$3.9M from federal government helps create 92 new jobs at Vaughan, Bradford manufacturing companies

About $1.9M goes to York Metal Products and $2M to Kumi Canada

Yorkregion.com
March 5, 2021

King-Vaughan MP Deb Schulte announced March 3 a total FedDev Ontario repayable contribution of $3.9 million to support the scale-up and growth of two leading manufacturers in York Region.

“As southern Ontario’s auto sector works to maintain its position both on the domestic and international stage, we are doing our part to help manufacturers boost production, increase operational efficiencies and strengthen the sector’s supply chain while creating more than 90 jobs in Concord and Bradford,” said Schulte, who is also the minister of seniors.

The Vaughan-based York Metal Products -- leading metal fabricator -- will be receiving $1.9 million in FedDev Ontario support. This will help the company to purchase advanced automation and robotic equipment to scale up production of its proprietary one-piece metal exhaust emission parts for the automotive sector and create 32 skilled manufacturing jobs in Concord.

These parts drastically reduce greenhouse gases and reduce or eliminate other exhaust emissions and are more cost-effective than competing products.

Also, this investment will leverage an additional $10.8 million in private sector investment and will allow the company to meet growing demand from the North American auto industry.

Bradford’s Kumi Canada will be receiving $2 million.

The money to Kumi Canada -- a leading supplier of injection moulding and assembly products for the automotive sector -- will allow it to expand its Bradford facility by 60,000 square feet, install advanced energy-efficient equipment, increase production capacity by 40 per cent, and create 60 new jobs in Bradford.

The equipment will allow Kumi Canada to automate and integrate its processes, reducing costs and energy consumption. This investment will leverage an additional $15.7 million in private sector investment and strengthen automotive sector supply chain spending in southern Ontario.