Laporte Engineering The company is one of Canada's 500
fastest-growing companies, opened its Winnipeg location in
February 2019 with support from YW. The company specializes in
biopharmaceutical, industrial, food and beverage engineering, and is working with local clients
like Roquette. YW worked with Laporte for several months to identify and refer local clients. It also
provided sector insights and data to demonstrate how the company could successfully grow in
Winnipeg. At maturity, Laporte expects to hire six highly skilled full-time employees in Winnipeg,
predominantly in engineering positions.
Merit Functional Foods YW worked with the province, city, CentrePort
and the R.M. of Rosser as part of Team Manitoba to attract Merit's
facility – an innovative production process for pea and canola protein
isolates. The 88,000 sq. ft. facility is an $80 million investment with 80
jobs initially, with potential for 240 more positions in the future. YW
assisted with site selection, government navigation and program identification. Our team also
worked closely on issue management with the city's water and waste department and the
province's environmental licensing department.
SkipTheDishes The company confirmed in November 2019 it was
maintaining its Canadian headquarters in Winnipeg and will eventually
occupy four-and-a-half floors (95,000 sq. ft.) at True North Square.
YW worked with Skip for an extended period to sell Winnipeg and illustrate our competitive
advantages versus other jurisdictions who were also courting them, along with assisting with
government navigation at both the municipal and provincial levels as well as issue management.
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