Announcing Québec's Premier Event for the Advanced Design and Manufacturing Marketplace

Montréal is the largest city in the province of Québec and the second largest city in all of Canada. The province of Québec is a major center of manufacturing, with a gross domestic product of $301 billion. Seventy-two percent of international exports shipped to the U.S. Québec offers a strategic location between Europe and the Americas and is within a 600 mile radius of Boston, New York, Washington, and Detroit. UBM Canon is pleased to announce the comprehensive 2012 co-located event lineup to serve this active marketplace.

The 2012 co-located event lineup includes Expoplast, PACKEX Montréal, Process Technology/Powder Bulk Solids (PTX/PBS) Montréal, Design & Manufacturing Montréal, Contract Manufacturing Expo, Automation Technology Expo (ATX) Montréal, AeroCon, and Sustainability in Manufacturing.

Montreal's Most Comprehensive Advanced Manufacturing Event

Montreal Market at a Glance

• Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second largest city in all of Canada.
• The province of Quebec is a major center of manufacturing, with a gross domestic product of $301 billion.
• In Quebec, manufacturing is a key driver of the economy and employs one in every six workers.
• The manufacturing industry accounts for 19 percent of economic activity in the province.
• Quebec manufacturers' share of total Canadian production is a minimum of 20 percent, up to as high as 60 percent.
• Quebec manufacturers spent $2.8 billion in 2009 on capital machinery and equipment purchases with the bulk of this money going for advances in automated equipment and systems for improved product quality, enhanced productivity, and lower operation costs.
• Exports account for 33 percent of the GDP, with 72 percent of international exports shipped to the U.S.

* Forbes Magazine's 2011 annual list of Best Countries for Business ranks Canada No 1. According to Forbes, Canada's economy has done better than most—the $1.6 trillion economy is the ninth largest in the world and grew 3.1% last year.

Quebec Manufacturing Sector*	Number of Manufacturing Establishments	Number of Employees	CAD Billion
			Annual Payroll	Annual Materials Purchases	Value of Shipments
Aerospace Products1	118	22,100	1.61	5.58	10.59
Chemical Products	825	20,218	1.21	5.37	11.65
Computers & Electronic Products	726	18,159	0.92	1.70	4.24
Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components	464	15,103	0.64	2.27	4.14
Fabricated Metal Products	2,714	42,180	1.87	4.20	8.50
Food & Beverages	2,189	50,459	1.93	11.47	18.77
Machinery	1,613	30,728	1.57	3.27	6.91
Paper Manufacturing	304	21,618	12.87	5.03	9.95
Plastics Products	649	21,336	0.93	2.60	5.43
Textile Products	385	2,814	0.11	0.23	0.61
Transportation Equipment	775	38,290	2.36	8.77	15.96

* Based on the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
¹ Subsector of Transportation