The mission of the Société du parc industriel et portuaire de Bécancour (SPIPB) is to promote the economic development of Québec by developing and operating an industrial park and port on a self-financing basis.
The SPIPB also promotes the establishment of new businesses and provides the necessary infrastructures for the establishment and operation of large-scale companies.
In the early 1960s, the idea of a major steel industry in Quebec was born. The Quebec government mandated the General Trust of Canada to acquire 7,650 acres of land in Bécancour, along the St. Lawrence River.
In 1968, the Quebec government bought Sidbec-Dosco and the steel project in Becancour was abandoned. With the land bank purchased, the Quebec government created the Société du parc industriel du centre du Québec. Its mandate was to develop an industrial park on the territory of the City of Bécancour and to provide it with the necessary infrastructures for the establishment of heavy industries.
Today, the Société du parc industriel et portuaire de Bécancour (SPIPB) works with a group of innovative companies, well-integrated in the community, whose synergy of activities contributes to the vitality of each one.
With the first port under provincial jurisdiction, the SPIPB is an example of integration and cooperation. It is already looking to the future in terms of optimizing the development of the territory, while constantly keeping in mind the objective of reducing the impact of development on future generations.
