Brampton Companies To Receive Provincial Awards

Two Brampton businesses are among the dozen Ontario companies that will be recognized when The Ontario Chamber of Commerce presents the Ontario Business Achievement Awards (OBAA) and the Ontario Global Traders Awards (OGTA) next month in Toronto.

At the awards ceremony Brampton’s NAFTA Foods and Packaging Inc. will be recognized in the OGTA – Market Expansion category, while Crownhill Packaging Ltd. will be recognized with an OBBAA American Express Award for Small Business. In May of this year both companies were recipients of Brampton Outstanding Business Achievement Awards.

"This year more than ever we must give credit to the firms that are investing in innovation, improving productivity and creating jobs in our communities," says Len Crispino, President and CEO of the OCC. "It always takes hard work and creativity to succeed in business, but in today's economic climate, resiliency and triumph are that much more worthy of recognition."

NAFTA Foods and Packaging Inc. is one of the leading private label and branded manufacturers in North America of gingerbread house and seasonal cookie kits, clamshell and tub cookies. With sales across North America throughout NAFTA occupies a 160,000 square foot building, and employs approximately one hundred and fifty people, expanding that to meet heavy seasonal needs.

Founded in 1986, Crownhill Packaging has progressed from a one-man operation to one of Canada’s largest independently owned packaging solutions suppliers now mploying over 65 people with space assets in excess of 200,000 square feet.

The awards will be presented at a gala event that will to be attended by approximately 1,000 business and political leaders at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Tuesday, November 4th, hosted by Canadian icon Jann Arden.