The French bakery, which belongs to Le Duff Group, will invest $40 million to double the size of its Boucherville plant, increase its production capacity by 80% and create some 60 jobs.
The subsidiary of German cabin interior specialist Vartan Aviation will ramp up work on new aircraft programs in Greater Montréal and create 35 new jobs.
Siemens will invest $110.6 million at its Dorval plant to design aeroderivative gas turbines as well as $22 million to implement an Industry 4.0 expertise platform in collaboration with Investissement Québec and other partners and an integrated training system for the workplace inspired from the German dual model.
The World Economic Forum in Davos gave Investissement Québec President and CEO Pierre Gabriel Côté the opportunity to meet with over a dozen leaders of multinationals and take part in announcements on investments of close to $640 million for Québec.
Over the next four years, the world’s leading steelmaker will upgrade its installations in Québec’s Côte-Nord region.
Swiss engineering firm ABB chose Montréal for its North American Centre for Excellence in e-Mobility, which will focus on developing energy-management solutions for electric buses and trains.
Over the next two years, Microsoft will double the size of Maluuba, the Montréal startup it recently acquired in order to intensify its R&D in artificial intelligence. The tech giant will also grant $6 million to Université de Montréal and $1 million to McGill University to support AI research.
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