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The following video includes scenes from a ground breaking event at the future site of Jungbunzlauer's new Xanthan gum plant in Port Colborne, ON on September 24, 2024. It features interviews with representatives from Jungbunzlauer, Invest Ontario and government officials. Footage includes using commemorative shovels digging the first hole, handshakes, conversations and presentation of plaques between attendees with various heavy duty machinery and construction workers throughout the construction site. Additional footage includes Invest Ontario staff at their Toronto office.

Invest Ontario x Jungbunzlauer

Khawar Nasim:
Jungbunzlauer is a chemical company that produces Xanthan gum.

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Khawar Nasim - CEO Invest Ontario

Khawar Nasim:
Xanthan gum is a key ingredient in many of the foods we eat. Through this project, Invest Ontario is supporting the first Xanthan gum facility in Canada.

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Canada's First Xanthan Gum Plant to Fortify Ontario's Food Supply Chain

Bruno Tremblay - CEO Jungbunzlauer

Bruno Tremblay:
Now, we've been looking 20 years back into the best location in North America for a best in class fermentation site.

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A Map of Ontario is shown, zooming in to the highlighted Niagara region

Bruno Tremblay:
We ended up here in the Niagara region in Port Colborne in Ontario because basically we get everything that we need, either on the logistics, on the raw material, or on the energy sourcing. So that's just a perfect site for us.

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Jim Bradley - Regional Chair Niagara Region

Jim Bradley:
We have major transportation services, a great workforce and the people of local governments are all prepared to be as cooperative as possible.

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Hon. Doug Ford - Premier of Ontario

Hon. Doug Ford:
We're thrilled to join you today to celebrate your tremendous success here in Ontario. This expansion will help you reach new markets and strengthen local supply chains.

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Hon. Victor Fedeli - Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Hon. Victor Fedeli:
When we met with Jungbunzlauer in their boardroom in Switzerland over a year ago, we offered them what Invest Ontario calls "white glove" service, and that's exactly what they received.

John Millen:
Ontario had all the key ingredients for the expansion to succeed.

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John Millen - Portfolio Lead

John Millen:
It was taking corn and basically taking it from a commodity product to an upscaled high price premium product for export globally.

Bruno Tremblay:
To grow in the industry you need permitings. You need to have access to the right people in order not to lose time in your expansion.

John Millen:
By working with us they could take comfort that they had the province sort of on their side.

Bruno Tremblay:
I think we have been always well listened by Invest Ontario in order to help us grow in our journey as quickly as possible.

John Millen:
We have a number of tools, connections with various infrastructure partners to utilities, our contacts with municipalities, as well as site selection.

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Ryan Doell - General Manager - Canadian Operations Jungbunzlauer Canada

Ryan Doell:
It gets our toehold of Xanthan gum into North America and we are going to expand from here. So it's very, very important for us and for the economy in Ontario.

Hon. Doug Ford:
What it does is give this area certainty and opportunity. People know that when they see an expansion, there's gainful employment here.

Jim Bradley:
This is big time investment taking place here, which will be creating great construction jobs, which are important in the short term, but also other jobs in the long term.

John Millen:
JBL is one of a number of examples where companies that have come here from outside of Canada establish a facility and have thrived, and as a result, they're expanding.

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