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In Guelph
The City of Guelph, located one hour from Toronto, is home to world-renowned R&D facilities of the University of Guelph. As one of a handful of preeminent institutions in the world dedicated to biotechnology and life science research, the university is conducting research valued at over $100 million with approximately 3000 projects in progress.
You will find the elaborate R&D facilities of the University of Guelph, and a cluster of government agencies and private sector industries. The links between these industries, government facilities and associations create a truly dynamic cluster, which fosters research through product development to commercialization.
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In Canada
- The Agri-Food sector is expected to capture the largest share of the biotechnology market.
- A growth rate of over 25% per year is forecasted for the sector as a whole, leading to sales of $20.4 billion by the year 2003.
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In Ontario
- Strong, growing knowledge-based economy.
- Proximity to North American customers.
- Availability of skilled labour.
- Highly competitive costs.
- Lower corporate tax rates.
- R&D spending is expected to exceed $155 million in 2002 – an increase of 60% over 2001.
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