MONTREAL - France-based mechanical engineering firm Avantis and Québec's Drakkar & Associates, a strategic outsourcing specialist, today announced the creation of Avantis Industrialisation, a high value-added company for Greater Montréal. The news was announced by Sam Hamad, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade during the Farnborough International Airshow held in London from June 9 to 15.