May 10, 2021
Harbour Technologies co-owner David Glover inspects an isolation gown like the ones to be manufactured in the new Chatham plant.
New manufacturing jobs are coming to Chatham-Kent to help with the fight against COVID-19.
Windsor-based Harbour Technologies retooled its clear and aerospace capabilities to make automated equipment for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) manufacturing at the height of the pandemic, and is now moving some of its operations to Chatham-Kent.
“The plan is to add production capacity with 11 robotic lines for isolation gown manufacturing in a 38,000 square foot facility we’ve leased on Richmond Street in Chatham,” says Andrew Glover, Harbour’s co-owner and Engineering Manager in a news release. “Once the plant is fully operational, we’ll need about 80 full-time, skilled employees to help us meet growing demand for our products.”
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A Windsor-based company is opening a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chatham-Kent to produce top-quality surgical isolation gowns as it forges ahead with its goal of reducing Canada’s reliance of foreign companies to provide this vital person protective equipment.
Harbour Technologies announced Monday it is expanding its operations to the municipality.
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“The plan is to add production capacity with 11 robotic lines for isolation gown manufacturing in a 38,000-square-foot facility we’ve leased on Richmond Street in Chatham,” said Andrew Glover, Harbour’s co-owner and engineering manager.
CHATHAM More manufacturing jobs are coming to Chatham-Kent as Harbour Technologies is opening new production lines to make automated equipment for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). “The plan is to add production capacity with 11 robotic lines for isolation gown manufacturing in a 38,000 square foot facility we ve leased on Richmond Street in Chatham,” said Andrew Glover, Harbour s co-owner and Engineering Manager. “Once the plant is fully operational, we ll need about 80 full-time, skilled employees to help us meet growing demand for our products.” While traditional gowns feature hand-stitched seams, Harbour s are welded during automated assembly, offering end users superior clinical value, comfort and durability. The move places Chatham on the front lines of domestic PPE manufacturing, critical to rebuilding Canada s pandemic response capabilities.
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Chatham-Kent councillors voted to approve a rezoning application to allow the former St. Joseph Catholic School to be redeveloped into housing.
Located at 25 Raleigh St., the plan is to create 18 apartment units, with the commercial space to be used as a child care centre.
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The plan, proposed by applicant Apollo Property Management, is subject to the removal of the H-holding symbol, once existing storm outlets from the property are disconnected from the combined sanitary and storm sewer to the satisfaction of the municipality.
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The former St. Joseph Catholic School can now be redeveloped into housing, following Chatham-Kent’s approval of the necessary rezoning.
Located at 25 Raleigh St. in Chatham, the plan is to create 18 apartment units, with the commercial space to be used as a childcare centre.
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The plan, proposed by applicant Apollo Property Management, is subject to the removal of the H-holding symbol, once existing storm outlets from the property are disconnected from the combined sanitary and storm sewer to the satisfaction of the municipality.