We have a nice range of sectors this month! Here are some announcements that caught our attention these past few weeks and that helped distinguish the Québec City region’s ingenuity, creativity or determination internationally.
Medicago
Progress in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine has attracted some amount of attention both in Quebec and around the world. Medicago develops plant-derived vaccines, which gives them various benefits ranging from production time to storage temperatures. These assets, along with the promising results in clinical trials so far, have placed the Quebec company on international media’s radar as a player to watch in the fight against the pandemic.
Some examples of news articles:
- India: ViewPoints Interview: Medicago’s Nathalie Landry Shares Insight on Plant-Derived Vaccine for COVID-19
- Switzerland: PMI Announces Medicago to Supply Up to 76 Million Doses of Its Plant-Derived COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
- France: Covid-19. Medicago et GSK vont débuter des essais de phase 2 et 3 sur un candidat-vaccin
- English Canada: Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine contender: Medicago’s breakthrough, ties to Big Tobacco and warnings a pandemic was coming
Frima
The digital entertainment studio Frima has worked with several world-leading companies in the past, including Microsoft, Zynga, Mattel and others. This month, the studio once again made the news with the announcement of a collaboration with Kalypso Media to produce a new instalment in the Disciples series, with lots of attention directed to the announcement trailer for the game. Due to be released in 2021, the game is viewed as a reboot of the franchise.
Some examples of news articles:
- United Kingdom: Disciples: Liberation Announced For Q4 2021 With Eye-Popping Announcement Trailer
- Germany: Dark Fantasy strategy epic “Disciples: Liberation” announced for Q4 2021
- France: Disciples: Libération annoncé pour la fin de l'année
- United States: Kalypso Media Announces New Dark Fantasy Game Disciples: Liberation
EXFO
A jewel of Quebec industry, EXFO has already achieved a sound reputation. With solutions for testing, monitoring and analyzing telecommunication networks, the company has been in global news several times this year. Still, I wanted to highlight this strong media presence that makes Québec City shine. The agreements for the rollout and support of several projects are a good example of this visibility.
Some examples of news articles:
- India: EXFO wins contract from Openreach to supply optical test heads
- United Kingdom: Openreach looks to cut fibre rollout cost with Exfo deal
- United States: Openreach, EXFO Synch on FTTH Initiative
Kudos to all these businesses that help the Québec City region shine all around the world. I am very happy to see them contribute so brilliantly to Québec City’s global recognition, and they can count on us to support their growth.
If you know of any other international news about our region’s businesses, please send them to us at info@quebecinternational.ca. We are always happy to hear from you!
Until next month,
Carl Viel
President and CEO of Québec International
