Team Canada Atlantic announces companies participating in Florida Trade Mission

A delegation of 47 companies and organizations from across Atlantic Canada will participate in an upcoming trade mission to Florida. The state, touted by many as the Gateway to the Americas, offers significant opportunities for Atlantic Canadian companies in the areas of advanced manufacturing; agri-food and seafood; building and construction products; consumer products; information communications technology; life sciences; and ocean industries.

Mission participants were announced today and include 13 companies and organizations from Newfoundland and Labrador. The Team Canada Atlantic (TCA) trade mission to Miami and Orlando is scheduled for May 14-18, 2006.

"The Government of Canada is working with determination to deliver on commitments made to Canadians in five key areas: accountability, taxation, crime, child care and health care," said the Peter G. MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). "It�s all part of building a strong, united Canada � one that reaches our true potential. And nowhere is that potential more apparent than in our efforts to assist Atlantic Canadian exporters."

"Trade missions give local companies an opportunity to obtain national and international exposure and to market themselves abroad," said Premier Danny Williams. "Newfoundland and Labrador companies have a lot to offer the international marketplace and we are pleased to support their pursuit of opportunities in the Florida market."

Team Canada Atlantic is a partnership of ACOA, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Industry Canada, Foreign Affairs Canada, International Trade Canada and the four Atlantic Provinces, and is committed to strengthening the trade and investment relationship between Atlantic Canada and the United States.

Eleven previous trade missions � to the New England states, Atlanta, New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago � have helped 329 Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs to meet with more than 2,750 buyers, agents and business owners from across the United States, resulting in export sales of more than of $36 million.

Media contact:

Tracy Kenney
Senior Communications Officer
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
(506) 851-2639

Lynn Evans
Director of Communications
Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
(709) 729-4570

Background Information
Complete list of participating companies and organizations

Newfoundland and Labrador
Compusult Limited (Mount Pearl); Corner Brook Port Corporation (Corner Brook); Humber Valley Paving (Corner Brook); MedAtlantic Ltd. (Paradise); MedicLINK Systems (St. John�s); Motion Networks (Torbay); Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries (St. John�s); Plato Group (St. John�s); Q5 Systems Ltd. (St. John�s); Tiller Engineering Inc. (St. John�s); St. John�s Port Authority (St. John�s); Tacamor Inc. (Placentia), Yates Boatbuilding International Inc. (Springdale).

Nova Scotia
Aylward Fiberglass Inc. (Barrington); Bigfoot Systems Inc. (Martin�s Point); Burnt Out Solutions Inc. (New Minas); Canadian Informatics Consultants Ltd. (Timberlea); ECCO Environmental Consulting & Contracting Inc. (Dartmouth); Halifax Port Authority (Halifax); IQUB/The Bitz (Sackville); JW Mason & Sons Ltd. (Windsor); Lunenburg Foundry and Engineering Ltd. (Lunenburg); MacLeod Resources Ltd. (River Denys); Nova Scotia Arctic Charr (Truro); The Cider House Company (Grand Pre); V1 Labs (Halifax).

New Brunswick
All-Wood Stairs Mfg. Ltd. (Notre-Dame); Cube Automation Inc. (Tracadie-Sheila); Fancy Pokket Corporation (Moncton); Ocean Pier Inc. (Scoudouc); St-Paul Fisheries (1989) Ltd. (Caraquet); P & E Manufacturing Ltd. (Bas Cap-Pel�); Professional Quality Assurance Ltd. (Fredericton); PropertyGuys.com (Moncton); Provinent Corporation (Fredericton); R.E.S. Enterprises (Fredericton); New Brunswick Aerospace and Defence Association (Fredericton); Saint John Port Authority (Saint John); Belledune Port Authority (Belledune); East Coast Seafood/Paturel International Co. (Deer Island); Tropical Shipping (Saint John).

Prince Edward Island
Advantage Communications Inc. (Charlottetown); Prince Edward Island BioAlliance (Charlottetown); Ravenwood Stairways (Alberton); Spell Read P.A.T. Learning Systems Inc. (Charlottetown); Storemark Quality Fixtures (Pooles Corner); WebSMB Solutions (Charlottetown).

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