At an Indigenous-owned Thunder Bay factory, a glimpse of what economic reconciliation looks like – The Globe and Mail
The robots are coming – or at least that’s the plan. And Jason Thompson couldn’t be happier about it.
Mr. Thompson, a member of the Red Rock Indian Band, owns Superior Strategies Supply and Service, a Thunder Bay company that recently started manufacturing disposable isolation gowns for health care workers, using four ultrasonic sewing machines from Harbour Technologies. The Windsor, Ont.-based custom manufacturer pivoted to making personal protective equipment in the early days of the pandemic and is working with Mr. Thompson’s firm as a subcontractor.
If all goes as planned in the coming months, Superior Strategies will be equipped with robotic machines similar to equipment Harbour Technologies installed last year at a fully automated plant in Chatham, Ont.
