Resources

Government Funding Programs

A page listing several funding avenues for manufacturers!

Partners

BHH
BHH is a specialist in benefits and retirement programs; they employ strategists, consultants, client service reps and in-house underwriters to manage every aspect, from strategy development to implementation.  For the past 28 years they've helped hundreds of companies turn their benefits programs from an expense into an investment.  BHH starts by learning everything they can about you, particularly your goals and objectives. (Each company's situation is unique, and no one gets an off-the-shelf solution.)  Then, through their Integrated Benefits Strategy®, they seek to marry the well-being of your company with the well-being of your employees.  This proprietary program, partially based on the principles of lean manufacturing, reduces waste through a process of continuous improvement.  And like lean manufacturing, it's all about doing more with less.

Buying Group Services Inc.
Buying Group Services Inc. is a leading firm specializing in the formation, development, and operation of Buying Groups. With offices in Ontario and Nova Scotia, BGS focuses on providing services across North America. The principals of BGS are uniquely qualified, with hands-on experience working with and for Buying Groups for close to thirty years. As individuals they have been Members of groups, Suppliers to groups, consultants to groups, key operational employees of groups, and designers of technology used by some of North America's most successful groups.

ERGO Inc. is an International Ergonomics & Safety Consulting Training firm that has been providing companies with practical solutions to real problems for over a decade. Our efficient approach to problem solving has proven effective in reducing workplace injuries and their associated costs in industrial and office environments.Ergonomic Consultants at ERGO Inc. are certified, have strong academic qualifications, as well as professional experience and skills in a broad range of areas related to kinesiology, biomechanics/physiology, human performance, safety, business, research and training.

 
Industrial Safety Trainers
Industrial Safety Trainers Inc. is one of the largest independently run training providers in Ontario. As Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) authorized training providers of Joint Health and Safety Committee Certification Training, we are very proud of our Professional Trainers and Consultants. Each trainer or consultant brings with him / her a wealth of experience and knowledge based on their individual work experience. Our teaching styles are an interactive approach to training, which sees the participants engaging in problem solving discussions.The environment fostered is one of learning so that participants are readily able to accept safety concepts in this new era of heightened safety awareness. IST consults for over 3500 Ontario businesses and has a staff of 15 Consultants and Support Staff.

Northbridge Consultants
Northbridge Consultants are full service SR&ED consulting experts. We have a proven track record of successfully claiming SR&ED when clients thought none existed, or drastically increasing the size of their return compared to previous years. We maximize claims for our clients through our complete range of services. Our Vision: To be the premier consulting partner for Canadian businesses by offering personalized services that support client and corporate goals. Our top priority is to fulfill the client's needs through the delivery of service excellence, professional expertise and reliability, the preservation of the utmost integrity, and the passionate encouragement of teamwork and employee development.

Sundown Corp

Sundown Interactive Communications Corporation is an ALL Canadian designer, developer, and deliverer of web-based on-line Health & Safety Training and Due Diligence systems. Through its strategic platform brand, WebWSIT, Sundown provides easy to use interactive multimedia courses to industrial, commercial and service sectors of the Canadian workplace. Together with worker knowledge retention and validation tests and tools, WebWSIT provides complete record management of training, required re-certifications and incidents and accidents. Sundown offers an entire suite of Health & Safety Courses designed specifically for the manufacturing sector. 

Value Stream Solutions

Value Stream Solutions Inc. was founded on the premise that companies should have the skills and abilities to continuously improve their performance year over year by engaging People, focusing on the Process, and delivering superior Product to their markets. We are a consulting and training company serving North American corporations in manufacturing and service industries. Our team's expertise in Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma, Team Building, Leadership Development and Coaching give us the ability to assist you need to get the results you want.  Our goal is to create self sustaining capabilities within your organization.  

CLB Media 
CLB Media Inc. is one of Canada's leading providers of information and marketing services to business professionals in a wide range of industry sectors. Built on a publishing foundation of Canadian Lawyer, Workplace News and Law Times magazines, CLB Media properties now include more than 26 business-to-business publications, web sites and a host of marketing opportunities and services including custom publishing, business lists, research, web development and industry events.