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BRP Modernizes its Valcourt Plant: Renovations Valued at $10 million.


VALCOURT, Quebec Valcourt is a small town in southern Quebec, Canada. It is located about 130km from Montreal and is where Bombardier, the first snowmobile manufacturer, was founded in 1942.  -- Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP BRP Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.
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) is planning to spend approximately $10 million to modernize its Valcourt plant. The work will be carried out between May and October 2005.

"This investment will consolidate the substantial productivity gains achieved in 2004 in cooperation with our workers, and confirms our commitment to maintain in Valcourt our assembly facilities for complex, sophisticated or high-volume vehicles," said Jose Boisjoli, BRP's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We will change the way we assemble our vehicles and this will enable us to remain competitive at a time when external pressures show no signs of leveling off."

The work will be carried out over a 150,000 square feet area and will have no impact on production. The changes include installing new equipment and increasing assembly capacity to bring production schedules in line with demand while implementing more reliable systems and a much more ergonomic ergonomic - Concerning ergonomics or exhibitting good ergonimics.  assembly line.

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. is a world leader in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing of Ski-Doo(R) and Lynx(TM) snowmobiles, Sea-Doo(R) watercraft and sport boats, Johnson(R) and Evinrude(R) outboard Not built in. Outboard devices are external to the main unit. Contrast with inboard. See offboard.  engines, direct injection technologies such as Evinrude E-TEC(TM), Bombardier(i) all-terrain vehicles (ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum.

(2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads.
), Rotax(R) engines and karts.

(R), (TM) Trademark of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. or its subsidiaries.

(i)Trademark of Bombardier Inc. used under license
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Date:Mar 17, 2005
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