MANUFACTURING BC’s FUTURE

MANUFACTURING CAN LEAD BC’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY

The COVID-19 crisis has had a worldwide economic impact. It has also emphasized the importance of a strong manufacturing sector. Manufacturing has not only been a crucial part of our response to the crisis but it also represents the strongest platform on which to build our economic recovery.

CME’s Manufacturing Our Future report provides a blueprint for this recovery.

Coming out of this election a new government has a unique opportunity to create policy that will enable our manufacturing sector to thrive in a modern changing world.

Manufacturing makes our communities

Find out how the BC Manufacturing sector makes our communities flourish.

Manufacturing Grows Our Economy

Learn more about the impact manufacturing has on the BC economy and how we drive our recovery.

Innovation for Tomorrow, Today

Manufacturing is not old-fashioned. Advanced jobs, emerging technology and a green economy are all exciting things we are achieving as a sector.

More High Skilled Jobs at Home

See how the manufacturing sector can create the next generation of high skilled jobs in BC.

MANUFACTURERS SPOTLIGHTS

Learn more about how manufacturers are contributing to the prosperity of communities in BC.

SEI Industries

Location: Delta, BC
Several industries rely on critical, time sensitive products manufactured and exported by SEI’s 48,000 sq. ft manufacturing facility, including wildfire management, military, aviation, oil and gas, mining, remote construction and environmental spill and disaster response.

STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES

Location: Vancouver, BC
Find out how STEMCELL manufactures tissue culture media for growing a wide variety of human cells and organoids used for drug discovery, as well as for understanding the regulation of cell growth and how this goes wrong in cancer.

YETI REFRIGERATION

Location: Prince George, BC
Find out how Yeti and their team of technicians take pride in providing modern solutions across the interior of BC that support local athletes and multinational food producers alike.

VMAC

Location: Nanaimo, BC
VMAC’s story begins humbly, when two mechanical engineers, Jim Hogan and Tony Menard, began building jet engines for the Canadian Department of National Defense in 1986.

BI Pure Water

Location: Surrey, BC
BI Pure Water has been building water and waste treatment systems for twenty five years, providing quality engineered solutions for municipalities, First Nations communities, industry, mining and remote work sites.

FREEPORT INDUSTRIES

Location: Westbank, BC
For over 20 years, Freeport has designed and built high-quality custom homes and commercial, industrial , and institutional structures in the Okanagan, West Kelowna, and Lower Mainland of BC as well as Alberta and Yukon.

TYCROP

Location: Chilliwack, BC
TYCROP Trailers is the premier manufacturer of bulk haul fleet solutions in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest to organizations that are looking for profitable solutions and long-term Customer Care relationships.

WHAT CANADIANS THINK OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR