Timeline: Businesses Under Smallwood's Economic Development Plan
Year | Business Name | Location | Cost | Closure |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | North Star Cement | Corner Brook | $3.7 million | 2000 |
1950 | Atlantic Gypsum1 | Corner Brook | $1.5 million | 2007 |
1951 | Canadian Machinery and Industry Construction Limited | Octagon | $5 million | 1980s |
1951 | United Cotton Mills | St. John’s | $4 million | 1986 |
1951 | Atlantic Films & Electronics | St. John’s | $20,000 | 1980s |
1951 | NFLD Hardwoods Ltd. | Donovan’s | $2 million | 1980s |
1952 | Atlantic Hardboard Ind. Ltd. | Donovan’s | $575,000 | closed |
1952 | Newfoundland Tanneries | Carbonear | $750,000 | 1957 |
1953 | Atlantic Gloves Limited | Carbonear | $350,000 | 1957 |
1953 | Gold Sail Leather Goods | Harbour Grace | $200,000 | 1960 |
1954 | Hanning Electric Limited | Topsail | $325,000 | 1958 |
1954 | Superior Rubber | Holyrood | $1 million | 1956 |
1954 | Terra Nova Textiles | Harbour Grace | $500,000 | 1986 |
1954 | Koch Shoes2 | Harbour Grace | $750,000 | 2014 |
1956 | A. Adler Company | Bay Roberts | $550,000 | 1960 |
1957 | Eckhardt Knitting Mills | Brigus | $387,400 | 1960s |
1Atlantic Gypsum operated by Lafarge Canada, closed in 2007.
2Renamed Terra Nova Shoes.
Source: Newfoundland. Royal Commission on Employment and Unemployment. Building on our strengths: report of the Royal Commission on Employment and Unemployment. St. John's: The Commission, 1986. Print.