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Pages BUSINESS0FT1IEYLAR Wed Feb 1987 Varian named the top business chosen business of the year by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce The Chamber announced its Hon of Varian Canada Monday nlna The River Drive company is to receive the eighth annual award at a special dinner Feb la at the North Hal ton Golf and Country Club The Chamber makes Its choice on the basis of an individual or corpora lion displaying good business ethics and making a significant Impact on the social and economic well being Located In Georgetown since it began In 1955 as the supplier of microwave tubes to the Canadian government has steadily In creased In size From a square foot office near the GO train station has gone to a modem building on River Drive that is 115 square feet Georgetown was chosen for its cheap land and proximity to the Lester Pearson airport At the plant power klystrons and travelling wave lubes are manufuc tured for telephone companies Varian products allow a telephone message to be amplified sent to a satellite and bounced back to earth where the signal is received Northern Telcorn Bell Canada AT and in the United States as well as General Telephone and Ironies are among Varian customers The subsidiary Associates of Palo Alto California also produces many unique and customized products for worldwide markets Annual sales ore million of which SO per cent is to es outside da Varian Canada employs people and has on annual payroll of million most of which remains in the Hills area General Manager Joe says Varian hosted blood clinic In May of last year Virian employees did something very special for the community Varian management cosponsored the first ever Industrial blood clime for businesses In Georgetown with help from William Co Ltd The fitness room was transformed Into a blood clinic and businesses across Georgetown were to participate will continue to hold the blood donor clinic and will alternate the location with Mrs Kron said It was very successful We were very pleased with the response from employees from testing reassures that a pro- duel will work at the spec i heal ions required by the customer he said lis like quality control he explain One example he give was apply stress to a power supply at higher temperature than would nor be required by the customer One of the est sets was built Willis Mr Willis was born and raised In London Lngland until he was II years old He moved to Georgetown in and attended Georgetown District High School Mr Willis 25 said hi always had an Interest in electronics With support from the company hes going to Sheridan College two nights a week taking engineering technology courses Mr Willis Is particularly proud of a program he rote for a digit controller which ilicolly power supplies off he said Kublnrr works In the plant engineering department His depart maintains the building pro perty and borne new designs or the building are done in the department and then are taken to lhc builder he said Mr Kubinec is a idu of in College In the ifllng technician program He has worked id in Georgetown for five but he grew up in Milton There are employees in the engineering department Mr laid lie likes working for in because there a el dm knit altitude and mi Rein en I is flexible if two I jcir he tries to be as iclne as Employee on Varian team possible in their development Malcolm i is one of employees in the power supply and development depart mont His depirtment develops and designs power supplies from specifications supplies by marketing worked at Varian for seven years He came to Canada in 1069 andhas been living In Georgetown since A graduate of Georgetown District High School Mr to school and took electronics in Wales or the customers Then it up to It production depirtment to mnii pro duce the item alter everything has tested out to the research depart satisfaction One product now being designed by the department will be used to his He is married and has one diughtcr ageil I j will be expecting another in August He likes sports especially Mr plays on the Vnrnn sponsored which in the local count ague He proudly rt ports that the team was recently pro moted to the lint division lor their record The best thing he likes about is that everyone Is given an equal chance to advance he said The power supply engineering department a good place to work because the tasks always vary he said The engineer comes up with the idea and re the ones who build It he said You see a lot of different equipment you definitely learn something every day around here trie Hois was barn in Pakistan when it was still part of India He came to in I94j and migrated to Canada in 19C2 Ing a Canadian He Joined Varian as soon as he came to this country Mr Floss Is the production manager for the department The depart kylslrons reflex and millimetre reflex thrco product lines There arc employees working in his department The people in the department build and test used in satellite communications and radar systems Ground stations for satellite communications use kylslrons to transmissions Mr is a director of the North Golf and Country Club Lit inn in Georgetown since 19W he golfs and curls He likes Variin for Its proximity good manigement nice working it ions good relations and the interesting technology You re Ire here like you not Just a number he said as VARIAN WISHING YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS DM PRECISION PRODUCTS Manufacturers of High Precision C N C Custom Machining Cross St W Dunnvllle 416 tMl Congratulates Varian On Being Chosen Business of The Year INC mills OFFICE 11G1i1ESQS3 SALES A 1