Canada invests in agri-food industry energy efficiency at Bonduelle

The Government of Canada has announced a $24,000 investment in Bonduelle Canada Inc., a producer of ready-to-use vegetables, to reduce energy costs and improve energy efficiency as part of the government’s efforts to advance a low-carbon energy future.

The company’s St-Denis-sur-Richelieu facility in Quebec will reduce energy consumption and improve its financial and environmental performance through a process integration study that will recommend energy-efficiency improvements. The modernization project for the plant will help improve industrial energy efficiency in Canada by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Federal funding is provided by the Energy Efficiency for Industry Program, which offers financial assistance to help fund Canadian industrial facilities’ energy management projects. Énergir also contributed to the project to bring the total investment to nearly $50,000.

Bonduelle is a family-run company founded in 1853 by Louis Bonduelle. It provides over 100 countries with vegetables that are preserved using natural processes.