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Magazine Issue December 2008

In The Line of Fire

Ouro Fino Industria

Top Tubs

For more than 30 years, Ouro Fino has evolved into a successful company with various divisions. Initially manufacturing automotive parts, this evolution has led to heating and filtering equipment, swimming pools and hot tubs. Reuben Ford finds out more about the development of the Ouro Fino brand and the success of its product ranges.

Rotobec

Lifted to the Top

Armando Diana learns how Rotobec Inc. lifts its customers and their products to lofty heights through its premier lines of material handling equipment.

Rudolph Kerb Komus LTDA

Parts and Components Maker Rudolph Usinados of Brazil

The goal of any company is to make profits, right? Of course, but not every enterprise goes about achieving that goal the same way. Luis

Irving Shipbuilding Inc.

Maritime Mission

Founded nearly 50 years ago, Irving Shipbuilders Inc. established a strong presence upon global waters.

JAY-LOR

It’s in the Mix

JAY-LOR® Fabricating, Inc. manufactures bovine feed mixers that deliver the highest quality combination of nutrients that farmers and ruminants just love, using total mixed ration, the most influential factor in increasing milk production and improving cow health in 20 years. Cows like the taste, and farmers like the increased milk production and overall good herd health resulting from better nutrition. David Soyka gets into the mix of this Canadian company’s unique combinations.

Marchesan Tatu

Working the Land

What started as a simple family farm equipment business is now an important player in agriculture in Brazil and around the globe. Lee Weingast looks at how Marchesan has kept – and even set – the pace of agricultural progress.

Mineracao Caraiba S/A

From the Ground Up | Industry Today

The Caraíba copper mine was discovered in 1874. Since then, Mineração Caraíba has been owned by a legendary Brazilian entrepreneur.

Modern Industrial Products

Aeroservicios Especilizados SA de CV (ASESA)

Janice Gable Bashman shows how Modern Industrial Structures Inc., a manufacturer of relocatable accommodations, soared to the top of its ind

Grupo Sadasi

Constructing Quality

During the past three decades, Grupo Sadasi, a leading company in Mexico’s housing industry, has built hundreds of thousands of homes in some of the country’s most populated areas. Rachel Hartman reports on the company’s long-standing reputation for creating homes with strong designs at an affordable price.

Halgo Power

Steaming to the Top

Janice Gable Bashman reports on how Halgo Power, a provider of turnkey boiler solutions, has served customers’ needs for over 50 years.

Hall Tank

Super Tank

Heralded for its workmanship, quality and service, Hall Tank builds virtually indestructible tanks. As Pat Whiteman learned, that attention to detail has made the company an industry legend and kept customers loyal for more than 50 years.

Highline MFG

High-End Farm Technology

Canadian cattlemen have long looked to Highline manufacturing to provide them with advanced technology that helps them turn a larger profit. The Saskatchewan-based company has never disappointed. With over 50 years of experience in design and manufacturing of industry leading machinery, Highline embodies the spirit of innovation, Dan Harvey reports.

Great Panther Limited

Silver Diggers

For the past four years, Great Panther resources has been right in the midst of a mining renaissance. Since the company acquired the famous Guanajuato mines in late 2005, a global hike in the price of precious metals has revived a number of defunct mines in Mexico and allowed companies such as GPR to yield the benefits. Mauricio Chan explores the enterprise’s current strategy and explains how it plans to continue growing.

Grupo Equipav

Grupo Equipav | Industry Today

Marie Thomas interviews Grupo Equipav’s CEO from Brazil to learn the secret of this unique infrastructure company’s phenomenal and consisten

Fleet Canada

Building on a Legacy

Fleet Canada, Inc. manufactures a broad range of aerospace structures, component parts and assemblies and is particularly adept at reverse engineering legacy designs. David Soyka reports on the soaring success of this 78-year-old subcontractor’s recent relaunch.

Danica

Global Specialist

To paraphrase Bob Dylan, Danica Corporation knows which way the wind blows. The Denmark-based enterprise established itself in Latin American markets by providing advanced technological alternatives to thermoinsulation solutions. Now the company is looking toward emerging market opportunities to solidify a global leadership position. Dan Harvey assesses the forecast, and reveals that the future looks bright for the ambitious enterprise.

DuraTech Industries

Farm-Grown Innovations

Starting with a modified tub grinder for farmers and ranchers, DuraTech Industries International Inc. advanced from a small regional operation to a multi-facility global enterprise. During its 42-year history, the North Dakota-based organization has developed two full product lines that service agricultural and industrial sectors. Dan Harvey describes DuraTech’s recent, remarkable growth.

Dynetek

Hydrogen Highways

A pioneer in the development and production of CNG canisters and hydrogen cylinders, Dynetek explores new avenues for growth in the alternative fuel industry, where higher oil prices lead to further invention, as Lorie Greenspan finds.

Coatzacoalcos

A Port Without Borders

Coatzacoalcos Port in the south of the Mexican state of Veracruz each year handles the largest traffic of bulk mineral and agricultural carg

Controil

Brake Away

After 50 years of producing brake and other elastomer components for OEMs, Controil is picking up speed. Director Gilso Gotardo talks to Michael Sommers about the Brazilian company’s new plant, new products, and its expansion into new markets.

Development Counsellors International

Expanding Channels

Expansion of the Panama Canal precipitates growth and investment for Alabama State Port Authority.

Specialty Graphic Imaging Association

Just Hit Print

Elevate your brand’s power through packaging & interior design imaging.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Building an Advantage

SME conference brings diverse industries together to share the innovative uses for collection, analysis, and management of data through RFID

Association of Equipment Manufacturers

The Quick Fix

The bargain for the U.S. and infrastructure: pay for it or face second-rank global status.

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Research and Innovation

In Canada, ‘transforming knowledge into wealth’ is the most important aspect to innovation.

Mckinsey & Company

How the World Should Invest in Energy Efficiency

A program that targets cost-effective opportunities in energy productivity could halve the growth in energy demand, cut emissions of greenho

International Trade Administration Office of Public Affairs

Building Alliances

The United States and Brazil: partners for a stronger Western hemisphere.

National Association of Manufacturers

Boldy Go

Arguing that we “must not let a financial crisis frighten us into inaction,” NAM’s John Engler makes the case toward a transatlantic free tr

NOAA

What Lies Below

The 21st century breeds a new kind of explorer: unmanned vehicles and technologies that can go where no man has gone before. Deployed to the

Boston Consulting

Raw Territory

Competing for commodities in the age of a global economy means devising new strategies.

National Rifle Association

In the Line of Fire

Barack Obama’s voting record on guns is cause for alarm, explains Chris W. Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association’s Insti

Supply Chain Council

As the Dow Swings

SCOR provides supply chain flexibility in volatile economic times.

uniGear Industries

Get Your Gear

Montreal-based uniGear has built a reputation supplying monster gears for the cement and mining industries as well as smaller gears and gear

Victory Energy

Full Steam Ahead for Victory

Victory Energy promotes the idea that going the extra step can bring about great advances. In its industry the company has indeed made a nam

Viking Air

Soaring Ever Higher

While the rest of the world struggles with the current global economic situation, Viking Air Limited flies far above the fray. The Canadian-

Water Group

Getting the Treatment

WaterGroup has build a solid reputation over something quite fluid: water, and the technologies and systems that go into its treatment.

Trailtech

Modern-Day Phoenix

A major conflagration couldn’t stop Trailtech on its relentless course. Established in 1985, and following the lead of its ambitious founder

Teksid do Brasil

Built to Last Quality

One of the world’s leading foundries and automotive suppliers, Brazil’s Teksid took South American industry by storm over 30 years ago and i

Thermal Corporation

Fast Company

Founded in 1969 as a distributor, Thermal Corporation quickly transformed into a designer/manufacturer of advanced and customized thermal so

Sermatec

Building up Steam

Sermatec builds the largest high-yield boilers and steam generators in Brazil. One of the sectors that traditionally use its products, the s

Grupo Sada

Iron Masters

After becoming independent from its parent company in 1988, Sada Siderurgia entered the Brazilian market to produce auto parts, railroad com

Saur Equipmentos S.A.

Heavy Lifters

In 1926 a German immigrant named Saur established a small workshop for the repair of farm machinery in the south of Brazil.

Piper Aircraft

High-Flying Achievements

Piper Aircraft, Inc. builds on a tradition of innovation, with almost 150,000 aircraft comprising 160 certified models brought to market ove

Polymer Plainfield

A Different Mold

Strategic mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. and worldwide have made Polymer Plainfield companies a global leader in insert molding.

CEUSA

Miles of Tiles

A world-renowned Brazilian ceramic company that has been refining the process of creating distinctive ceramic tiles for 50 years, CEUSA manu

Cal-o-Rex

Heating Up the Market

When it comes to water heaters, Mexico-based Cal-o-Rex sports the most diverse product line in all of North America, ranging from traditiona

Cemec

Powerful Transformations

Brazil is in transformation, and Cemec is one company that can help to empower the process.

Administracion Portuaria Integral de Mazatlan

Ship-to-Shore Operations

Mexican ports are gearing up for a promising future and multipurpose ports such as API Mazatlan are hoping to gain a larger piece of the Me

Araupel

Wood Values

Brazil’s forests have been impacted by business, technologies, exports, currency fluctuations, environmental policies, and land disputes. Th

Brudden Equipamentos

Tools for Fitness

Almost 30 years ago Brudden Equipamentos began manufacturing gardening sprays. Today, the company is also one of the largest manufacturers o

Implementos Agricolas Jan S/A

Giving Farms a Hand

In an unpredictable industry and a notoriously fluctuating economy, few Brazilian suppliers of agricultural machinery have a long history in

Alberta Oil Tool

Tools for the Trade

Oil is the name of the game up in Alberta, Canada, where Alberta Oil Tool provides a range of services to this ever expanding industry.

Advance Industria Textil

Advanced Textiles

Just like wine, Advance Indústria Textil of Brazil has proven that the more it ages the better it gets. After 50 years of manufacturing fabr

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