control (CNC) machines and over 5,000 square
feet of building expansions to support machin-
ing functions. Those machines are valued be-
tween $5 million and $7 million.
In 2004, AMEC acquired Saint-Augustin-de-
Desmaures -based Atelier d’usinage BG, which
expanded their number of CNCs in Quebec and
gave the company more room to work on cur-
rent workflows and give them room to practice
new machining techniques.
“This company tried to expand a couple
times in the past, but we were not ready,” Mo-
rin said, “right now, we feel that we put all the
ingredients together to be able to do it and I’m
sure we will succeed at that.”
This year, with the implementation of the
aerospace industry’s standard AS-9100 and
their oncoming third-level MACH certification,
AMEC is juggling a lot of change all at once, be-
coming a lean, more efficient manufacturer at
home.
“We’re a little nervous because we have ma-
jor projects that we have to execute,” says Mo-
rin. “We have to plan this very finely, and so far,
so good.”
AMEC’s measured growth in Quebec has
been marked by distinct approaches to design
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