MONTRÉAL, Oct. 7, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Close to 500 B2B meetings will take place today between 23 high-profile prime manufacturers and 125 Québec-based SMEs at the 8th edition of the Buyer/Supplier Day, hosted by STIQ.
The business meetings will be carried out in a meticulously planned "business speed dating" format. STIQ pays careful attention to matching expertise provided by the SMEs with the supply requirements expressed by the prime manufacturers. This attention to details means that each company can expect relevant meetings and that those precious few minutes are optimized.
"Québec SMEs need to diversify their portfolio to protect themselves from market fluctuations and today's event is the perfect opportunity to position themselves within major players' supply chain. In fact, many participants have reported how quickly STIQ Buyer/Supplier Day helped them make new contacts and significantly benefited their business" explains Normand Voyer, Chief Executive Officer at STIQ.
Leveraging its contacts network in the manufacturing sector and its extensive knowledge of Québec's industrial capacity, STIQ welcomes for 2014 prime manufacturers from Canada, USA and Mexico that are active in prominent industry segments, at various points along international supply chains.
Prime manufacturers:
| Aerospace/Defence & Security |
Transportation |
Natural Resources & Various Manufacturing Activities |
| Aérolia Canada |
Bombardier Transport |
Advanced Dynamics Corporation |
| Esterline CMC Électronique |
Camoplast Solideal |
Marmen |
| General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada |
Continental Automotive |
Rio Tinto Fer & Titane |
| Innotech Execaire |
Prinoth |
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| L-3 Communication MAS Canada |
TM4 |
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| Latécoère Services Canada |
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| MDA |
Energy |
Medical |
| Mecaer Amérique |
Enercon |
Groupe Bertec |
| Oshkosh Defense |
Santasalo Moventas |
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| Pratt & Whitney Canada |
Voith Canada |
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| The Boeing Company |
Two Important Announcements
STIQ seizes this opportunity to announce the launch the 4th edition of Podium Aluminium, its improvement program designed for Québec SMEs that have a job creation project involving aluminum transformation. In addition, an original partnership will be unveiled between the École d'Entrepreneurship de Beauce, l'École de Technologie Supérieure and STIQ regarding the Prix Mérites STIQ awards.
Inspiring Conferences
In addition to the scheduled B2B meetings, three conferences are presented to the participants. Leading off, Mr. Frédéric Cantin from Hydro-Québec Trans Énergie will focus on the reengineering of their supply chain. Representatives of Esterline CMC Électronique and TeraXion, will then then demonstrate how harnessing one's strengths through complementary technology is a good solution to ensuring business competitiveness. Finally, STIQ will welcome Raymond Bachant, President – Americas Division, Bombardier Transport, as its keynote speaker for a luncheon conference.
About STIQ
STIQ is an association of Québec manufacturing businesses. Its mission is to improve the supply-chain efficiency by helping suppliers to develop, diversify their customer base and identify business opportunities with buyers. It provides suppliers professional and technical research, evaluation and guidance, and holds several networking events and training sessions.
SOURCE: STIQ
Myriam Forest, Communications Coordinator, STIQ, Telephone: 514-875-8789 / Mobile (on October 7 only): 514-914-4571, E-mail: [email protected] / Website: www.jdof.ca
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