other business people from Canada and 31 other countries representing mining, automotive, aerospace, airport services, motor coach and public transit, agri-business, environmental, energy, forestry, shipping and logistics, metal casting and machining, injection molding, heavy equip-
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ment, hospitality, construction, and international trade. Sean Watson of Spotton Corporation, also representing the Plaintree Group of Companies from Arnprior (Triodetic, Arnprior Fire Truck, Plaintree Systems, Hypernetics), found that “Centrallia allowed us to connect with important customers from the Canadian mining sector and many potential international customers.” “I expect to receive four or five Request for Quotations (RFQ) from people I have met here,” said Rob Pearson of ETM Industries in Renfrew. “That is an incredible result from just a few days of meetings. We also created many other new relationships, which may yield results in the next year or so.” Sweet and Baird accompanied the 10 local business representatives in partnership with Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation (RCCFDC). They managed a booth in the trade show with RCCFDC, where they promoted the County of Renfrew and represented all the manufacturers and industrial service companies from the County. The county team also arranged pre-qualified appointments with companies with potential investment interests in the county and with representatives of R&D organizations from Manitoba working with agricultural and forestry biomaterials and food products.
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Some of the Centrallia 2012 team members from the County of Renfrew in the new Winnipeg Airport. They were viewing the extensive and impressive windows manufactured by Ottawa Valley Glass of Renfrew. From left are Alain Thivierge of RDEE, Bob Pearson of ETM Industries, Bob Sweet in his capacity then as Renfrew County Warden Bob Sweet, County economic development services manager Alastair Baird, Diane McKinnon of Community Futures, Andreas Vornweg of Bonnechere Valley Windows, Sean Watson of Arnprior’s Spotton Corporation and David Wybou of Community Futures.
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