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Cosmetics company uncovers hidden cash
Sometimes even the best-managed companies can overlook a hidden store of cash. Consider the case of Cosmetica Laboratories Inc., a highly successful, fast growing Toronto cosmetics manufacturer. Cosmetica, listed on Deloitte’s Canada’s 50 best managed companies over the past three years, is a vertically integrated company that develops and manufactures makeup for brand names around the world. Revenues have been growing rapidly year over year with calls coming in from prospective clients on a regular basis.

Quebec manufacturing plant: 2 scenarios calculate SR&ED claim and cost
R&D Co. operates a manufacturing plant in Quebec and produces chemical products for the pulp and paper industry. To remain competitive, R&D Co. undertook to improve its process efficiency by developing a continuous manufacturing process instead of manufacturing its products in batch mode. The process sought is an innovative concept that would allow more process flexibility, improved product quality and would be more cost effective.

Waste business finds a buyer despite lack of financial details
When Allied Waste Services Inc. put a string of landfills and waste collection centres across Canada up for sale in 1999, there was a hitch: The seller could not provide prospective buyers a complete financial picture of the business.