They’re not arriving by parachute, but our tale does begin some years ago at the Arnprior Airport.
That’s McNab-Braeside Mayor Tom Peckett, and there’s one other key player in our story.
Those conversations expanded to include six German firms, some established as early as post-War
reconstruction, and all involved in related agricultural support industries; some, on an international scale.
The two largest potential employers are Romakowski, and Wolf.
Romakowski makes sandwich insulating panels, and its operation will employ an estimated 200 workers.
Wolf is into agricultural building and structure fabrication and two to three hundred positions are anticipated.
The other firms are Fliegl, Fech Fenstertechnik, TLT Structures and Liebherr Canada, working in accessory vehicles, building materials, and construction equipment fields.
The incentivizing dynamic is the pending four-laning of Highway 17.
