Nautel has a particular reason for paying close attention to the tariff faceoff between the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Nova Scotia but has a substantial manufacturing presence in Maine.
The broadcast equipment manufacturer issued a statement Monday reassuring customers in the United States: “While tariffs have been proposed over the weekend, Nautel’s significant USA-based manufacturing presence enables the company to maintain transmitter shipments unhindered.”
President/CEO Kevin Rodgers said the company’s facilities in Bangor, Maine have been in operation since 1975 and provide manufacturing capability for its AM and FM transmitter products.
“We are exceptionally well positioned to continue to serve the U.S. market, as well as customers throughout the world,” he said.
As of Monday afternoon, the pending U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada had been put on hold, according to NBC News.
Earlier, in response to the threat, Canada’s government said it would impose 25 percent retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the United States.