Business View Magazine | March 2018

110 similar type businesses in that bio-industryfield,other businesses come,”says Shaw.Finally,there is available space and,sometimes available infrastructure,as well, from legacychemical companies that have departed fromSarnia,like DowChemical,which left in 2009. “One thing that’s uniquewithin the Cityof Sarnia for newlarge industries that are relocating–they don’t have the samewater needs as the companies that were here prior to vacating,”explains Director of Engineering,PublicWorks&Transit,Mike Berkvens. “Thismakes roomwithin the existing permits to take water for process water and fire protection,or treat- ment facilities,so a lot of the times,when plants are moving inwithin the footprints of these locations, they’re not a hundred percent reliant onmunicipal services.”For example,TransAlta,an electricgenerating company,opened its Bluewater EnergyParkon former DowChemical land.Featuring 170 acres available for development of newmanufacturing,the Park is able to provide steamand electrical power fromTransAl- ta’s Sarnia Regional Cogeneration Plant at favorable prices.Also,the fact that theycan purchase steam from TransAltameans theydo not need to put in their own boiler system.The benefits of building in an estab- lished chemical communityhelpsmove it toward a circular bio-economy. One newcompany that is establishing in Sarnia is OriginMaterials,a California-based,bio-chemical company that began this winter with a $6-million pilot plant at theWestern Sarnia-Lambton Research Park.Now,it is planning to open a $31.4million com- mercial-scale demonstration plant on land currently owned byARLANXEOCanada,a synthetic rubber company (and the prior site of the 1942 Polymer Corporation),located in the Bio-Industrial ParkSarnia. “OriginMaterials uses second generationmaterials like Innovation Bridge is Sarnia-Lambton’s Commercialization Centre Collaborative organizations supporting innovation: • Technology commercialization resources • Investment funding and access to financial support • Applied research and development • Training and access to highly qualified personnel • High speed fibre network • Canada’s largest technology incubator • Project ready industrial manufacturing sites • Top ranked Research Park • Top Canadian Applied Research College • Canada’s first commercialized Biohybrid Chemistry Cluster Contact us for more information: 1086 Modeland Road, Sarnia, ON N7S 6L2 Phone: (519) 332-1820 www.innovationbridge.ca info@innovationbridge.ca SARNIA, ONTARIO