As part of its plan to protect Ontario, the government is investing more than $3.3 million in Ontario Truss & Wall to expand its production of made-in-Ontario wood building materials and help meet growing demand in the province’s construction sector.
The investment will create 13 new good-paying jobs, retain 50 existing positions and support an additional 100 jobs throughout the region.
“Ontario’s forest sector businesses have manufactured high-quality construction materials for generations, establishing our province as a forest product leader in the G7,” said Kevin Holland, Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products. “Under our forest sector roadmap, our government is accelerating sector productivity to help build homes and businesses faster and more affordably with Ontario wood.”
The government’s investment, which is made through the Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program, will equip Ontario Truss & Wall with automated equipment and an added 20,000 square feet of facility space, boosting the company’s production of wood construction materials by nearly 70 per cent.
The upgrades will empower Ontario Truss & Wall to broaden its market reach, expand wood-based building capacity in the region and strengthen forestry supply chains by increasing demand for harvesting, hauling and transportation.
The investment will provide Ontario Truss & Wall with advanced manufacturing technology to increase production, reduce costs and deliver higher-quality wood building materials, helping meet growing demand while strengthening the competitive advantage of made-in-Ontario forest products.
Guided by the Roadmap to Protecting Ontario’s Forest Sector, modernizing the Forest Resources Inventory and cutting red tape are essential to keeping Ontario’s forest sector strong and competitive.
