Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Victor Fedeli, visited the Continest factory in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, on June 3. Continest welcomed the Ontario delegation to its manufacturing facility to discuss how its foldable container units could serve Canadian customers and where the company could work with local industry partners.
The discussion covered temporary infrastructure for events, construction, disaster relief and housing. A factory visit gives a delegation the opportunity to see how the units are made and to ask how they could be configured for different uses. For organizations considering temporary infrastructure, the practical questions include how the equipment fits the site, how it will be deployed and what support is available locally.
Stefánia Szabó described Canada as an important market for Continest and pointed to a project already on the calendar. Continest Canada’s concessions units are set to support the FIFA World Cup at Toronto Stadium, also known as BMO Field. The deployment will provide a Canadian example of how the units can serve a major event.
At Pace Global Advantage, we follow Continest’s Canadian growth as an example of how a manufacturer can build a presence abroad. The factory visit connected discussions about Canadian demand with a specific deployment that people in Ontario will soon be able to see.