Garmin Canada announces Alberta expansion despite other tech turmoil | 24CA News
Tech large Garmin Canada has introduced plans to additional develop in Alberta, together with hiring tons of of extra staff.
The firm, recognized globally for its cutting-edge GPS, health and out of doors expertise, has unveiled the addition of a 3rd flooring to its current constructing in Cochrane, which can also be its Canadian headquarters.
The growth will almost double Garmin’s employment within the city and permit it to make room for 200 new native science, expertise, engineering and arithmetic (STEM) jobs.
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“We moved here less than five years ago, employing a little over 100 people. Today we’re poised to cross the 200 mark and are running out of room,” Garmin Canada’s managing director Jim Rooney stated.
“We’re just to the point right now where we’ve filled the building and we need a place to continue to grow.”
Garmin Canada staff onerous at work.
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The firm formally made Cochrane its house in 2018.
Unlike many different tech giants, it presently doesn’t have any plans for downsizing or shedding workers. Rooney credit that to good managing.
“When the economy was going crazy, we didn’t go and over-spend and we didn’t take on more than we could handle,” he identified.
He additionally touts the growth as a wise transfer, including the corporate is effectively positioned to do it.
“The great thing about Garmin is we’re a conservative company that just kind of builds steadily along with the demand for our products.”
Rooney stated whereas the corporate has seen demand development of about 20 per cent over the previous couple of years, he does anticipate it to melt over the following yr or so.
“We’re probably not going to grow as much as we did over the last couple of years,” he identified. “But Garmin is still willing to make that investment.”
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It’s an funding the Town of Cochrane and the federal government of Alberta are comfortable to have. The Garmin facility is the center of the city and never solely has it supplied jobs, it has additionally helped enhance the city’s taxable evaluation development.
“Garmin Canada is a genuine Alberta startup success story,” Mayor of Cochrane Jeff Genung stated. “The company attracts world-class talent and Cochrane attracts world-class people. We are pleased to be working together to continue building this community as a technology hub.”
Alberta’s minister of municipal affairs Rebecca Schulz instructed Global News tech house continues to be an area the federal government desires to be in.
“I would say this is still very much one of the areas we are focusing on in terms of economic growth.”
Schulz added luring corporations right here doesn’t essentially equate to throwing cash at them.
“It’s really about showing up. Being at the table,” she stated.
“Having those discussions with those companies to say: ‘Look, what we have in Alberta is a unique value proposition. We have affordable housing. We have the beautiful mountains. We have the great quality of life. We have low taxes.’”
Construction of the third flooring to the present Garmin constructing will start in early spring of this yr. It’s anticipated to open within the spring of 2024.
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