equipment and 15 employees. Nearly two
decades later, the company has a hard-
working base of 850 employees and oper-
ates over 250 pieces of machinery.
Bourque-Bouchier, the CEO of the compa-
ny, described it as a “one-stop shop”. Since
the Bouchier Group specializes in three
streams of busi-
ness, it has the ca-
pability to design,
engineer, execute
and maintain a proj-
ect. Such special-
izations allow for
custom-built solu-
tions at competi-
tive prices for local
enterprises.
“We’ve always had
a growth every year
on year. We’ve nev-
er had a non-growth
year financially or
manpower-wise or
equipment-wise,”
Bourque-Bouchier
said.
TOUGH TIMES AND
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Like all businesses, however, the Bouchier
Group is no stranger to the ups and downs
of the industry, but partnership with other
businesses has gone a long way towards
ensuring continual growth. This is, in fact,
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