HPQ Silicon’s President & CEO, Bernard Tourillon, recently sat down with AGORACOM to discuss the company’s latest press release regarding the U.S.-Canada tariff situation and HPQ’s plans to launch Canada’s first commercial fumed silica production.
In the interview, Tourillon provides insight into how escalating tariffs and countermeasures could significantly impact Canadian industries reliant on imported fumed silica, a critical industrial material used in automotive, construction, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy applications. He further explains HPQ’s solution: a domestically produced, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to reduce reliance on foreign supply chains.
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HPQ Silicon is a Quebec-based TSX Venture Exchange Tier 1 Industrial Issuer. With the support of world-class technology partners PyroGenesis Canada and NOVACIUM SAS, the company is developing new green processes crucial to make the critical materials needed to reach net zero emissions.
