Bakery company Bridor has announced a $40 million investment to double the size of its Boucherville baking facility in Canada.
The expansion will allow Bridor to increase the plant’s production capacity by 80%, and create up to 60 new jobs for the local economy.
According to CEO Jean‑François Duquesne, it follows a period of ‘exponential growth’ for the company, which specialises in the production of breads and Viennese pastries.
“This investment shows just how committed we are to continuously improving our offering,” Duquesne said. “We are proud to combine our traditional European baking knowhow with cutting-edge industrial technology. It’s our special edge that allows us to produce quality breads and Viennese pastries on a wide scale.”
Expanding the plant in Boucherville – a suburb of Montreal – will allow Bridor to broaden its range of products and continue offering customers the best possible quality. While the company puts an emphasis on innovation, it will always ‘stay true to tradition’, according to Louis Le Duff, CEO and founder of Le Duff Group and owner of Bridor.
The $40 million investment in the plant is part of a global investment worth €400 million that will be spread across five years, initiated by Le Duff and dedicated to expanding Bridor’s industrial operations in France and North America, as well as other projects to be announced in the coming years.
Many of the jobs created at the Boucherville plant will be in its industrial operations, including oversight of its cutting-edge production lines.
Bridor had previously announced expansions to all of its sites, including the one in Boucherville. © Google
Bridor operates industrial bakeries in Canada and the US and markets the Bridor and Au Pain Doré brands, supplying major distributors as well as grocery, restaurant and hotel chains both in Canada and the US.
In June, it announced plans for global expansion, including €400 million’s worth of new investment over the next five years, as it works towards a projected global turnover of €1 billion by 2020.
Revealing the plans at the time, the French bakery group said that it would invest in all of its production facilities in France, the US and Canada – including the site in Boucherville.
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