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New PPE factory bringing 50 jobs to Wiikwemkoong

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Michael Erskine
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A new building in the Wiikwemkoong light industrial park gets ready to accept the machinery needed to manufacture personal protective gear as FN Procurement Inc., in partnership with medical equipment manufacturer Dent-X, is setting up shop in the community. The new facility will host up to 50 new jobs in a major economic boost for the Unceded Territories. photo by Michael Erskine

WIIKWEMKOONG - A major economic boost has come to the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. Medical equipment manufacturer Dent-X Canada, in partnership with FN Procurement Inc., is setting up operations in the new light industrial park. The facility will help Canada meet the increasing demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) with a made-in-Canada solution.“On behalf of council […]

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Michael Erskine
Michael Erskine
Michael Erskine BA (Hons) is a staff writer at The Manitoulin Expositor. He received his honours BA from Laurentian University in 1987. His former lives include underground miner, oil rig roughneck, early childhood educator, elementary school teacher, college professor and community legal worker. Michael has written several college course manuals and has won numerous Ontario Community Newspaper Awards in the rural, business and finance and editorial categories.
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