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C6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday June 13, 2001 Glen Oaks Jk Memorial Gardens ^ A beautiful landmark cemetery offering a Rill range of services including traditional ground interment, indoor mausolea and Oakville' s only cremation centre. Forfurther information call or visit Ninth Line at Dundas St., Oakville 905-257-1100 www.glenoaks.ca Business To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 Teak furniture firm making international waves with designs Rock Wood Casual Furniture winning awards, growing at record-setting pace B y N a n c y A le x a n d e r SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Photo by Peter C. McCusker The Bronte Shoppers Drug Mart recently opened its doors with donations to the Bronte Butterfly Project's Kerry Solari and Margaret Anderson of Ian Anderson House. That's Mayor Ann Mulvaie helping Sam Carusi pharmacist/owner cut the ribbon with the assistance of Lerna Katsiris, cosmetics manager and Dale Ann M orrison, pharmcist. Landmark Bronte pharmacy reborn as Shoppers Drug Mart unit B y W ilm a B lo k h u is OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF After 60 years in business, A lla n ' s Communicare Drugmart in Bronte is now a Shoppers Drug Mart. Pharmacist-owner Sam Carusi, who purchased the business, then known as Allan's Pharmacy, from Walter Allan in 1987, was offered the new Shoppers franchise in Bronte. Previously he owned a pharmacy in Toronto, since 1968, before moving to Bronte. The late Don Allan opened the pharmacy in about 1939, said Carusi, adding it was passed on his son Walter - now retired and living in Tobermory. "When I took it over, I decided to keep the Allan name for continuity," Carusi explained, adding he came up with the name Communicare Drugmart to emphasize `community care.' "We've moved it lock, stock and barrel," said Carusi, "except the lottery terminal. We'll still be sell ing scratch tickets, and if we sell enough o f them, we may get a lottery terminal. I fought to take the lottery terminal with me." But more importantly, stressed Carusi, all of the pre scription files and records have moved to the new store at 2297 Lakeshore Rd. W., beside Tim Hortons and the new Pizza Pizza. "And, all of my staff has moved with me to the new location," said Carusi. "The main store number, 905827-1561, also remains the same." An official opening will be held on June 4, when a $2,000 cheque will be presented to Margaret Anderson of Ian Anderson House, a local cancer hospice. Carusi accepted the Shoppers Drug Mart franchise offer because he sees it as an opportunity to "provide a more complete service. We have a larger store with bet ter selection, including cosmetics. And, w e'll have bet ter parking." This "more complete service" includes Shoppers Health Watch Pharmacy System, which keeps up-todate records of medication histories, warns customers of conflicting medications and allergic reactions, side effects and clear instructions for prescription use. It also allows customers to re-order prescriptions 24/7 by phone or via the Internet at www.shoppersdrugmart.ca. Plus, there is a delivery service. The store carries Shoppers' exclusive Life and Rialto brand products, and offers free Optimum card rewards. Store hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays and holidays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PROFIT, the magazine for and about Canadian entrepreneurs, has named an Oakville company to its annual list of the 100 fastest growing companies in the country. Rock Wood Casual Furniture of Oakville, specialists in teak outdoor furniture, was listed as 59th fastest growing company in Canada, with sales reaching $4.4 million last year. U nder president Jennifer Mulholland, the company has seen its sales grow by 1,501 percent since it began as an in-home business in 1992. M ulholland says sales are split about evenly between retail-and con tract work. A lthough Rock Wood doesn't operate its own retail outlet, its products are available at many retail stores across North America, a list o f which can be found at www.rockwoodteak.com. All of Rock Wood"s designs, from the largest furniture pieces such as benches and dining sets, to home accessories such as bowls, lazy susans and obelisks, are m aufactured in Indonesia. Mulholland says it can take many years to establish yourself with one of a small handful o f Indonesian facto ries which do reputable work. All of these factories are partnered with the government to ensure quality work. The manufacturer is expected to give a portion of its profits back to the gov ernment to support the maintenance of healthy teak forests. Mulholland says there are a huge number of small-scale manufacturers in Indonesia that are little more than homemade operations operating out o f sheds and garages. Pairing quality with award-winning design is the prime reason for Rock W ood's phenomenal growth, according to Mulholland. The com pany em ploys four designers in Toronto, New York, North Carolina and California. Together, they produce more garden bench designs than any company in the world. Their designs have also been the recipients o f four interna tional awards, including a Best of Show award at the world's largest casual furniture show in Chicago. Some of these designs are now being created for famous names such as D isneyland, Sony, Universal Studios and Canary Wharf, as well as many five-star hotels, the Getty Museum in California, the U.S. Navy, and several universities including U of T, Harvard and Purdue. Photo by Barrie Erskine Don Henchberger and Johnny Guglietti of Main Lumber: growing with Oakville ZENON wins U.S. quality award... A Florida W ater Services Corporation w astew ater treatm ent plant in Lehigh A cres that uses ZENO N E nvironm ental 's ZenoGem® m em brane technology, has received the state's top award for operational excellence. The facility, located just outside of Fort Myers, won the Earl B. Phelps Award in wastewater treatment superi ority. The plant was initially designed and built to meet Florida's stringent advanced water treatment quality stan dards for surface discharge, which are among the toughest in North America. This marks the first time the Florida W ater Environm ent Association's award has been given to a plant using ZENON 's ZenoGem technology. As well, the community of Lehigh also reclaims the treated effluent for irrigation of the Admiral Lehigh Golf Course. ZENON treated wastewater produces effluent shown to be suitable for coastal discharge as well, which must also meet advanced water treat ment quality standards. The ZenoGem® M embrane Bioreactor simplifies wastewater treat ment by replacing a conventional acti vated sludge plant with a single process that is simpler and smaller in size than conventional plants. It incor porates ZEN O N 's ZeeW eed® immersed hollow fibre membranes that contain hundreds of billions of molecular-size pores, replacing tradi tional clarifiers. The membranes operate under a slight suction, which draws only pure water through each thin fibre, filtering out any unwanted particles larger than the size of the pores. The process pro duces a solid-free, high quality efflu ent that is suitable for discharge even to the most sensitive environment. After 53 years, service still sells at Main Lumber B y N a n cy A lexander SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER ...and signs $7 million Korean deal ZENON Environmental Inc. has been awarded a $7 million contract to supply a water treatment plant for Samsung Electronics o f Korea. The facility, using ZEN O N 's ZeeWeed® system, will process 13 million gallons o f water per day and be one of the largest ultrafiltration mem brane process treatment plants for an industrial application ever built. The project, expected for completion by the end of the year, will also be one of the largest in the Asia Pacific region. "This order positions ZENON strategically in Asia and will consider ably increase opportunities for future industrial ZeeWeed applications throughout the region," said Andrew Benedek, Chairman and CEO of ZENON. Samsung had first used the ZENON technology in its Malaysian facility. The com pany's website is www.zenonenv.com ATOFINA's Oakville plant sold to U.S. company Kaufman Holdings Corporation of Fords, New Jersey, has acquired the O akville-based ATO FIN A Canada Inc. lubricants division. The deal was effective June 1. Kaufman Holdings Corp. is com prised o f Hatco Corporation, Royal Lubricants and A N D ER O L. The lubricants division will now operate as ANDEROL ® Canada, m anufac turing product at the Oakville plant, under a long-term lease arrangement with ATOFINA Canada. Bob Miller, President and CEO of ATOFINA Canada, said that the sale o f its lubricants division, which is in keeping with ATOFINA's announced plan to divest non-core businesses, will enable the company to focus on its $100 million intermediate chemi cals and performance polymers busi ness. About 20 lubricant em ployees received offers from ANDEROL and will have the opportunity to develop the Oakville site as a centre of excel lence for lubricant manufacturing and technology. ATOFINA Canada Inc. markets a wide range of performance chemical and polymer products for use in a variety o f applications serving a broad cross-section of Canadian industry and consumer needs. ATO FINA Canada also operates a hydro gen peroxide m anufacturing plant located in Becancour, Quebec. The Company employs a total of 89 peo ple; and is ISO 9002 registered and Responsible Care® verified. ATOFINA Canada is part of ATO FINA, the world's 5 th largest chem i cal company, with sales in 2000 of $19 billion. ATOFINA is the chem i cal branch o f TotalFinaElf, the world's 5th largest oil and gas com pany with sales in 2000 o f $107 bil lion . Holiday Inn concludes extensive renovations The Oakville Centre Holiday Inn on Argus Road has just completed extensive renovations to its 145 gue strooms and other facilities and ser vices. The guestrooms now boast oversize workstations, ergonomic chairs, high speed Internet connections and mini refrigerators. Part of the changes have included the hotel taking over the management of the in-house restaurant The Courtyard Bistro and Grill, Schooners Lounge and the Catering Department. Overseeing the changes to this area is chef Joseph Collet who becomes the new food and beverage manager. A past winner of many awards, he was named one of the country's top three chefs by Bon Appetite magazine in 1983. "We don't have any big, blazing signs out front, but the customers still find us," says Don Hinchberger, man ager of Main Lumber; the oldest lum ber store in Oakville. The fact that loyal customers are still making their way to this modest sized, 53 year-old business can be explained in two words, according to Hinchberger, service and experience. Main Lumber has occupied the same comer on Trafalgar Road since 1948, undergoing three changes of ownership. More than any other factor over the years, Hinchberger feels that word of mouth from satisfied cus tomers has done the most to keep the business thriving. Main Lumber has also never tried to be all things to all people. Co-manager Johnny Guglietti who has worked at Main Lumber since he started as a part-timer during high school, says the store has always catered more to the "inTtrade" customer such as homebuilders and renovators rather than the retail end. "As far as retail is concerned, we've narrowed things down to what we know moves for us," he adds. Main Lumber stocks a wide selec tion of wooden doors, trims and mould ings in oak, pine and mahogany. The store is also a manufacturer of quality wooden roof trusses which are a boon to the home handy-person on a budget. In addition, Main offers a good selec tion of drywall and accessories, pan elling and both rigid and fibreglass insulation as well as siding featuring bevelled, channel and tongue and groove designs. In the long ran, says Hinchberger, nothing beats experience. Spreading out a set of builder's blueprints on his desk, he points to the areas which he knows will be problematic. He says he can tell at a glance that certain products stipulated in the plans will not function the way the builder intended. By hav ing these things pointed out in advance, everyone saves time, money and headaches. Guglietti notes that Main Lumber regularly tenders out to large construc tion projects in the area such as townhouses and apartment complexes. "Over the years, we've developed good relationships with our builders, so wherever they go, we go," he adds. That can be anywhere from Bairie to Welland, or right here in Oakville. Either way, Main Lumber delivers right to the site. Regardless of the size of the job-- one house or many-- Hinchberger says the philosophy at Main Lumber is to endeavour to provide the same level of service to every customer. Ramada Inn has virtual offices The Ramada Inn and Convention Centre Oakville is now offering a virtu al office in all guest rooms and a high speed Internet service in all meeting rooms. Developed by TravelNet Technologies, DataValet enables the hotel to provide a wide range of Internet business services for business travellers and the local corporate community. Services include high-speed Internet and e-mail access and high-quality print ing and are available by plugging a note book computer into the in-room port. "At the Ramada Inn and Convention Centre Oakville, we pride ourselves in always offering the latest service ameni ties for our clientele, which is how we earned the Canadian Ramada `Property of the Year 2000'," said Nazek Fradette, General Manager. Fradette said the latest hotel upgrade expands on the philosophy of going "above and beyond" customer expecta tion. The hotel's website is www.ramadaoakville.com