March 2014 : Review of Hirings and Layoffs

Hirings

1 . Montreal’s status as a pioneer region in 3D digital imaging has attracted the French special effects and animation company BUF. The organization has announced it will be opening a subsidiary in Greater Montreal: about 80 new jobs will be created in the first year, and up to another 125 within the next three years.

http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1319711/creation-de-125-emplois-au-cours-des-3-prochaines-annees-buf-s-implante-dans-le-grand-montreal-metropole-pionniere-de-l-imagerie-numerique-3d

2 . The fields of digital imaging and semiconductors will see growth in Montreal and in Montérégie.  The company Teledyne DALSA, and its subsidiary Teledyne DALSA Semiconductor, were approved for a $13 million grant by Investissement Québec. All in all, 300 skilled jobs in these areas will be created and another 425 will be consolidated.

http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1314335/l-integration-des-technologies-au-c-ur-de-la-politique-industrielle-elaine-zakaib-annonce-un-appui-financier-a-un-projet-qui-creera-300-emplois-hautem

3 . Sigma Industries Inc., a manufacturing company specializing in the manufacture of composite products, has announced the creation of 50 direct jobs and 15 indirect jobs at the René Composite Materials Ltd. Facilities in Saint-Ephrem-de-Beauce and Saint-Clotilde-de-Beauce.

http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1323371/sigma-industries-annonce-une-importante-creation-d-emplois-a-ses-installations-en-beauce

4 . New baseboards assembly line, new production equipment … Stelpro has the wind in its sails: the integrated heating solutions company will create 30 new jobs at its plant in Saint Bruno-de-Montarville.

http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1323351/stelpro-annonce-la-creation-de-30-nouveaux-emplois

Layoffs

1 . Canadelle, the Canadian manufacturer of Hanes underwear, will close its Montreal doors. With that, 170 people will be losing their jobs by the end of the year.
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie/2014/03/19/005-fermeture-canadelle-emplois-perdus-montreal.shtml


2 . BlackBerry, the former smartphone giant, has laid off hundreds of employees in Ottawa as part of its restructuring plans which were announced last September.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2014/03/18/007-ottawa-blackberry-mise-a-pied.shtml

3 . The Quebec company Datamark Systems has announced it will close its facilities across Canada. More than 400 people will lose their jobs, including 300 in Greater Montreal.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie/2014/03/05/002-datamark-fermeture-lassale-emplois.shtml

4. Sixty employees at the Desjardins-Pollack Hall cafeteria at Laval University have received a notice of collective dismissal. Their employer has lost the contract to manage food services to CADEUL, the undergraduate students association.
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/affaires/actualite-economique/201403/19/01-4749222-le-transfert-de-la-cafeteria-a-la-cadeul-entraine-60-mises-a-pied.php

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