A new food processing plant has begun activities in Saint-Hyacinthe. Fixi Kombucha, a young company specializing in making, canning and marketing fermented tea drinks, inaugurated its new facilities today, in the presence of several partners and local dignitaries. The company will be occupying a 1,000-square-foot space in a new industrial incubator on Choquette Boulevard, in […]

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole is pleased to announce the opening of a new private incubator for agri-food businesses on its territory. The project is an initiative of Maskoutan project proponent Jonathan Robin, who is completing the acquisition of a building to set up this infrastructure. The complex, which welcomed its first manufacturing activities a few weeks ago, […]

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole was thrilled to learn that Exceldor has chosen Saint-Hyacinthe as the site of its new slaughtering and primary processing plant, confirmed in an announcement the company made today. Exceldor selected the site Saint-Hyacinthe proposed on Pinard Avenue, in the Olivier-Chalifoux industrial park. The company’s exploratory process is ready to enter the next phase. […]

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole would like to recognize the beginning of the construction work on Entreprise Électrique M.J.L.’s new facilities. The company has decided to consolidate its expansion in Saint-Hyacinthe. The company broke ground on a 20,000-square foot building on Fernand-Daoust Street in the Olivier-Chalifoux industrial park. The building will house M.J.L.’s new offices, in addition to […]

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole confirmed today that Mareiwa Café Colombien inc. will be investing $1.2 M in a manufacturing plant in Saint-Hyacinthe. The company will be setting up its new production unit in a building in the Olivier-Chalifoux industrial park. The new facilities will give the young company the space it needs to increase its coffee bean […]

Saint-Hyacinthe’s City of Agri-Food, Veterinary and Agri-Environmental Biotechnology turned 15 this year! A celebratory evening was held, bringing together some 200 political and economic figures who were involved in the technological park’s foundation and its development over the years.  Despite being relatively young, the technological park, which specializes in the agri-food, veterinary and pharmaceutical sectors, […]

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole reported on business tourism activities in Saint-Hyacinthe for the first half of 2018. During the first six months of the year, the organisation compiled 31 conventions and events with 40 overnight stays or more compared to 6 for the same period in 2017. Regarding direct spending, compared to 2017 ($165,000), there was almost […]

G.H. Chemicals (GHC) Ltd., based in Saint-Hyacinthe’s Camille-Mercure industrial park, recently obtained a Certificate of Suitability (CEP) to market its pharmaceutical-grade zinc oxide in Europe. It is only the second company in the world—and the first in America—to obtain this important certification. Awarded by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM), this certification […]

Prevtec Microbia announces $600,000 investment to expand facilities in saint-hyacinthe’s science park. This is the fourth expansion project in Saint-Hyacinthe’s City of Biotechnology since early spring. The company, which specializes in developing and marketing alternatives to antibiotics to improve the health and production performance of food animals, will be expanding into an adjacent space in the […]