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By Alex McCuaig

Feds invest in S. Alberta

Ottawa invests nearly $8.5-million into projects in Lethbridge, Coaldale, Foremost

Sep 7, 2019 | 12:23 PM

Lethbridge, AB – Significant amounts of money from the federal government’s Western Diversification Program will support four projects in Southern Alberta.

The following three grants are from the Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) program, which aims to support businesses to be more productive and competitive.

Lethbridge is getting two seven-figure grants, including $1,330,000 to Flexahopper Plastics Ltd. to improve the productivity of rotomolding manufacturing processes with a new Thermal-flex system.

As well, $3,000,000 will go towards Southland Trailer Corp in Lethbridge to scale-up the manufacturing capacity of gravel and highway trailer product lines, while also reducing waste.

In Coaldale, Whole Leaf Ltd will use their grant of $3,561,500 to buy and install advanced technology for the production of greenhouse produce.

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