A new tenant is setting up shop at Sault Ste. Marie’s small business incubator.
Purus Fuel Technologies (PFT) has secured space at the Millworks Centre for Entrepreneurship, located at the multi-use complex on the grounds of the former St. Marys Paper mill.
Launched in 2013 by former Sault Ste. Marie resident Scott Irwin, PFT develops fuel system cleaning
products and, more recently, a machine to better deliver the fuel system cleaners. Currently, PFT’s production facility is located in Peru, Illinois, and Irwin is looking to set up a Canadian location to better serve customers.
Purus is working with the Sault’s Economic Development Corporation to find property to house a proposed manufacturing facility; search out venture capital partners; locate local suppliers to provider materials for equipment assembly; and secure distribution partners for Northern Ontario.
The company would initially employ five to begin production in the Sault, and increase its employees to 18 to 2 within 36 months.
3 Rivers Automotive Technologies, PFT’s parent company, is in the process of organizing a Canadian company and recruiting employees with automotive service abilities, and hopes to develop relationships with the Sault College automotive technician apprenticeship program.
