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Sarnia-Lambton and CleantechMarch, 2010
Sarnia-Lambton and CleantechMarch, 2010
Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership
Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Located on the Ontario-Michigan border, at the southern tip of Lake Huron.
Sarnia-Lambton is comprised of eleven municipalities, which make up the County of Lambton. The largest and most well known municipality is the City of Sarnia.
County population 129,000
Labour force 62,000 Labour force within 60 mile
radius, 315,700 Estimated unemployment
rate 9%
Michigan
USA
Sarnia-Lambton’s municipalities
Sarnia-Lambton is located at the major commercial border crossing of Sarnia/Point Edward Ontario & Port Huron Michigan.
Dedicated car and truck lanes for Free and Secure Trade (F.A.S.T.) and Nexus programs.
Sarnia-Lambton’s location provides effective truck transportation to key North American markets.
Transportation - highway
Photo – Trucks entering Canada at Point Edward, Sarnia-Lambton
CN rail tunnel at Sarnia links Ontario and Michigan, and accommodates double-stacked rail cars.
Sarnia-Lambton is located on the Great Lakes. Opportunities exist for industries requiring water transportation.
Transportation – water and rail
Photo – service vehicle enters CN rail tunnel, Sarnia
Photo – ship at Sydney Smith Dock, Sarnia
Transportation – wind industry
Map Source - CN
Sarnia-Lambton’s strategic direction
Agriculture
Bio-economy
Refining and Chemicals
Develop External Energy Markets
Cleantech
Automotive
Labour Force Development
Benefit From A Manufacturing and Technically Oriented Industrial Base
Sarnia-Lambton – industrial infrastructure by sector
# of firms
Employment
All Manufacturing 189 8,253
Construction 356 2,490
Professional, Scientific & Technical Services 285 2,864
Wholesalers 190 1,609
Transportation & Warehousing 144 1,885
Administrative Support 107 2,397
Utilities 22 841
Repair & Maintenance 159 595
Waste Management 29 346
Information Services 50 501
All Sectors 1,531 21,781
Source – Sarnia-Lambton Business Directory 2008
Sarnia-Lambton - building on regional strengths
Automotive and manufacturing The leading automotive producing region in North
America with access to major markets Manufacturers such as Magna and Woodbridge exploring
bio-based parts
Chemicals, materials, energy $6 billion in traditional chemical shipments from Sarnia
alone, plus Canada’s largest ethanol plant, with potential for much more
Pipelines from Western/Eastern Canada, USA
Agriculture, forestry, other resources Strength in soybeans, corn, wheat, etc. Diversified resources, potential energy crops
Significant research & development Over 20 universities – one of the world’s strongest clusters of education and
research Significant innovation and expertise in biofuels, bioproducts, agri-food technologies
Strong regional approach
Sustainable Chemistry Alliance
Regional Wind Supply Chain Partnership Initiative – London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Chatham-Kent
Bluewater Sustainability Initiative
Sarnia-Lambton Environmental Association
Southwestern Ontario Bioproducts Innovation Network
Ontario Bioauto Council
Forestry Sector
Sarnia-Lambton’s petrochemical & refining sectorLargest cluster of refineries and petrochemical plants in Canada, including:
Air Products BP Canada Cabot Canada INVISTA Imperial Oil LANXESS Nova Chemicals Praxair Shell Canada Suncor Energy Terra Nitrogen
Photo – Esso (Imperial Oil), Sarnia
Sarnia-Lambton manufacturing
Doyle Boston SailmakersPoint Edward, ONSpecializing in racing and cruising sails
Waterville TG Inc.Petrolia, OntarioManufacturer of automotive weather-strips & carpet under-cushion in rubber
LANXESS Inc.Sarnia, ONManufacturer of synthetic rubber
Suncor Energy Products Inc.Sarnia, ONProduction of fuel-related products: gasoline, kerosene, jet and diesel fuels
Sarnia-Lambton manufacturing continued
NOVA Chemicals (Canada) Ltd.Corunna, ONProduction of ethylene, co-products and polyethylene
Ershigs, Inc.Sarnia, ONDesign, manufacture, fabrication, and installation of Fibreglass Reinforced Products (Photo – Ershigs)
Lamperd Less LethalSarnia, ONManufactures specialized civil defense related equipment (Photo – Lamperd Less Lethal)
Sarnia-Lambton’s Cleantech Manufacturing Infrastructure
Over 50 machining and fabrication firms
Over 30 engineering, process control and technical services firms
Large craning and transportation moving equipment – Sterling, Cooper
Access to large lay down areas
Rail car repair services
Sarnia-Lambton’s cleantech manufacturing infrastructure continued
New wet lab and bioprocessing facilities
Scale up experience, competence, and facilities from bench level to commercial plant
Hydrogen and other gaseous pipelines and associated infrastructure
Blue Water Power – Highly progressive local utility
Strong community support for new development
Sarnia-Lambton’s growing energy infrastructure
Lambton Generating Station TransAlta Energy Corporation Greenfield Energy St. Clair Energy Centre Dawn Township natural gas storage complex Enbridge / First Solar – Solar Farm Wind - Sky Generation, Forest Co-op, IPC,
Suncor Pipeline Infrastructure
Agriculture in Sarnia-Lambton – a key economic sector
Annual farm revenues of $370 million
Second largest economic sector
Traditional focus – commodity crops (soy beans, corn and wheat) and livestock
Largest Ontario region for soy bean production
Proactive effort to investigate opportunities adding value to the sector
Over 500,000 acres of cultivated land
Leading Ontario producer of soybean, wheat and corn
One-day drive to 1.6 billion bushels of corn and 621 million bushels of soybean
Suncor’s ethanol facility, the largest in Canada, uses locally-grown corn
Agriculture in Sarnia-Lambton – a key economic sector continued
Photo – Plympton-Wyoming, Sarnia-Lambton
Canada’s Bioindustrial Innovation Centre
Fifty million dollar project located at the University of Western Ontario Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton Campus
Photo – Artist’s concept – Canada’s Bioindustrial Innovation Centre, The Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton Campus
Multi-million dollar development
Managed by the UWO – one of Canada’s top ten R&D universities
Development complementary to the Sarnia Research & Business Park
Focus on commercialization of alternative energy and bio processes
Very cost effective option for research and development
The Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton
Virtually free Virtual Offices
Development complementary to the Sarnia Research & Business Park
Sarnia-Lambton’s available labour force
Population 129,000
Labour force 62,000
Within 60 mile radius, 315,700
Estimated unemployment rate 9%
Low employee turnover and abstention
Construction safety record 25 times better than Ontario average
Sarnia Lambton will provide recruitment assistance Preliminary labour pool assessment Locations for job fair
High quality of life = high productivity of workforce
Less lateness and absenteeism
Easy commuting distances and times
Less severe weather (Lake Huron effect)
Less stress because of more affordable housing choices and recreational amenities
Smaller schools without big city problems
Little CAW presence and good labour / management relations across the County
Regional Educational Facilities
Ontario, Canada: Lambton College University of Western
Ontario Fanshawe College Ridgetown College
(branch campus University of Guelph)
University of Windsor University of Waterloo
Michigan, USA Baker College St. Clair College Wayne State University
Sarnia-Lambton’s focus on Cleantech education and research
Lambton College – Alternative Energy Technology and Process Technology Programs
University of Western Ontario – Programs in chemical and biochemical engineering, and sustainable energy technology, power engineering, materials science
Competitive corporate taxes on manufacturing
39.0%38.8%38.6%38.1%38.1%37.7%37.4%37.2%37.1%36.8%36.3%35.9%
33.9%31.0%
28.0%25.0%
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
California
Vermont
Ohio
Gret Lakes
Illinois
U.S. Weighted AvgeNew York
Georgia
Florida
Michigan
Texas
Ontario (2009)
Ontario (2010)
Ontario (in 2012)
2009 Combined Federal and State/Provincial
Source - Ontario Ministry of Finance
Decreasing corporate income tax rates
Rates on manufacturing 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Federal 19.5 19.0 18.0 16.5 15.0 15.0
Ontario 12.0 12.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
CombinedFederal/Provincial
31.5 31.0 28.0 26.5 25.0 25.0
Source - 2009 Ontario budget and Ontario Ministry of Finance
Ontario’s R and D Cost Advantage
Cost Advantage (%)
After-Tax Cost of $100 Expenditure
Sources - Ontario Ministry of Finance and Canada Revenue Agency, 2009
Sources - KPMG and Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Dec. 2008
Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers(public, private
or foreign-owned)
R&D expenditure
(general)
R&D expenditure(at eligible
Ontario Research Institutes)
Gross expenditure
$ 100.00 $ 100.00
Actual after-tax expenditure
$ 47.44 $ 36.90
16.1
17.0
18.8
39.0
7.6
1.1
0.0
9.8
9.2
-9.8
-30.1Japan
Germany
US
I taly
Netherlands
France
UK
Ontario
Canada
Australia
Mexico
Ontario has a 16.1%
cost
advantage relative to USA
Ontario’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Package
Beginning July 1, 2010, Ontario will help businesses become more competitive by reducing business taxes, such as:
Cutting the Corporate Income Tax (CIT) rate for small businesses by 18%
Cutting the general CIT rate by 14.3%, with a further by 16.7% reduction in over the next three years
Cutting the Ontario manufacturing and processing rate by 16.7% (which includes businesses like farming, fishing, mining, and logging)
Exempting more small and medium-sized business from the Corporate Minimum Tax and cutting the rate for large businesses by 32.5%
Eliminating the small business surtax (Ontario will be the only jurisdiction in Canada to end this barrier to growing small businesses)
Source - 2009 Ontario Budget
Sarnia-Lambton’s unique training opportunities
Industrial Training – Sarnia-Lambton Industrial Education Co-operative trains people in all work environments to implement and sustain Best Practices performance improvement processes. Twenty-three Sarnia-Lambton member industrial companies
Environment – Sarnia-Lambton Environmental Association – through collective commitment to ongoing environmental improvements positive and measured results are being realized locally. Twenty Sarnia-Lambton member industrial companies
Affordable serviced industrial land Some of Sarnia-Lambton’s business and industrial parks…
LANXESS Bio-Industrial Park, City of Sarnia
Access power, infrastructure, marine terminal, and business services in an established industrial area
TransAlta Energy Park, City of Sarnia
Access energy and steam at TransAlta Energy Park – under construction on former Dow Canada site
Sarnia-Lambton – private industrial land inventory
Example – Anderson-Robbins site 291 acres (118 hectares) regular
rectangular
Immediately accessible to Highway 40 – 8 miles (12.9 km.) to Highway 402
Main CN rail runs along western site boundary
Stable clay-based soil
Zoned General Industrial (M2.1). Present use agricultural
USA
HWY 402
Expeditious construction costs & building process in Sarnia-Lambton
95% of cases have no development charges
Minimal fees and charges
Expeditious development approval process –
several weeks for planning & permitting
process, assuming zoning is in place
Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Incentives
Next Generation of Jobs Fund Can$ 1.15 billion fund - 15% grant Qualification criteria
Can$ 25 million capex and / or 100 jobs within 5 years
Advanced Manufacturing Investment Strategy (AMIS) Can$ 500 million fund 30% of capex, interest-free loan for 5 years Qualification criteria:
Can$ 10 million capex and / or 50 jobs within 5 years. Undertake investment in one of the priority investment
target areas
Canada’s federal incentives
Canadian federal incentives Scientific Research and Experimental Development
(SR&ED) – R&D tax credit Best in the world
IRAP – Industrial Research Assistance Assist in Hiring Technical Staff
Canadian financing partners Canadian banks are now the strongest in the world They are interested in investing in renewable energy We can make appropriate introductions
Desirable locations and competitive housing costsSarnia housing prices are very affordable
Houses, condos, and apartments are available on the St. Clair River and Lake Huron waterfronts
Sarnia-Lambton’s picturesque rural areas provide room for hobby farms as well as large agricultural operations
Sample City of Sarnia housing prices: Detached bungalow – $149,900 Executive detached two storey – $280,000 Standard two storey – $139,000 Standard townhouse – $123,000 Senior executive - $413,000 Standard condominium apartment - $179,000 Luxury condominium apartment - $350,000
Source – Survey of Canadian House Prices, second quarter, 2009, Royal LePage
Photo – waterfront condominiums, Village of Point Edward
Sarnia-Lambton’s modern health care facilities
Hospital development and expansion, including new seven-storey tower
Community-based health care accessible throughout Sarnia-Lambton
State-of-the-art recreation facilities
Sarnia-Lambton’s municipalities value and invest in sports and recreation
New facilities throughout the area provide activities for all ages
Third Party Endorsements
North American "Micro-City of the FutureTop five best foreign direct investment strategy – City of Sarnia"fDi magazine", 2009 / 2010
Most Livable City in OntarioCity of SarniaPembina Institute, August, 2007
North American "Micro-City of the Future“3rd - City of Sarnia"fDi magazine", April/May, 2007
Top Ten Canadian Economic Development GroupsSarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership"Site Selection" Magazine, September 2008
Top Ten Canadian Economic Development GroupsSarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership"Site Selection" Magazine, September, 2007
The Sarnia-Lambton Approach
We take a business approach to development
We take an innovative approach to many issues, such as temporary head office space
We are in for the long-term relationship
We welcome you to our community
Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership265 Front Street North, Suite 107Sarnia ON Canada N7T 7X1519-332-1820 Toll free NA [email protected]