Downtown centre to house Hard-Line's technology division: Sudbury tele-op company expands to second location.

• Date: 01 September 2019
• Author: Kelly, Lindsay

With a few finishing touches to go, Hard-Line is ready to raise the curtain on its brand-new technology centre in downtown Sudbury.

As demand continues to grow for Hard-Line's array of tele-operation and remote-controlled vehicles, its Dowling facility, located about a 30-minute drive northwest of Sudbury, is bursting at the seams, and room for its 120 employees is at a premium.

Felicia Brunelle, Hard-Line's vice-president of business development, said an expansion had been in the planning stages for some time and, after a few years of searching, the company purchased the building at the corner of Elgin and Cedar streets a little under a year ago.

"Downtown is growing, and the downtown core is becoming something more exciting to be a part of," Brunelle said.

"They've done a lot of work around this neighbourhood to build things up and it's absolutely working, so we're really excited to be a part of it."

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