Robeson County Office of Economic Development
As the economy continues to fluctuate both nationally and worldwide, and businesses flourish or flounder, the Robeson County Office of Economic Development strives daily to not only help draw new businesses and industries to the area, but ensure their ongoing success and growth for decades to come.
Ceres Greenhouse Solutions
Ceres Greenhouse Solutions designs and builds smart greenhouses for everything from small, residential, hobby projects to large-scale, commercial agricultural applications. With a desire to raise the standard of greenhouse production, Ceres is solving greenhouse sustainability problems through groundbreaking engineering and a focus on energy and resource efficiency.
BioPower Sustainable Energy Corporation
BioPower Sustainable Energy Corporation is a Canadian supplier of wood pellet fuel for residential and commercial applications. Located in Atikokan, Ontario, the company is perfectly situated to serve both the Canadian and United States markets. With raw material sourced almost entirely from sustainably managed Canadian boreal forests and converted into a clean burning carbon-neutral biofuel, BioPower SEC is helping to create a more sustainable future.
Axium Solar
Long before we were dealing with serious climate change concerns and encouraging industries to “go green” around the globe, there was solar power — converting energy from sunlight into electricity, directly through the use of photovoltaics, indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination of both. Axium Solar specializes in the photovoltaic method, designing and constructing high-quality systems to make the world both affordable and sustainable.
American Organic Energy
On New York’s Long Island, the waste management professionals at American Organic Energy are implementing a radical new strategy to help curtail the Big Apple’s food waste, transforming it into clean, renewable energy and organic fertilizer.
Mowi Canada West
Mowi Canada West is the Western Canada arm of Mowi ASA, the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon. From its base on the Campbell River in British Columbia, Mowi Canada West produces 45,000 tonnes of sustainable, farm-raised salmon every year to be sold throughout North America.
Bristol Bay Alaska Seafoods
Bristol Bay Alaska Seafoods is a new name in the Bering Sea longline cod fishery, but as it combines the experience, resources, and longevity of the established Clipper Seafoods and Blue North fisheries, this company has everything it needs to be a frontrunner.
New Braunfels, TX
Located in Central Texas near major transportation routes, the city of New Braunfels is one of the fastest-growing communities in America. The city has become a popular destination for businesses, tourists, and residents alike. Now, as it approaches its 175th anniversary, local officials plan to mark the city’s founding by highlighting its unique heritage and contemporary appeal.
E-Commerce and Warehousing Logistics
In a not-so-distant past, big department stores ruled the retail world in the United States and Canada. Juggernauts like Sears, Eaton’s, and Simpsons seemed unstoppable, as they sold everything from towels to transistor radios. These and other big retailers were the only places to shop other than small, specialized businesses carrying footwear, hardware, and the like. If you needed a television, tape recorder, refrigerator, sofa, or artificial Christmas tree, you headed to the nearest department store or ordered from one of their massive full-colour catalogues, like the Sears Wish Book, which came out every fall in anticipation of the upcoming holiday season.
A Look at Black Friday and Cyber Monday
What everyone’s been waiting for is almost here. Well, maybe not every consumer – but certainly every retailer – in store and online alike – has Black Friday circled on their calendars. But because of changes in consumer behaviour, Black Friday is no longer the one-day shopping frenzy it was and now extends for two months, beginning early in November, while Cyber Monday is catching up.
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Cushing Terrell
There is a quote attributed to Wayne Gretzky that you have likely seen in PowerPoint presentations. It is the one about skating to where the puck is going, rather than where it is. In hockey, Gretzky seemed to have a preternatural ability to anticipate the best place to be. In business, Cushing Terrell has that same knack.
Animal Arts Design Studios
When thinking about architecture and building design, we know much time and thought goes into creating sound, healthy, and attractive structures for people, but what about housing for our animal friends? Animal Arts Design Studios specializes exclusively in animal care design, including animal shelters and veterinary hospitals, with a proven track record of success with more than 1,500 projects in 40 U.S. states, Canada, and overseas, ranging in size from 600 to 110,000 square feet.
A-LINX Building Technologies
A-LINX Building Technologies, headquartered in Ontario, offers comprehensive contracting services specializing in the prefabrication of roof trusses and both exterior and interior load-bearing wall systems. Through its innovative approach, A-LINX enables clients to achieve faster and more cost-effective completion of superstructures compared to traditional construction methods.
STI Technologies Limited
For over 20 years, STI Technologies Limited has made a positive difference in the lives of Canadians. By leveraging reimbursement funding, STI constantly improves access to medications through technology and analytics.
Collicutt Energy
One of the top producers of customized power generation machinery, Collicutt Energy Services Corp. provides high-efficiency prime power CHP systems to standby power units, and engineers, designs, and produces complete power solutions. To ensure power solutions are the best in their class, the company’s technical and manufacturing teams continually strive to improve the quality of products and services while fostering strategic alliances that guarantee strong, capable and reliable results.
Managing Sustainable Supply Chains
Once, supply chain management was primarily about logistics—delivering raw materials to manufacturers and processers and finished products to retailers, and doing it on time and cost-effectively. While those are still critical factors, industries around the world from manufacturing and construction to hospitality and retail now face pressure from governments, shareholders, and consumers to ensure end products support environmental and societal values and are as sustainable as possible.
