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The Acton Free Press Wednesday March 1978 Plastof lex diversifies operations in area Flexibility Is the key Ingredient In the facturing of hose and tubing at Plastoflex Industries where the last six years have seen a small furn iture trim business expand into a highly competitive mull use hose and tube pro duction The latest expansion in cludes a brand new plant estimated at a cost of The new square foot plant Is more than twice the size of the original plant and Is expected to increase Its manufacturing output by 100 percent according to Ian Sommcrs president of the customers Industries emerge with synthetic hoses and tubing for Industrial automotive and form markets and products for use in the hospital and beverage dispensing market Wo felt it was time for the product line to change in order to Increase our market so we began branching Into other fields explained Mrs Sommcrs Today furniture trim is only a small part of the business with Industrial farm and automotive markets representing percent of sales Plastoflex caters Canada and company Originally known as the greater the United States with the amount the HOSES AND TUBES of a variety of dimensions and types all start from basic plastic pebbles a part of the conversion of crude oil to raw materials Plastoflex Industries presently has four extruder machines churning out miles of hose and tubing and expects to add one more machine in the new manufacturing plant Ontario Plastics Co the furniture trim plant began in 19G7 outside of on Highway Although still in the same location changes In ownership within recent years have resulted In a new line of products IMC saw Plastoflex products sold to distributors for the various markets The exception is Canadian Tire to whom sells directly Sommers It a whole different concept to rubber penetrating market areas traditionally supported by rubber companies The move to synthetics has seen a steady growth of between and percent for company said equipment for racing cars to remain competitive Mr Plastoflex products are much Sommers would not disclose easier to work with and more sales figures for the last year flexible than similar products Mr Sommers admits high in metal according to Mr Canadian wages do make It more difficult competing The hospital market stated against International lower Mr is fast be- salaried manufacturers coming a good product lino With live extruder and the company could be machines presently churning very likely heading Into the out miles of hose the new direction of blood tubing plant scheduled to be Present hospital products ore completed by of April restricted to lubes not In will include another machine direct connection with the The plant expansion will also body result in the addition of We supply a cross section several employees by the end of market areas and that of the year way we do not depend on one specific line he said adding KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ATS COMING THROUGH The Acton stated Mr Obituary Former Georgetown reeve John Elliott Otto Winthr funeral Mon Three days the official opening of Ins new io square foot n Terminal Warehouse build owner John died of i heart He wis taken ill night after the opening cere monies and wis taken to Georgetown hospital night He died mi rn ing Mr was well known in the is the CNR station igcnt is well as owner of Terminal Warehouse and Custom Broker business Hems with the CNR jcirs retired in I0s to ill health He then iieotcd ill his time to Tirmirnl Warehouse He served on Georgetown council from to inclusive as councillor ilipuh rocL reive Ik is member of the building committee when the Hilton ill Milton w is limit Ik wis one of ho original numlers Volunteer vice is well is member of lirmih lit inidun member oils lull of St Mineral service was held and lived before that ii iv it for Otto Toronto who died In He is survived by wife list week A resident of Margaret of Bramp- recommend spending only just five weeks he Ion brother and Peter the provincial reported to police as Denmark and irl for regional roads even missing His wis found of Argentina He was pre- the regrtn is reported field near the deceased by his parents I dm own Red sunned his wife diugliUrs 1 i brothers trine Robert held day he mi ruing wan 11 with interment at Obtuary Rockwood man dies in Guelph Funeral Service was held for Leonard Nightingale of Thursday it Shoemaker Funeral Home Mr Nightingale son of Arthur and Nightingale originally from England was born on December 1900 He moved to Canada in 1913 settled in where he lived for years Married in Rockwood in Mr Nightingale was a rural mail courier for years He was i Liberal The meeting to elect the Wellington Liberal candidate for the next federal election will be held in early April Further information about the exact date and place will be forthcoming in idverlisc in the near future The riding executive is very pleased with the high of the two candidates who have agreed to run for at ion to date member of St John Church He died suddenly on it it igeof it the service was the Rev It Interment followed it the for be funeral were his lluadknight Jim I David Norton Rob Georgetown Reg Glen Huron Leonard Nightingale is survived by his wife children of Holly rt George Waterloo Idi I me house I Bella Rock wood Ray Don I Brothers are Dave ind George of Sister is of Mr Nightingale is survived by his and 12 it NEW Buckeye Pre Washed 14 oz Denim JEANS 7 Compare ai 00 BIB COTTON TWILt PANTS Children PANTS 1 CHILDRENS TSHIRTS LEE SHIRTS ComparntI000 10 SPRING COATS To SQUALL JACKETS Infant 3X LEE JEANS SELECT 4 IMPERFECT 12 SHIRTS 3 THE OLD Much of the success of the Sommers and he expects the business can be attributed to trend to continue the very nature of the Suppliers of lines water product according to Mr and oil tubing fuel lines Roads poor hold spending I ISO plant two children He w is vears of ige No foul was suspected Apparently the body had been hidden from view in the field Mr Windier was i resident impton for en cars brother Helena A Hans to the highest percent sister l milts known to be defi system of funeral service region or county roads it tin subsidies ire province si is a limit to winch it will in itch funds spenl by he region fur The provincial is available only when the region sets a certain held at he funeral home for re lieves and close friends Spring interment will be in Homings Milts Architect is named and University of The building will be avail able in the summer of and renovations which are expected to take about a to complete will begin in Planners has been selected autumn Currently terms for to do the preliminary design work for the dated School the properly of Stewart Community Art the Wellington County Board lo Centre in Guelph Plans to of to the new In winter In ichorous road for projects such is the Science Centre in Toronto and the new Metropolitan Toronto library the firm of Raymond Monyamn Architects and Ontario The community refused to even consider using more of the dollars avail for roads during its meeting Wednesday Milton Councillor Jim said the regional roads would fill even further behind proper standards if more spent Acton Councillor Pat he felt the committee should consider spending more money on wel But councillors It strenuously to the rtjni spending re gioii money on ihc ids R iftis siul there is limit much tin lixpavore in if ford Tlu bankrupt would put us there lot sooner siul Works Dine or Bub that even if the spent all of doll irs over the next five it would only dt with I j percent of the deficit news that one hose or tube design could be used In six different market areas Everything wc manufacture has to be flexible With a total of em ployces he admits is a small company in relation to such firms as B and Goodyear and other major rubber businesses Probably the largest competitor to the business however is Israel which to Mr has both government sub sidies ind the aid of French technology lo place them at the forefront of the rubber and plastic industry The process of converting crude oil to raw materials Is a very costly but all important technology he explained Our company is getting a good reputation however and we stand as representatives of good service and good quality We have to be sharp however and aware of prices Further growth will then depend on progress of the new plant he continued adding new development could take place in the next three years The FAMILY GROUP moots at St Josephs Church Hall Church Mondays at p convert the historic ild Consolidated School to an art centre were made public last July by the Project four Wellington County Board of Education City of County of Wellington corporation that will operate mike the art centre are being even more dangerous often worked out Harry Worlon it results in in accident that will present a private delay s hundreds of other road member bill for users siys the Industrial Ac lion of the Centre to the next Prevention Associa session of the 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