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Top 5 Companies To Watch

Our editorial team uncovered five companies leading by example in this, one of the most challenging and rewarding economic environments in Canada.

Our editorial team uncovered five companies leading by example in this, one of the most challenging and rewarding economic environments in Canada. Whether it’s turning years of success into a breakthrough
expansion, battling against pests, converting houses into works of art, creating new jobs in the declining forestry industry or turning heads with a new product line, Northern Ontario Business has it covered.


BioForest Technologies Inc., a Sault Ste. Marie technology firm, expects a breakout year in 2006. The company is set to strike a deal with one of the world’s leading crop sciences companies to commercialize its patent-pending EcoJect pesticide system.

# 1 - BioForest Technologies

There is nothing like the smell, look and feel of the outdoors, especially when it can be enjoyed in the comfort of one’s home. Devon Mills Ltd. achieves that experience each time it ships out a custom-built North Country Log Home package.

# 2 - North Country Log Homes

A North Bay home decor and handicraft exporting company is turning over a new stone.# 3 - Buckstone Urns

Manitou Forest Product’s recipe for success is good management.

# 4 - Manitou Forest Products

Keeping business rolling is the name of the game for Dwight Michaud, owner and president of Timmins Kenworth Ltd.# 5 - Timmins Kenworth Ltd