MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited has issued temporary layoff notices to approximately 70 employees in its Collingwood facility. The company says the decline in demand for underground mining equipment due to current world economic conditions and metal prices is the underlying reason for the layoff.
MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited is a privately owned Canadian company that specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of high quality mechanized equipment serving our customers in the Underground Mining Industry as well as the Commercial and Municipal Sectors. The company headquarters is based in Collingwood. MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited operates ISO 9001 certified Manufacturing Facilities in Collingwood and Owen Sound, employing approximately 200 people. The Underground Mining Equipment Sales and Customer Support operations are located in Sudbury Ontario, Thompson Manitoba and Phalaborwa South Africa making MacLean Engineering & Marketing a Global company employing more than 325 people and growing.