Pharmacosmos is creating 50 new jobs, supporting further growth over the next three years and establishing a Canadian hub to support operations nationwide.
Ontario, Canada:
A Partnership for Success
The strength and diversity of Ontario’s economy offers an unparalleled range of benefits to investors, including a highly skilled workforce, competitive business costs, good quality of life, clean and reliable energy, and a dynamic innovation ecosystem that help your business thrive.
Learn why Ferrero is investing $445 million in Brantford, Ontario
Invest Ontario is proud to support Ferrero, a global sweet-packaged food company, as it undertakes a major expansion of its facility in Brantford, Ontario as part of their regional strategy. This $445 million investment will create 500 new jobs in the local economy and strengthen Ontario’s food manufacturing sector.
This investment will enable the launch of a new product—Ferrero Rocher chocolate squares—a new global innovation with its first manufacturing line right here in Ontario. The expansion also includes new production lines for Nutella Biscuits, a product beloved by consumers worldwide that will now be made outside Europe for the first time.
Ontario strengths in
A global powerhouse in the manufacturing industry, Ontario boasts more than a century of automotive excellence and strengths in aerospace, advanced materials and chemicals, clean technology and computer and electronics. With its robust supply chain, global manufacturers are choosing Ontario to meet their complex business needs.
Access a diverse and highly skilled ecosystem of innovation and talent. Operate amongst top-ranked academic institutions and leading manufacturers in biopharma, vaccines, digital health, medical technology and pharmaceutical.
Ontario is North America’s second-most concentrated technology cluster. The world’s largest tech leaders are here to create, innovate and develop solutions to challenges in AI, robotics, high-tech manufacturing, software, and clean technology.
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Ontario success stories
Canada, and specifically Ontario, offers a wealth of skilled talent and a robust network of world-class hospitals, universities, laboratories, and research centres. Our collaboration with Invest Ontario reflects our shared commitment to strengthening the province’s life sciences strategy, driving economic growth, and fostering innovation that benefits patients in Canada and globally.
Gaby Bourbara
President of AstraZeneca Canada
Recent Investments
Invest Ontario makes it easy to choose Ontario, announcing almost $14.5B in investments and creating more than 13,160 jobs across a competitive, skilled economy.
Invest Ontario is supporting Ferrero’s $445 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ontario, creating 500 jobs.
Tenaris is making a $306 million investment to modernize and expand its steel pipe manufacturing facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Northern Ontario.
Ross Video to invest $122.5M in Ontario to grow R&D, expand operations and develop the world’s first hyperconverged media platform.
New $100M+ Sunrise Farms facility in Woodstock will create 100 jobs, expand domestic processing and support Ontario’s food security and supply chain.
Sanofi is expanding its AI Centre of Excellence in Toronto, creating 50 new high-skilled jobs and positioning Ontario as a key digital and AI hub for their global operations.
Ostia Sciences is investing $12M to expand R&D in Ontario, advancing microbiome-based therapeutics, creating jobs, and tackling antimicrobial resistance.
Microsoft’s Community First approach advances responsible cloud and AI infrastructure, ensuring communities across the province share in the benefits of these projects.
UCB Canada is investing to further grow its footprint in Ontario, expanding its global regulatory hub in Oakville and creating 28 high-value jobs.
Invest Ontario names Sunita Chander Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, advancing the agency’s long-term strategy and operational excellence.
Invest Ontario is supporting Hitachi Rail’s more than $100 million investment to upgrade its rail signalling technology.
Invest Ontario. Here to help.