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BEST AVAILABLE COPY Wednesday April 1990 Page Zavitz Technology expects business to double this year Technology s main claim to fame is for its work in printed circuit boards said Lester P the general manager Susie Par sons pictured above is one of the employees that creates the boards Ms Parsons has been with the company tor about seven months Herald photo By ALAN MACK IE The Herald Zavitz Technology In on Todd Road in Georgetown is looking forward to the future as its general manager sees his business in this year alone doubling The Georgetown section of the company is a house that can design create and ship printed circuits boards Mr Hogan said While the company deals with more than just the inner work ings of a computer Our main claim to fame is printed board assembly he said A printed circuit board is made of thin wire strips that replace conventional interconnecting wires etched onto an insulating board he explained The building is located in had a major fire in and was redesigned and rebuilt with the making of printed boards in mind Mr said He took a Herald reporter on a tour of the facility showing him the areas where it is visible the building was created for this specific business Mr has been with the company for just less than two years He noted Zavitz moved to the building eight years after the fire The company started during the late seventies as a computer maintenance service in The head office is still in Montreal but is no longer a small basement Mr Hogan said He added back in the beginning the company probably did not make the million a year it does now The president of the company Peter Quzak takes a great in terest in all parts of the business Mr Hogan said He added Mr visits the Georgetown section at least once a month Mr Jogan predicted the Georgetown section of the com pany will probably double the number of its employees because everyone from small businesses to schools seems to be getting computers One of the other items that Georgetown s section of Zavitz deals with is a space saver keyboard Mr Hogan said Ac cording to flyers about the new keyboard it is approximately GO per cent smaller than other com keyboards Mr Hogan said his business is a distributor for the new keyboard Rockwell International helps us make calls on the go By BEN The Herald Alexander Graham Bell pro bably never imagined the sophisticated communication technology currently being pro- ducted by Rockwell International in Georgetown when he first in vented the telephone The communication company which employs 150 people has made it possible for the advent of new technology such as car telephones and telephones in aeroplanes says Rockwell s per sonnel manager Helen Fibre optics is one of the more advanced pieces of voice and data transmission equipment manufac tured by Rockwell This system uses fibre strands instead of more dated equipment which uses copper strands to allow the people of Hills to call their neighbor or someone in Van couver One strand of fibre can carry 10 conversations at the same time said Ms Just as Mr Bell would have been surprised at what Rockwell has done for the telephone Henry Ford would probably be amazed at what this internationally known com pany has done to his four wheeled invention Mr Ford got the car to move but Rockwell made car telephones possible Rockwell also produces a piece of equipment called the microwave radio that carries the transmission from a car phone explained Ms And the company sold 22 million microwave radio systems last year alone she added Most of the company s products are manufactured at the Georgetown plant which is Rockwell Canadian head office said Ms The company head office is based in Dallas Ms Reid said 70 per cent of Rockwell s fibre optic equipment and per cent of its microwave equipment is produced Georgetown And she stresses if the company is to continue to grow into the 21st century it has to ensure the quality and delivery of its products This objective can be achieved as Rockwell has control over the manufacturing of the product said Ms The company has grown from million in sales three years ago to million last year It s success is based on keeping pace with the technology and the skill of the employees said Ms Ms Reid as the personnel manager puts significant effort towards ensuring the company will always have the skilled employees the company needs I work very closely with the high school Georgetown District High School and the coop pro gram she said Last semester Rockwell employed five coop students As for the future Ms said Rockwell will continue to grow but the rate of growth will depend on the availability of markets Hills my neighbourhood For the past 3 years I been helping my neighbours here in Hills protect the things they value with State Farm Insurance I m proud of this community and grateful for my many friends here Thanks to all of you in Halton Hills for being my Good Neighbours STATE FARM INSURANCE LORA 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