SAINT-HYACINTHE, QC – The respective managements of Olymel and Cintech agroalimentaire in the present day introduced an settlement to share house, human and materials assets at Cintech’s new premises in St-Hyacinthe. Due to this settlement, Olymel, Canada’s main pork and poultry processor, will develop a chemistry laboratory within the new Cintech agroalimentaire constructing in St-Hyacinthe. The announcement of this settlement additionally permits Cintech agroalimentaire to take a giant step ahead as a driver of innovation.
A staff of execs will probably be completely put in within the new laboratory on the finish of January, below the supervision of Eric Pouliot, Director of Meals Science and Know-how at Olymel. This laboratory will be sure that the technological wants of Olymel’s analysis and improvement groups are adequately met, giving them entry to a big house throughout the agri-food expertise park.
By way of this initiative, and as a part of its actions, Cintech needs to share tools and expertise within the agri-food subject. Combining the expertise of each corporations, and likewise profiting from the know-how of the Olymel groups, Cintech goals to satisfy the technological wants and targets which were set to make sure the event and resilience of the corporate.
“By centralizing Olymel’s chemistry lab in our new constructing, Cintech is taking an essential step as an ecosystem builder. This exhibits that it’s doable to unite our groups and expertise so as to speed up agri-food innovation in Quebec in order that we are able to, amongst different issues, enhance our meals self-sufficiency. Useful resource sharing and mutual assist are an integral a part of Cintech’s tradition, and this initiative with Olymel is just the start of a mutually helpful collaboration. This settlement additionally opens the door to different partnerships that will probably be introduced within the coming weeks, to allow the pooling of R&D for Quebec’s agri-food corporations.”
Jean Lacroix, government director of Cintech agroalimentary.
“This settlement permits Olymel to show its management within the agri-food trade, particularly in points of its actions that have an effect on R&D and high quality assurance. It’s impressed by an revolutionary method within the subject of R&D that can generate a worthwhile synergy for our two organizations. We’re completely happy to supply our data and experience in meals chemistry whereas getting access to Cintech agroalimentaire’s analysis and experience staff. This revolutionary enterprise is a primary for Canada, and we hope it can result in a brand new give attention to pre-competitive analysis and innovation. This settlement may also permit Olymel to get pleasure from better autonomy within the dietary evaluation of the meals the corporate produces, and can present long-term advantages for the complete Quebec agri-food trade.”
Sylvain Fournaise, Vice President, Meals Security and Technical Companies, and Analysis and Improvement, Olymel
About Cintech agrifood
Since 1986, Cintech has supplied experience and technological help to Quebec agri-food corporations looking for to extend and consolidate their efficiency. The corporate’s mission is to extend competitiveness and foster innovation within the Quebec agri-food trade by supporting R&D, client analysis and know-how switch.
Cintech agroalimentaire has accompanied corporations in innovation, new product improvement, enchancment of current merchandise, optimization of organoleptic properties and analysis of a product’s attractiveness to customers, amongst different issues. Due to its multidisciplinary staff of 50 specialists, Cintech has accompanied numerous corporations, together with multinationals, within the achievement of a whole lot of various mandates over time.
ABOUT OLYMEL
Olymel is Canada’s chief within the manufacturing, processing and distribution of pork and poultry. The corporate has made feeding the world its mission, which it passionately pursues with merchandise of impeccable high quality. It employs greater than 14,000 individuals and has manufacturing and processing services in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. Olymel exports nearly a 3rd of its complete gross sales. Its annual gross sales attain four,500 million dollars. The corporate markets its merchandise primarily below the Olymel, Lafleur, Flamingo, La Fernandière, Pinty’s, Tour Eiffel, and F. Ménard manufacturers.