Longueuil, Quebec, October 15, 2020 - Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
Développement économique de l'agglomération de Longueuil (DEL) is a flagship organization in the Longueuil economic ecosystem. It aims to assist businesses in the five cities in its area (Boucherville, Brossard, Longueuil, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert) by supporting them as they start up and grow. The organization provides information, training, funding, mentoring and consulting services to close to 600 businesses every year. Its services are offered to manufacturing, industrial and value-added business-to-business enterprises. In addition, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been offering mentoring services to storekeepers in the urban area.
Several studies have shown that Quebec manufacturers are behind in their digital transformation and that insufficient investments in this regard are compromising their productivity and competitiveness. This transformation is even more important in the context of COVID-19, which is forcing businesses to find technological solutions to comply with physical distancing measures and to reinvent themselves to enhance their competitiveness and ensure their sustainability.
Doubling the support for flagship organization
As part of the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF), DEL will receive a non-repayable contribution of $555,000 from CED so that businesses and organizations in the urban area affected by the impacts of COVID-19 can benefit from the expertise and mentoring of specialized resources. An additional $500,000 in financial support will cover a portion of the costs to establish its digital technology experimentation factory out of Digifab QG, DEL's centre for industrial expertise-also a non-repayable contribution through CED's Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program.
