Former Saultite Looks to Expand US-Based Manufacturing Operation into the Sault

After opening an initial manufacturing facility in the US, a former Saultite is looking to grab a foothold in Canada by establishing an assembly operation in Sault Ste. Marie.  Scott Irwin has spent the past 15-years developing fuel system cleaning products and distributing automotive maintenance and repair products in the US midwest.  Purus Fuel Technologies has a facility in Peru, Illinois that employs 4 and plans call for initially employing five to begin production in the Sault hopefully by the new year.  The initial setup is at the EDC’s business incubator and Irwin says the first aim is to establish relationships with independent distributors across the country once the office is up and running…

Irwin is working with the Sault Economic Development Corporation to identify potential sites for the assembly operation.  He talks about the benefits of establishing a base here in the Sault…

There’s the expectation that employment would increase from the initial five to 18 to 24 within 3-years as the product line expands beyond the new fuel cleaning machine known as IC-2 System—there will also be an effort to develop realtionships with the Sault College automotive technician apprenticeship program.