Tag: Ontario auto industry

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Proven Production: Honda Canada celebrates ten millionth vehicle to come off assembly line

Alliston, Ontario — Honda’s Alliston, Ont. plant celebrated the assembly of its ten millionth vehicle on Monday, a 2023 Honda CR-V Touring Hybrid, marking a significant milestone for the company’s Canadian presence. Honda’s Alliston plant, the Japanese OEM’s first step into Canada in 1986, and eventual adopted child of Ontario’s auto assembly sector, has seen […]

May 29, 2023

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B-town Boost: Magna International invests $471 million into Brampton EV battery enclosure plant

Brampton, Ontario — Ontario’s automotive manufacturing giant, Magna International, is throwing

February 15, 2023

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Auto Alley: Magna International to open new $50 million plant in Chatham, Ont.

Chatham, Ontario — Not one to be left out of the recent Ontario manufacturing mayhem, Magna International has announced its plans to build a new auto parts plant in the southwestern city of Chatham. The global auto parts supplier expects the new $50 million facility to employ 150 people who will make battery enclosures for […]

March 30, 2022

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EVs All Day: Ont. Premier Ford announces aims to produce 400,000 Ontario-made EVs by 2030

Guelph, Ontario — Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled the second phase of the “Driving Prosperity” plan on Wednesday from Linamar’s Guelph facility, where he laid out the province’s new auto industry goals for the year 2030. Alongside Minister of Economic Development Vic Fedeli and Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz, Ford described four goals that the government […]

November 17, 2021