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AI-First Software & Automation for Peterborough Businesses

Global Maple System builds custom software, websites and automation for manufacturers, aerospace and nuclear suppliers, healthcare providers and downtown businesses across Peterborough, Ontario. We help you modernize what you already have, not just add more of it.

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  • Loss of major anchor employers in recent years (GE Peterborough's 2018 closure after 126 years, Siemens relocating its Peterborough facility to Concord, Lufthansa closing its Peterborough call centre, Coca-Cola Canada ending local Minute Maid production) is forcing remaining manufacturers and suppliers to diversify and modernize rather than rely on a few large clients
  • The region's tri-party economic development agency (Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development) was dissolved at the end of 2024 after the City and County declined to renew funding, leaving a gap in coordinated business support that the City's new economic development office is still rebuilding
  • An aging manufacturing workforce (skilled trades nearing retirement) is pushing advanced manufacturing, aerospace and nuclear-supply-chain firms toward automation to sustain output with fewer hands-on-deck
  • Over 400 small, independently-run downtown businesses under the Peterborough DBIA operate without the in-house IT, e-commerce or booking infrastructure that chain competitors have

AI & Automation · Peterborough

With skilled trades workers aging toward retirement across Peterborough's advanced manufacturing, aerospace and nuclear-component shops, AI-assisted automation is less about cutting headcount and more about capturing decades of floor knowledge before it walks out the door.

Doing business in Peterborough

Peterborough is a city of more than 83,000 residents with a median household income of $71,500, and 64% of residents hold a post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree. That combination — a skilled, educated population anchored by Trent University and Fleming College — has kept the city's economy diverse even as its industrial base has shifted. Advanced manufacturing, aerospace and aviation, nuclear component manufacturing, cleantech, healthcare and tourism all have a real foothold here, and each is looking for software and automation partners who understand the pressures specific to Peterborough rather than a generic playbook.

That shift hasn't been gentle. General Electric ran a Peterborough plant from 1892 to 2018, employing roughly 6,000 people at its peak before closing after 126 years. Siemens has since relocated its Peterborough facility to Concord, Lufthansa closed its local call centre, and Coca-Cola Canada ended Minute Maid production in the city. The employers that remain — Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Trent University, Fleming College, BWXT and PepsiCo's Quaker Oats plant — are substantial, but losing so many anchor tenants has pushed the manufacturers and suppliers around them to diversify their client base and modernize how they operate instead of leaning on a handful of large contracts.

Downtown, the pressure looks different. The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area represents more than 400 independently-run businesses along the Lansdowne Place / Lansdowne Street West corridor and the downtown core, most without the in-house IT, e-commerce or booking systems that chain competitors take for granted. At the same time, the tri-party economic development agency that used to coordinate business support across the city and county was dissolved at the end of 2024, and the city's new economic development office is still rebuilding that capacity — which is part of why some Peterborough businesses are already sourcing digital help on their own, including through federal Canadian Digital Adoption Program funding.

None of this means Peterborough is short on ambition. Cleantech Commons, Trent University's research and innovation park, is drawing new tenants as space in the Peterborough East and Fleming Industrial Parks fills up, and organizations like the Peterborough + Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce and Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas keep supporting local growth. Global Maple System works alongside businesses across these districts to build the software, websites and automation that let you get more out of what you already have.

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What Peterborough businesses tell us

  • ✕ Loss of major anchor employers in recent years (GE Peterborough's 2018 closure after 126 years, Siemens relocating its Peterborough facility to Concord, Lufthansa closing its Peterborough call centre, Coca-Cola Canada ending local Minute Maid production) is forcing remaining manufacturers and suppliers to diversify and modernize rather than rely on a few large clients
  • ✕ The region's tri-party economic development agency (Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development) was dissolved at the end of 2024 after the City and County declined to renew funding, leaving a gap in coordinated business support that the City's new economic development office is still rebuilding
  • ✕ An aging manufacturing workforce (skilled trades nearing retirement) is pushing advanced manufacturing, aerospace and nuclear-supply-chain firms toward automation to sustain output with fewer hands-on-deck
  • ✕ Over 400 small, independently-run downtown businesses under the Peterborough DBIA operate without the in-house IT, e-commerce or booking infrastructure that chain competitors have
  • ✕ Local SMEs are actively seeking outside help to digitize: at least one Peterborough business has used the federal Canadian Digital Adoption Program to fund hiring a digital advisor, signalling under-resourced internal tech capacity
  • ✕ Industrial land in existing city business parks is largely built out, pushing new manufacturing and cleantech tenants toward newer sites like Cleantech Commons and creating pressure to get more value from existing operations and systems rather than simply expanding footprint
What we build

For Peterborough's key industries

Advanced manufacturing

Peterborough's advanced manufacturers built their reputation over more than a century, but the departure of anchor employers like General Electric has pushed the shops that remain — many clustered in the Peterborough East Industrial Park and Fleming Industrial Park — to compete on flexibility and efficiency rather than scale alone. With skilled trades workers aging toward retirement, automating repetitive production, inventory and quality-tracking work isn't about reducing headcount; it's about protecting output and institutional knowledge as experienced staff retire. We build the shop-floor software and integrations that make that possible.

Aerospace and aviation

Peterborough is home to more than 20 aviation and aerospace businesses employing over 500 people, a supply chain that has had to become more self-reliant as the city's broader anchor-employer losses reshaped its industrial base. These are precision operations where production tracking, documentation and supplier coordination software has to be dependable and auditable. We build systems that fit how aerospace suppliers actually work — connecting production data, quality records and scheduling so smaller shops can operate with the same discipline as much larger ones.

Nuclear component manufacturing

BWXT is one of Peterborough's major employers in nuclear component manufacturing, and the supply chain around firms like it faces the same workforce pressure as the rest of the city's advanced manufacturing base: experienced tradespeople retiring faster than they can be replaced. That makes reliable, well-documented production and quality systems a priority rather than a nice-to-have. We help nuclear-supply-chain manufacturers automate the tracking, reporting and internal workflows that keep production moving as their teams change.

Cleantech

Cleantech Commons, Trent University's research and innovation park, gives Peterborough a real base for cleantech companies as they grow — and with land in the city's older industrial parks largely built out, it's increasingly where new tenants land. Whether you're a research-stage spinout or an established operator, you need software that scales with you: a web presence, internal tooling and automation that don't require a large in-house IT team. That's the kind of build we do.

Healthcare

Peterborough Regional Health Centre is one of the city's largest employers, and the healthcare providers, clinics and allied businesses that support it need software that's dependable, secure and easy for staff and patients to use. From booking and intake tools to internal workflow automation, we build systems for Peterborough healthcare organizations that reduce administrative load without adding complexity for the people relying on them.

How we help

Built for Peterborough businesses

Client Diversification Systems

When a handful of large accounts disappear — as they have for manufacturers who once supplied General Electric, Siemens or Coca-Cola's Peterborough operations — the fastest way back to stability is winning new business efficiently. We build CRM, quoting and production-tracking systems that make it easier to serve more clients well, so you're never dependent on one or two contracts again.

Shop-Floor Automation

Peterborough's advanced manufacturing, aerospace and nuclear-supply-chain shops are watching experienced trades workers retire faster than they can be replaced. We automate the repeatable production, inventory and quality-tracking work that used to depend on a few people's memory, so output holds steady through workforce turnover.

E-Commerce & Booking for Downtown Businesses

Most of the 400+ independent businesses in the Peterborough DBIA, from the Lansdowne Street West corridor to the downtown core, are competing against chains with far more IT and e-commerce resources. We build online stores, booking systems and simple back-office tools sized for an independent retailer or service business, not an enterprise budget.

Grant-Ready Digital Advisory

With Peterborough's economic development support still being rebuilt after the tri-party agency's dissolution at the end of 2024, many local businesses are digitizing on their own initiative — some using federal Canadian Digital Adoption Program funding to do it. We act as that outside digital advisor: scoping the project, building the software and helping you make the most of the funding available.

Getting More From What You Have

With land in Peterborough's established industrial parks largely built out, growth increasingly means getting more value from existing operations rather than expanding your footprint. We build the data systems, integrations and internal tools that help manufacturing, cleantech and healthcare operations run more efficiently on the space and systems they already have.

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Industries we serve in Peterborough

Advanced manufacturing Aerospace and aviation Nuclear component manufacturing Cleantech Healthcare Tourism

Serving businesses across Downtown Peterborough (Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area), Lansdowne Place / Lansdowne Street West retail corridor, Peterborough East Industrial Park, Fleming Industrial Park, Cleantech Commons (Trent University research & innovation park).

Peterborough questions, answered

Global Maple System is an Ontario-based, AI-first studio working with businesses across the province, including Peterborough. Every engagement starts with your specific industry, district and systems — whether that's a shop in the Peterborough East Industrial Park or a storefront off Lansdowne Street West — not a generic template.

Yes. At least one Peterborough business has already used CDAP funding to bring in outside digital help, and we can act as that advisor — scoping a project that fits the program and then building it.

Yes. Most of the 400+ businesses in the Peterborough DBIA are independently run without in-house IT teams, and that's exactly who our e-commerce and booking work is built for.

That's a familiar story in Peterborough given how many anchor employers have wound down operations here over the years. We start by understanding your current systems, then build the CRM, quoting or production tools that make it easier to take on new clients efficiently.

We design production tracking, documentation and workflow software specifically for the discipline those supply chains require — clear audit trails, quality records and consistent processes — instead of adapting a generic off-the-shelf system to fit.

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