The City’s Economic Development team supports existing businesses and attracts new businesses through the promotion of our strategic advantages. With its industrial roots, Sault Ste. Marie has been a manufacturing hub for over 100 years. Harnessing the local natural resources and capitalizing on its location, Sault Ste. Marie is a leading producer of steel, forestry products, renewable energy and much more. We continue to build on our traditional industries as well as focusing on advanced manufacturing, and emerging industries such as ICT & digital, clean tech, lottery & gaming, aviation and more.
Anchored by companies like Algoma Steel and Tenaris Algoma Tubes, Sault Ste. Marie has a strong history of steel manufacturing. Algoma Steel is one of just three integrated steel manufacturers in Canada and produces various grades of steel sheets and plates to service the automotive industry, energy sector, bridge construction, mining, defense and more.
As an advantage of having a steel integrator in Sault Ste. Marie, many more steel fabricators and re-manufacturers such as Soo Foundry & Machine, Rector Machine Works, SIS Manufacturing and China Steel produce custom steel products in all the traditional industrial sectors including mining.
