ON THE MOVE MINER ENTERPRISES
Ronald Sprainis has been named vice-president of engineering of the W. H. Miner Division of Miner Enterprises, based in Geneva, Ill. Sprainis joined Miner in 1974 and recently served as vice-president…
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ON THE MOVE INSTANTEL INC.
Brian Martin has been appointed vice-president and general manager of Instantel Inc., based in Kanata, Ont. He will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s operations including new product dev…
Suppliers’ Notes BATTELLE
The R&D firm Battelle (Columbus, Ohio, division) has called for the continuation of a 6-year-old program of coal utilization technology. The international program will cover coal-handling technologies…
Suppliers’ Notes CB Pak
CB Pak and its subsidiary Twinpak Inc. have announced the purchase of 49% of the common stock of Bulk-Lift Canada of Hawkesbury, Ont. Bulk-Lift produces flexible intermediate bulk containers and circu…
Suppliers’ Notes QUANTECH CONSULTING
A new company, Quantech Consulting, opened its Toronto headquarters in June, 1986, to fill the need for geophysical contracting and consulting on a worldwide basis. Services include underground minin…
Suppliers’ Notes WOODWAY RESOURCES
Woodway Resources of Toronto has purchased the assets of a private, numbered company.
I, Robot
Standing in the yard of Tamrock’s expanding manufacturing plant in Tampere, Finland, James McCormack, a project mine engineer for Placer Development rolls his eyes at a computerized jumbo being demons…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
As you read this story there is probably not a single idle exploration rig in the country. Flow-through financing and some excellent exploration results have made sure of that. But the uncertain futur…
Managing A Case for Product Development
The 1985 report to the federal government by the McDonald Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada stated: “In the past, research and development (R&D) in exploratio…
ON THE MOVE NORCAST INC.
The Calgary-based mining equipment manufacturer Norcast Inc. has appointed Mark Pipke to regional sales manager. Pipke has held senior positions in the beneficiation area as well as special project w…
ON THE MOVE PALL INDUSTRIAL HYDRAULICS CORP.
John Kuzina has been appointed vice-president of industrial sales for Pall Industrial Hydraulics Corp., based in East Hills, N.Y. He joined Pall Corp. in 1983 as market sales specialist and recently s…
Suppliers’ Notes NCR CORP.
A 3-year agreement has been signed, naming NCR Corp. as the nationally authorized hardware service vendor for Jonas & Erickson’s end-users operating on IBM hardware as well as other peripheral equipme…