EGPS to launch aluminium packaging unit in Granby with an expected investment of $13 million

The Mexican behemoth Envases Group Packaging Solutions (EGPS) is planning to move to Granby, USA, to launch a new packaging production line by 2023. The company will manufacture aluminium and steel packaging for its Canadian clients in the food and industrial industries. With an expected investment of $13 million, the project may create 30 jobs and take shape in a 55,000-square-foot industrial space rented on Arthur-Danis Street.

"Granby becomes for them (EGPS) a strategic place because of the main roads (…). And what's more, they make a product that isn't made here. So it does not come to compete with a company that already exists and it comes to complete our niche of excellence in food processing," said the general manager of Granby Industrial, Patrick Saint-Laurent.

The City provided EGPS with discretionary support for $30,000 to help the company get to Granby. The decision-making summary from the municipal council meeting on November 21 states that this establishment grant is contingent upon continuing operations for five years; if this is not the case, the money received must be returned to the local administration.

With locations on four continents, EGPS employs more than 10,000 people globally and operates more than 70 manufacturing facilities. During the epidemic, it was sought after by businesses in Quebec and Canada. It has since used this time to form new business relationships and bring its plan for a new plant.

"If all goes well, the first equipment will be back before Christmas and the real production will be in 2023. You have to understand that they have manufacturing processes that no one here knows about. It is Mexicans who will come to train the hired personnel as did the Millet Group (French company specializing in plastics) when it arrived in Granby," added Patrick Saint-Laurent.