Page 4 - Norgalv - Helping North Bay Achieve ‘Land of Opportunity’ Status

Kettle operators skim the surface of the molten zinc just before material gets dipped.

orgalv is a Canadian company that with generous support from public funding

recently completed construction and agencies including Northern Ontario Heritage
Nbegan operation of a state-of-the-art Fund Corporation (NOHFC), Fednor and the City of

galvanizing plant in North Bay, ON. The facility’s North Bay’s Economic Development department.

cutting-edge equipment and automation technology Norgalv’s funding sources included Roynat and
make it the most advanced and environmentally BDC.

friendly such plant in the province.

The economic benefits to the surrounding
The plant was initially slated to open in the fall communities include 20 jobs for the single shift and

of 2020, but the installation and commissioning an expected 25 to 30 additional positions when the

of critical equipment supported by the requisite increase to three shifts is completed. In a city the
technical support team – all from Europe – delayed size of North Bay, that’s a measurable impact. More

the launch to January. Andre van Soelen, Norgalv’s broadly, as the first galvanizing plant in Northern
Managing Director, confirmed that a single shift is Ontario, regional manufacturers can now become

currently running, with the goal to increase to a two- significantly more competitive with those in the

and then a three-shift system by mid-2022. south that have always benefited from the cluster of
The project was funded by private shareholders, similar plants in their own back yard.

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