Advanced Manufacturing
The advanced manufacturing sector is a key economic driver, stimulating
innovation and attracting highly skilled labour and investments through
advanced technologies applied to the manufacturing world.
Advanced manufacturing: a rapidly evolving sector
The manufacturing sector is almost 98% SMEs(*). Most businesses are lagging when it comes to integrating leading-edge technology to design innovative products and increase their productivity.
These technologies have a significant influence in industries such as aerospace, a flagship of Quebec industry, but also in manufacturing and metal machining or wood processing. These three fields employ over 150,000 people in Quebec.
Advanced manufacturing is based on key factors such as automation, robotics, the Internet of Things, advanced materials, and 3D printing and visualization. For instance, digital software and robotics integrated to production chains have enabled many industries to innovate.
These advances make it possible not only to meet market needs, but also to transform industrial production and increase the competitiveness of sector actors.
Manufacturing businesses are trying to improve productivity by adopting these new technologies. This trend creates a need for new skills in organizations as well as training for employees.
A key sector for Quebec
- 70,000 jobs projected in 570 businesses
- Primarily serves the aerospace, metal manufacturing, wood processing, textile, transportation, construction, housing and energy sectors
- Quebec is showing the most pronounced growth in the sector compared with the average in Canada
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