Once seen as adversaries, multinational corporations (MNCs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are becoming allies, according to Big Gains With Small Partners: What MNCs Look For in Their SME Suppliers, published by the Conference Board’s International Trade and Investment Centre in partnership with the Business Development Bank of Canada.

After waiting three years, the first wave of funding for a study of Northern Ontario's mining supply and services sector has arrived that will ultimately propel the industry from obscurity to the forefront, said the head of a Sudbury manufacturers group.

CENTURY SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES TO SEND CLIMBER UP MOUNT KILIMANJARO IN SUPPORT OF THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Century Systems Technologies is pleased to announce sponsorship of a participant in this year’s Mount Kilimanjaro Challenge against HIV/AIDS. In addition to their annual donation of toques and outerwear for all of the climbers, Rob Patterson, a Software Implementation Specialist with Century Systems, will be making the climb in this year’s event.

By Adelle Larmour

Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal

Bestech, a Sudbury-based systems integration, engineering and industrial automation company, is responding to the current economic downturn by diversifying its client base and establishing a branch office in Timmins.