Saskatchewan Growth In Manufacturing Leads Country

Elliott said the kinds of products that Saskatchewan is making, like agricultural chemicals and fertilizer, gasoline and other petroleum products, are in demand domestically and world-wide. "It shows just how robust our manufacturing sector is, faced with China, and the dollar and everything else that's gone on,'' Elliott said. He also noted that manufacturing sales exceeded $1 billion for the first time in September. At that rate, Saskatchewan manufacturing sales could approach $12 billion in 2007, up from $9.2 billion in 2004, $9.8 billion in 2005 and $10.5 billion in 2006, he said. Most of the gains in Saskatchewan were due to increased sales by chemical manufacturers, and electric equipment, appliance and component manufacturers in the province, the federal agency said. Chemical manufacturers include fertilizer producers, like Saskferco, the Belle Plaine-based nitrogen fertilizer plant jointly owned by Mosaic Company and Crown Investments Corporation. Electric equipment, appliance and component manufacturers include "switch gear, switchboard and relay and industrial control apparatus manufacturing'' and "communication and energy wire and cable manufacturing.'' While StatsCan won't identify individual companies, one such manufacturer is Vecima Networks Inc., which is headquartered in Victoria, but has manufacturing operations in Saskatoon. According to its Web site, Vecima Networks "manufactures and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless and telephony networks." ... http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=ceaef61d-50da-4e06-99b8-7d514162d6f6

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