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	Transportation Network Key Sectors Recreational vehicle –transportation equipment Environmental-Recovery and Recycling Furniture and Machined Lumber Manufacturing equipment production and metal transformation Agri-food transformation Business Establishment The incentives for establishment Industrial Zones and Available Buildings Operations Costs Labor = Stability and Training Research and Development Assistance for Businesses National Organizations

Key Sectors

A Region of SMEs

The Maple Region is foremost a manufacturing region. This territory counts over 200 manufacturing companies that transform raw materials and specializes in various fields such as machinery, transportation equipment including naval equipment, environment technologies, furniture and woodworking, transformation of metals or agro-food. These companies invest around 40 million dollars per year in the improvement of their production infrastructures and their development operations.

In the Maple Region, there are over 5 000 qualified workers that contribute to the reputation of the region the leader in manufacturing in Quebec.

Company-Job Chart for the Maple Region
Field	Number of Companies	Number of Jobs
Food	22	1 069
Plastic Materials	3	67
Leather and Other	5	34
Textile and Clothing	15	766
Wood, Furniture	66	1238
Printing and Publishing	5	28
Metal Transf. and Machinery	53	1219
Transportation Materials	17	718
Electric prod. and Electronics	1	9
Minerals	9	103
Chemicals	2	109
Other Industries	8	88
Total	206	5448

Approximately 40% of manufacturers in the Maple Region export in majority to the American market.