Award-winning Supercom makes big splash with innovative railway maintenance product – Northern Ontario Business
Oct 6, 2025
Expansion-minded Fort William First Nation-based company sees opportunity with its patented Spring Drain technology
Many companies pivot in their corporate history based on changing markets and economic conditions. Pivoting was baked into Supercom Industries’ DNA.
The Fort William First Nation-based company, outside Thunder Bay, has transitioned from power line development to a whole new industry: railway maintenance.
The company was launched in 2016 as a 100 per cent Indigenous-owned partnership between communities along Lake Superior to work on the East-West Tie transmission line. Today, that partnership includes Fort William First Nation, Red Rock Indian Band, Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert), Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Pic River), and Pays Plat First Nation.
