The Business Beat for August 15, 2016

Featuring Kleinschmidt Associates, Selling Food to Ontario workshop, Andrew's Sewing and Designs, and Package Plus

Hydroelectric engineering and environmental consulting firm Kleinschmidt has opened an office in Peterborough Square (photo: Kleinschmidt)
Hydroelectric engineering and environmental consulting firm Kleinschmidt has opened an office in Peterborough Square (photo: Kleinschmidt)

Kleinschmidt Associates opens office in downtown Peterborough

Kleinschmidt Associates recently opened an office in Peterborough Square.

Kleinschmidt is a hydroelectric engineering and environmental consulting firm based in the US. They specialise in hydroelectric design, penstock inspection, generating station assessments, and safety inspections and fisheries studies.

The Peterborough office gives Kleinschmidt a Canadian base and the Peterborough team is currently supporting 14 Canadian projects.

For more information, visit www.kleinschmidtgroup.com.


Selling Food to Ontario workshop in September

Learn how to sell food to Ontario at a September workshop in Millbrook
Learn how to sell food to Ontario at a September workshop in Millbrook

If you are either in the food business or would like to be, the “Selling Food to Ontario Workshop” on Monday, September 18th might be of interest.

The workshop is presented by Peterborough Economic Development (PED), Cavan Monaghan Township, and the Province of Ontario and will outline the basics of food regulation, market opportunities, trends, and labelling.

“Selling Food to Ontario” is a full-day workshop beginning at 9 a.m. at the Township of Cavan Monaghan Office in Millbrook. There is no charge.

Register online at grow-an-ontario-food-biz.eventbrite.ca or contact Jamey Coughlin at PED (JPCoughlin@PeterboroughED.ca or 705-743-0777 ext. 2123) or Brigid Ayotte at Cavan Monaghan (bayotte@cavanmonaghan.net or 705-932-9339) for details.


Andrew’s Sewing and Designs

Andrew's Sewing and Designs in Peterborough specializes in custom sewing (photo: Andrew Pinck / Kijiji)
Andrew’s Sewing and Designs in Peterborough specializes in custom sewing (photo: Andrew Pinck / Kijiji)

Andrew Pinck recently started his own business.

Andrew’s Sewing and Designs specializes in custom sewing, including table centre pieces, shopping bags, pillows, alterations, hemming, and mending.

Andrew brings over 40 years’ experience to his business.

Call 705-874-5442 for details.


Package Plus smartphone media transfer service

Package Plus can transfer your smartphone media to CDs, DVDs, and more (graphic: Package Plus)
Package Plus can transfer your smartphone media to CDs, DVDs, and more (graphic: Package Plus)

Package Plus recently introduced a handy new service.

In an era where most of what we do is connected in some way to phones, including taking pictures and shooting videos, Bruce Stewart and the gang at Package Plus are now offering complete smartphone services where they’ll take the videos, photos, and audio files from your smartphone and put them on DVDs, CDs, and USB drives.

Package Plus is located at 171 Rink Street in Peterborough. Visit www.packageplus.ca for more information.