{"id":148084,"date":"2026-07-29T13:39:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/148084\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:39:05","slug":"git-coatings-to-expand-production-with-federal-investment-in-canadas-defence-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/148084\/","title":{"rendered":"GIT Coatings to expand production with federal investment in Canada\u2019s defence sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New equipment will help the Dartmouth company expand production and strengthen Canada\u2019s defence supply chains<\/p>\n<p>July 29, 2026 \u00b7 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/atlantic-canada-opportunities.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canada is rebuilding and reinvesting in its defence industrial base so Canadian companies can strengthen national supply chains while creating good jobs here at home.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Braedon Clark, Member of Parliament for Sackville-Bedford-Preston, announced a repayable contribution to GIT Coatings Inc. to help the company expand production of its new marine coating products for the defence and security sector ($737,500).<\/p>\n<p>This investment will help GIT Coatings purchase and install a new production mixer needed for the company\u2019s latest product offering, an icebreaking hull coating primarily for defence and security vessels. It will also help the company access specialized expertise to expand its presence in the defence and security markets.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement reflects the Government of Canada\u2019s commitment to helping Canadian companies play a key role in building a resilient and sovereign supply chain for Canada\u2019s marine and defence sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New equipment will help the Dartmouth company expand production and strengthen Canada\u2019s defence supply chains July 29, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4550,7909,17,12486,48028,3408,7541,3409,242],"class_list":["post-148084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-atlantic","tag-atlantic-canada-opportunities-agency","tag-canada","tag-defence-industry","tag-defence-science-and-technology","tag-general-public","tag-hon-sean-fraser","tag-news-releases","tag-nova-scotia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}