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Rector Machine Works a family affair
Rector Machine Works fills an important void in the mining supply and service sector in Northern Ontario. Located in Sault Ste. Marie, 300 kilometres west of Sudbury, this full service machining and...
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A small Sudbury firm is helping mining companies peer into the future to avoid costly mistakes.Labrecque Technologies creates computer models of mine operations before they are developed in order to...
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Former “shaft man” leverages passion for safety
“It’s good that you caught me today,” said the sandpaper-voiced president of Industrial Solutions Management, a Sudbury-based health and safety consulting and training company.“As of tomorrow, I’ll...
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TES carves out niche in supply business
When opportunity came knocking for brothers Richard and Kevin Whynott to join forces in 2009 and work together for their own company, the two answered the call without hesitation. Kevin, an...
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Drilling supply vets find their edge
After long careers with global drilling supply companies, John Daniels, Steve Boesche and Dave Liberty could have put their feet up and settled into a life of golf, travel and margaritas. Instead,...
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Talos Steel enters gearbox repair business
Frank Grossi sees the partnership he struck between his company, Talos Steel, and Saskatchewan-based Standard Machine as a launching pad for new business opportunities. “This is an important milestone...
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Fall arrest company lands CN Tower contract
When Marc Desjardins quit his job as a senior manager with forestry company Tembec, he had high hopes for success as an entrepreneur. When he started his business, Highwork, in the basement of his...
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Kovit a global player in paste technology
Projects around the world keep company busy Kovit Engineering staff carried out a backfill and tailings management scoping study at Capstone Mining’s polymetallic Cozamin Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. In...
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Walden Equipment chalks up sales at MINExpo
Sister company J&S Manufacturing produces anfo loaders, boom trucks, transmixers, scissor lifts and personnel carriers Walden Equipment team at MINExpo. The AFX anfo loader on display at the...
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TesMan develops data assisted drilling solution
Motion capture technology using cameras improves drilling accuracy Cameras on jumbo identify the exact vertical and horizontal orientation of the booms. A data assisted drilling solution developed by...
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Award-winning First Nation caterer diversifies
Windigo Catering brings home Skookum Jim Award Windigo Catering prepares more than 1,000 meals per day at Goldcorp’s Musselwhite Mine, including 450 breakfasts, 450 dinners, and a limited lunch menu...
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B&D ramps up in South America
Sudbury supplier celebrates sales to Peru and Brazil Representatives of B&D Manufacturing’s Peru-based distributor, International Wheel, were in Sudbury in mid-May to learn how to handle and...
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Deltion aims for the moon
Deltion Innovations CEO Dale Boucher. Deltion Innovations Ltd. CEO Dale Boucher wants people to pay close attention to the new company, as it is going places. Far away places. “If things go well, you...
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Environment takes precedence at Totten
Water, emissions priorities for mine design Allison Merla, Vale’s senior environmental specialist, takes a water sample at Totten Mine’s water treatment plant. The sophisticated system reduces metals...
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BPT appointed John Deere service dealer
Power systems dealer for mining OEMs Miles Burgess, vice-president, BPT Parts & Components, in company’s repair and rebuild centre in Mississauga. BPT Parts & Components Inc., best known as a...
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Phoenix Industrial Services reaches above and beyond
Company boasts 13 years without lost time injury Steel scaffold system designed and built by Phoenix Industrial Systems for a major power dam in Northern Ontario. Phoenix Industrial Services president...
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Equipment World: Canada’s mine dry specialist
Company serves mining industry from locations in Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and Timmins Ernie Ukrainec, construction and technical sales manager at Equipment World, one of the few...
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H2O Control Products soaking up business
Small packages, big results The packets containing polymer-based beads are designed to go into enclosures such as electrical panels, junction boxes and equipment controls – wherever moisture might...
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Chemical supplier touts advantage of proximity
Reliable Industrial Supply blends and supplies a wide range of chemicals for the mining industry Frank Flynn, vice-president and part owner of Reliable Industrial Supply with bulk containers of...
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Timely, quality work sharpens steel fabricator’s edge
Nor-Arc Steel Fabricators serves mining industry across Canada as part of a diversified client base A transport truck hauls a steel staircase fabricated by Nor-Arc for the tank farm building at AuRico...
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