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digital media

Christian Menge • Freedom Works Inc.

simulationThe Niagara Region has helped our innovative simulator and engineering design business to take flight! Quick access to global markets plays an important role in furthering our growth. The region’s strong support of interactive media companies includes the Niagara Interactive Media Generator (nGen), which has been instrumental to our success. Affordable tax rates and the low cost of doing business is why Niagara is the place to be.

think niagara. think success.The Niagara Region has been the setting for many a Canadian success story. Now we invite you to become a “Niagara Original” by growing your own business here in our fertile soil.

game developmentMy troops can become quite fatigued sitting at computer screens developing leading edge video games. That’s why the work/play balance in the region is so key to their productivity. And the high speed fibre optic networks that link us to domestic and international markets is critical to our daily operations.

Denis Dyack • President, Silicon Knights, Interactive Gaming Developers

Tobias Wiegand • President, Morro Images

animationBy relocating from Germany to Niagara we now have the best of both worlds - an industrious progressive region surrounded by natural beauty. Our work with visual effects and 3D animation allows us to partner with many companies in Niagara’s growing digital media sector, as well as recruit new talent from Brock University and Niagara College.

digital marketingAt Tri-Media, we are creating a digital connection throughout Niagara and beyond its boundaries. As a global communications firm involved in marketing and technology, location is very important. This region’s intermodal hub provides us with the effortless means to connect rapidly with North American and Global markets. Being a part of Niagara is a positive connection in the minds of our customers around the world.

Albert Iannantuono • Tri-Media Integrated Marketing Technologies

www.niagaracanada.com

think diversity. think niagara.

Digital media is the playground of visionaries, for it is creativity that drives this unique entrepreneurial business. The Niagara Region is uniquely positioned to provide a strong labour pool of researchers, creatives and programmers, as well as a fertile environment where they have the opportunity to strengthen their talents.

The world competes on an international digital media stage and the Niagara Region is poised to surge forward. Niagara‘s Interactive Corridor offers both attractive and competitive options for investment in this emerging economy. Canadian companies have consistently been on the cutting edge of digital media design and the delivery of superior interactive experiences. Within Canada, Niagara has been winning awards for originality.

The realm of digital media exists beyond borders and artificial boundaries. Development demand, fuelled by advances and convergences in communications technology and the growing expectations of consumers, has created a digital media sector that is becoming an economic cornerstone of a new Niagara.

The Region of Niagara has engaged municipal, provincial and federal partners to ensure that a solid foundation is created for sustainable and successful relationships with industry partners. Recognizing the critical importance of access to a talented, well-trained labour pool, Niagara continues to work with their post-secondary education partners to nurture the best and brightest.

nGen, Niagara Interactive Media Generator, is a hub for digital interactive media projects and business development in the Niagara Region. By bringing together key partners in industry, economic development and post-secondary education, nGen jump-starts and grows new enterprises. nGen’s programs are designed to help Niagara retain fresh talent and to attract and assist new business so that creators and entrepreneurs can thrive.

As the main conduit for the fibre optic infrastructure that joins Canada and the United States, Niagara offers the necessary infrastructure together with a stunning landscape and enviable quality of life that refreshes the mind and nurtures the soul.

Our door is open for entrepreneurs who seek out originality in thought, work and life. Come to Niagara for business and feed your creative spirit. We look forward to you becoming a Niagara Original!

think digital media. think niagara.

Niagara’s natural abundance is matched by the multitude of companies that have found a home here, in a wide range of emerging business sectors perfectly suited to the Region.

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• A broad manufacturing base and supply chain network

• A strategic central location with easy access to major markets

• Strong public/private research & development environment

• Highly skilled and experienced workforce

• Pro-business regional and municipal government

• A collaborative business culture open to innovation and change

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