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Meet the founders of Durham Region’s leading agri-tech companies
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2023 12:02 PM
By Jennifer Foden Durham Region has a strong centuries-old agricultural industry. However, these three agri-tech companies—focusing on everything from robotics to vertical farming—are innovating it.
Korechi Innovations Inc.Although Sougata Pahari’s business has always been about developing robotic platforms, it has pivoted several times to get where it is today. Sougata, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Korechi Innovations Inc., started his company in 2016 with the idea to build a...
Discovering Durham’s Film Locations
Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2023 09:05 AM
Will McGuirk
On a familiarization tour hosted by Film Durham for film industry professionals, we asked local arts and culture specialist Will McGuirk to attend and share with us what he learned on this daylong tour of Durham’s film industry.
Private, public, farmland and factory, historic and state-of-the-art; when it comes to film locations Durham Region has it all covered.
Parkwood National Historic Site, the family home of General Motors Canada founder Colonel ‘Sam’ McLaughlin, is featured in a...
From Durham Region to nationwide: Taltis Foods is in full Growth Mode
Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2023 10:42 AM
By: Will McGuirk
An emigrant leaves much behind but not the taste for one’s own culinary culture. For Gilles Tchianga, founder of Taltis Foods in Ajax and Oshawa, it was the homesickness for dishes of his native country, Cameroon, that led him to open his own manufacturing company offering unique authentic African cuisine.
“I left my home country, Cameroon, many years ago after I completed my high school diploma,” says Tchianga, “to pursue my university studies at the University of Milan. I later...
Durham Region welcomes North American manufacturing company Tessera Group to Scugog
Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2023 01:20 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism Division (Invest Durham), in collaboration with the Township of Scugog, is excited to announce that the North American manufacturing company, Tessera Group Inc. (Tessera Group), will be building its new corporate home in north Durham.
Tessera Group has purchased the property at 181 North Port Road in the Township of Scugog with plans to build the company’s new corporate headquarters building—combining its various locations...
Lights, camera, action: Durham Region’s Film and Television Industry Career Fair is back!
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 03:10 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The Durham Region Film Commission (Film Durham) is hosting their annual Film and Television Industry Career Fair for students and adults seeking a career in this exciting industry. With new film studios opening across Canada and the Greater Toronto Area, film and television production is rising at an extraordinary rate, providing high-quality job opportunities in Durham Region and beyond.
What: Attendees will have the opportunity to meet industry professionals; visit interactive...