These entrepreneurs are the category winners of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 Quebec Awards:
Overall Regional Winner
Services
GERMAIN LAMONDE
EXFO Inc.
EXFO develops network testing and analytics solutions for fixed and mobile network operators, equipment manufacturers and web-scale companies.
Real Estate
JULIEN SMITH
Breather Products Inc.
Supplies rented modern workspaces to small and large business clients.
Food
ONOFRIO INFANTINO
Copper Branch
Health-focused chain of vegan restaurants with a growing network of locations in Quebec and Ontario.
Cleantech
VINCENT CHORNET
Enerkem Inc.
Produces advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals from non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste.
Young Entrepreneurs
JONATHAN FERRARI, NEIL CUGGY, RAFFI KRIKORIAN
Goodfood Market Corp.
Leading meal kit company, delivering fresh ingredients for home-cooked meals to over 60,000 subscribers.
Business-to-Consumer
MICHEL LEHOUX
Groupe Filgo-Sonic
Born from a merger of Groupe Filgo and Groupe Sonic in 2016, the new group operates more than 300 gas service stations and 25 retail centres with convenience stores.
Business-to-Business
BRIGITTE JALBERT
Les Emballages Carrousel Inc.
Food and industrial packaging company founded in 1971 that has grown to a business with more than 300 employees across Quebec.
Technology - over 100 employees
RÉGIS DESJARDINS
Cofomo Inc.
Provider of business and IT management services.
Technology - under 100 employees
ALEXANDRE CERVINKA
Newtrax Technologies, Inc.
Manufacturer of Internet of Things systems that use machine-learning technology to optimize underground mining operations.
Manufacturing
MARIE-CLAUDE GUILLEMETTE
Plastiques Moore Inc.
Maker of small, injection-moulded plastic components for the automotive, medical, mining, electronic and military industries.
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