Wit Ventures: County Loans $4.5 Million for Bio-Industrial Start-Up Fund.

Saturday 11 March 2017

County Loans $4.5 Million for Bio-Industrial Start-Up Fund.

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From Barbara Simpson, Sarnia Observer.

Southwestern Ontario could see at least $9 million be invested over the next few years into new start-up bioindustrial companies carrying job-creation hopes for a struggling regional economy.

Officials with Sarnia-based Bioindustrial Innovation Canada secured Thursday a $4.5-million loan from the County of Lambton to help create a $9-million pool – which includes federal dollars – to fund the creation of new bio-industrial technologies like the conversion of agricultural waste into industrial sugars to create “green” plastics and chemicals.

“I think there isn't anything more important for us right now, in Southwestern Ontario, in Sarnia-Lambton, than to be seen as a leader towards this new economy – a cleaner, a greener, and down the road, a sustainable economy,” Sarnia city/county Coun. Bev MacDougall said at Thursday's county council meeting.

Sarnia-Lambton leaders have been working for about a decade to diverse the largely petrochemical economy with the addition of bioindustrial plants.

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Additional coverage from Blackburn News.

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