From main multinationals to house companies, there are various firms in Jap Ontario making shocking stuff — from big manufacturing crops creating thousands and thousands of tires per yr, to smaller groups turning wooden into world-class doorways. Listed here are 25 examples of unusual stuff made within the area.
Fluid provider
Intermediate bulk carriers like these are manufactured and reconditioned at Belleville’s Schütz. Photograph offered.
Ever surprise how fluids, pastes and comparable gadgets are transported with out spilling? May you think about how troublesome a cleanup could be if a liquid container burst whereas in transit? Belleville’s Schütz manufactures and reconditions what are known as intermediate bulk carriers — a form of giant plastic container positioned inside a steel cage that’s simple to ship, defend and reuse.
Tons of tires
Goodyear manufactures a few of its tires out of its Napanee manufacturing plant. Photograph offered.
Napanee is house to a Goodyear tire manufacturing plant, which just lately introduced an enlargement. As soon as development is full, the greater than 1.2-million-square-foot facility will produce tire options for electrical automobiles along with the thousands and thousands of tires the plant already produces annually.
Steady fruit stuff
Ever have a look at your cereal bowl and surprise the place the totally different grains, dried fruits or seeds got here from? Or take pleasure in a fruit-flavoured ice cream and take into consideration how the flavour was added? From its Kingston location, Frulact makes “stabilized preparations” which are added to dairy merchandise, baked items, ice cream, desserts and extra.
Canadian milk in system
Niuriss’s Canadian department is in Kingston, Ont. Photograph offered.
Earlier this yr, Canada Royal Milk acquired approval to start producing child and toddler system from Canadian milk. Anticipate to see the model title Niuriss showing on retailer cabinets quickly. Final yr, the Chinese language-owned firm, which has a Canadian arm in Kingston, additionally launched Capriss, a goat milk powder for milk lovers of all ages.
Hockey odor hacks
Hockey mother Emily Prout makes beeswax to extend the lifetime of hockey tools in Gananoque, Ont. Photograph offered.
Whereas the sights and sounds of hockey could also be entertaining, the smells often aren’t. Hockey mother Emily Prout resolved to do one thing about it with a line of candles and sprays only for hockey mothers. Her Bullseye Hockey firm additionally makes some top-shelf beeswax designed to extend the lifetime of hockey sticks and goalie pads. It’s all handmade in Gananoque.
Electrical race vehicles
Scalar Efficiency has been engaged on all-electric race vehicles in Belleville. Photograph offered.
With electrical vehicles turning into extra frequent on the streets, it’s not shocking to see them becoming a member of the racetrack. And the pit crews making it occur are primarily based in Belleville. Scalar Efficiency has been engaged on the SCR1, a mission to transform a combustion engine automobile to the primary all-electric touring race automobile, for a few years now. Its engineers are additionally making use of what they’ve realized to different car sorts, as much as and together with heavy-duty mining vans.
There’s oil in these components
Shell’s Brockville plant is chargeable for 130 litres yearly of Pennzoil and Quaker State. Photograph offered.
Subsequent time your automobile is in for an oil change, there’s an opportunity that oil was made in Brockville. Shell’s Brockville plant produces 130 million litres a yr of merchandise equivalent to Pennzoil and Quaker State. The oil additionally ships throughout the nation and to Canada and the U.S.
Soup’s on
Regionally made soups by Perth Soup Firm. Photograph offered.
On a colder fall or winter day, what can beat a bowl of butternut squash soup or chili? If these aren’t to your style, attempt one among Perth Soup Firm’s different flavours of soup, frozen entrees or dry mixes — all made in Perth utilizing solely Ontario-raised rooster, domestically raised floor beef and AAA Alberta stewing beef, with seasonal Ontario greens for optimum freshness.
Conboy maple syrup
Sharbot Lake’s Conboy household has been making these candy treats for greater than 45 years. Photograph offered.
For greater than 45 years, the Conboy household has been making maple syrup, sugar, jelly and butter in Sharbot Lake. In actual fact, the farm has been within the household for greater than 145 years. The syrup is bought in and round Sharbot Lake, however its repute goes far past Jap Ontario. Comic Tom Inexperienced declared it “the freshest, best Canadian maple syrup” when he gave a jug to Joe Rogan throughout a current podcast taping.
Chocolate redux
Right here’s a candy deal with to look ahead to sooner or later: Hershey is anticipated to renew manufacturing of its chocolate in Smiths Falls. The American confectionery big operated a plant in Smiths Falls from 1961 till round 2009 after which re-acquired it in 2023. Hopefully, we’ll quickly see Hershey bars, Reese’s, and Equipment Kats rolling off the manufacturing line within the city once more.
Smart scents
Hawkesbury’s Inexperienced Beaver makes private care merchandise equivalent to toothpaste and deodorant. Photograph offered.
Inexperienced Beaver’s line of non-public care merchandise is vegan, biodegradable, GMO-free, licensed natural and made in Jap Ontario in what it calls “the beaver dam.” The Hawkesbury firm was based by former biochemists and microbiologists to assist folks entry a pure and more healthy way of life. The merchandise will not be simply sustainable, they’re additionally out there in enjoyable flavours and smells. Inexperienced Beaver toothpaste, for instance, is available in mint, orange, cinnamon and star anise, whereas its deodorant choices embody citrus, lavender and wild rose.
Giving outdated tires new life
When tires put on out, they’re usually transformed into merchandise equivalent to rubber mulch, rooftops or flooring. Ecolomondo is growing a greater approach to reuse outdated tires. Its Hawkesbury facility can course of 14,000 tons of tire waste per yr and produce 5,300 tons of recovered carbon black, 42,700 barrels of oil, 1,800 tons of metal, 1,600 tons of course of fuel, and 850 tons of fibre.
Faucet know-how
Newterra treats industrial wastewater from its Brockville plant. Photograph offered.
There’s a number of know-how that goes into delivering water to your faucet at house every day, to not point out protecting it clear and secure to drink. From its plant in Brockville, Newterra makes the tools that helps deal with industrial wastewater in locations equivalent to new house developments, golf programs, resorts and mines — locations that may’t all the time hook up with municipal water therapy crops.
Half safety
As vehicles are being assembled, the assorted components and items should be protected against injury. Cornwall’s Laminacorr makes corrugated plastic sheets, which right now are probably the most generally used safety for packaging automotive components, largely as a consequence of improvements the corporate pioneered. These similar plastic sheets can be utilized in signage such as you would possibly see throughout an election or at an actual property itemizing.
Fixing a puzzle
TheOccurrence is a Merrickville manufacturing firm that makes jigsaw puzzles. Photograph offered.
Why was it that Canada didn’t have a puzzle producer? It’s a puzzling query that Michael J. Bainbridge and Brigitte Gall didn’t reply per se, however they did handle it by creating one. Utilizing images amassed by Bainbridge in his decade-long profession as an award-winning mineral photographer, they launched TheOccurrence, a “100 per cent owned, operated and unreasonably proudly Canadian jigsaw puzzle manufacturing company” positioned in rural Merrickville. Self-professed science nerds and artwork geeks, they design, print, reduce and field their puzzles at their location.
Non-stinky bug spray
1890 makes their “Happy Glamper” and “Go To Sleep Babe French Lavender and Chamomile” lotions and bug sprays in Merrickville. Photograph offered.
Whether or not you wish to relaxation nicely or maintain your self secure in your subsequent outside journey, 1890.ca has you lined — from tub bombs and physique lotions to an all-natural bug and tick spray. “Happy Glamper” is comprised of a novel mix of pure components that the 1890 group says are confirmed to be efficient in opposition to frequent bugs. And as you agree into your tent, ensure that to use the “Go To Sleep Babe French Lavender and Chamomile” magnesium physique lotion from the Merrickville firm.
“Crazy” kombucha
Canada’s solely fair-trade kombucha is made in Balderson, northwest of Perth. Photograph offered.
Canada’s solely fair-trade kombucha occurs to be made in Balderson, northwest of Perth. Whereas it was initially his firm’s explosive progress that led Loon Kombucha Inc. founder Gabe Johnston to maneuver from simply south of Perth as much as Balderson, it seems the high-quality, alkaline and totally mineralized nicely water in Balderson have been the key components to set Loon aside. Loon now ships its seven flavours throughout Canada.
Fauxmagerie Zengarry
This vegan cheese firm operates out of Alexandria. Photograph offered.
They name it “the creme de la creme of plant-based cheese” and it’s by no means tacky to say they’ve a rising slice of the market. Fauxmagerie manufactures a cashew nut-based cheese that’s made proper in Alexandria and shipped out to 9 Canadian provinces and one territory. Its creamy Swiss vegan cheese even received Finest Swiss-Fashion Cheese in 2022 and 2023 on the Vegan Cheese Awards.
Coutts Espresso Roastery and Cafe
Coutts Espresso Roastery will quickly rejoice 25 years serving — what else? — espresso! It ships in honest commerce, natural beans straight from small farmers throughout Africa and South America. The Coutts group roasts the beans in-house in small batches, utilizing a conventional methodology to attain the last word improvement of every espresso’s distinctive traits. It affords 20 distinctive blends together with Sherriff’s Brew, named for the 180-year-old constructing it calls house.
A world of wooden
Forestry and logging dates again to the founding of Pembroke some 200 years in the past and corporations equivalent to Roseburg keep it up that custom right now. It produces lumber, hardwood, engineered wooden, plywood, wooden chips and medium-density fibreboard (MDF) — the latter being what firms equivalent to Ikea use for some cupboards and furnishings. Roseburg’s MDF is even utilized by firms equivalent to Holt Hill Audio for its custom-built audio system and displays.
Stroke saver
This little dice might prevent from a second stroke, and it’s made proper right here in Ottawa. Photograph offered.
When you have a stroke, you’re in danger for a second one inside every week. There are methods to forestall a second stroke, however medical doctors want fast data to forestall and deal with blood clots that would result in further strokes. Genomadix’s Dice is a rapid-test machine offering 99 per cent correct outcomes inside an hour — far faster than present strategies. The Ottawa firm may also take a look at for a gene that may assist predict Alzheimer’s Illness and dangerous micro organism equivalent to legionella.
A woodworker’s dream airplane
Made in Ottawa, Veritas Instruments launched a instrument to assist make exact cuts. Photograph offered.
With the ability to exactly trim lengths of wooden is a crucial a part of any woodworking or craft mission. Veritas Instruments, a division of Lee Valley, just lately launched a taking pictures airplane, a instrument that makes the job simple and constant. It’s one of many many dozen instruments provided by Veritas. The instruments are processed from uncooked casting to completed product on the firm’s Ottawa headquarters.
Excessive-performance laptops
This high-performance laptop computer by Eurocom is made in Ottawa. Photograph offered.
Eurocom was the primary firm to introduce upgradeable graphics processing items (GPUs) and central processing items (CPUs) into laptops greater than 30 years in the past. Now marking 35 years in enterprise, it continues to supply high-performance and customizable laptops. Simply final yr, it launched the Raptor X17, described because the “world’s most powerful Mobile Supercomputer.” What’s a cell supercomputer? Primarily, Ottawa’s Eurocom makes it simpler for its clients to improve a laptop computer’s efficiency with out having to purchase an entire new system.
Magnificent millwork
Wooden-n’t you like to spend your day crafting lovely wooden items for somebody’s house? The group at T.L. Stewart has been doing that for 30 years. It makes butcher block counter tops, staircases, cupboards, furnishings, wooden siding and flooring, doorways and {custom} mouldings in as much as 500 kinds. For the previous 20 years, it has additionally made specialty reducing boards bought within the Arnprior space.
Bard Balloons
Ottawa’s Bard Balloons have introduced the brand new wave of sizzling air balloons to the town. Photograph offered.
Sizzling air balloons have had the identical fundamental form because the Fifties. Bard Balloons is a part of a brand new wave of sizzling air balloon-makers creating extra unique designs and shapes, equivalent to Meteo, which contains a three-dimensional solar, cloud and rainbow; Alien Rocket, which is formed like a spacecraft; and My Deerling, a reindeer with ears and antlers. For extra daring flyers, it has even made balloons with glass flooring baskets.
