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Article: Manufacturing--the city's heart and soul.(SPECIAL REPORT: THUNDER BAY)(Coastal Steel Construction Ltd.)(Granite Tops Inc.)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- December 1, 2006
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Thunder Bay's emerging biotechnology, molecular research and high tech sectors are grabbing the media headlines.
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But the heart and soul of any city is the manufactured goods it produces.
Largely dependent on the forestry, mining and transportation industry for much of its history, Thunder Bay produces a wide variety of products that feed those markets.
For South Korean commuters catching the train to Everland, that country's version of Disneyland, they'll be riding on the Bi-Level coaches made in Thunder Bay.
The Thunder Bay plant is building cars for a rapid transit system for Yong-in, on the outskirts ...