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Editorial Comment Hiiiiiüi:::::; üiüiiiiiiiiiiiiii Itliümjljj ...Jtiiillüiiii m :::::::::::::::::::::::::: m SH . t ®ti« Canadian Statesman April 20,1994 A Bowmanville manufacturing firm has been chosen as the Oshawa and District Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year. L & L Tool received the award on Wednesday, April 13th, during the Chamber's annual meeting held at the Oshawa Holiday Inn. The company is a multi-million dollar organization which began operation in 1963. It was founded by Jack Locke with a $50 investment investment and has since branched into electronics arid the design of crystals crystals for the communications industry. Mr. Locke paid tribute to his staff in his remarks to the Chamber of Commerce members. "It's just been a tremendous team effort," he said. And he also thanked his family, family, whose help is so important in the success of the business. Mr. Locke complimented the other nominees in the running for the award. "Just to be a finalist is to be a winner," he said. The two finalists were also Bowmanville companies. They included Goodyear Canada and the ; Bowmanville Foundry. From their Bowmanville plant, L & L Tool offers a wide variety of products and services ranging from metal stamping to engineering. A sister plant manufactures quartz crystals used in military and high- reliability industrial applications. The company employs a stable, long-term workforce and management management staff who strive to satisfy customer customer needs and expectations. Over the past year, L & L Tool has experienced an 11 per cent sales increase. The company attributes attributes this success to strong marketing marketing and advertising techniques as well as a good statistical control program that results in customer satisfaction. Mr. Locke complimented the other nominees in the running for the award. "Just to be a finalist is to be a winner,"he said. The company supports the community community through various church organizations and has contributed to the Memorial Hospital expansion fund and the Bowmanville Recreation Complex. The firm also supports a wide variety of local sports teams. The two other nominees cited for outstanding accomplishments by the Chamber include: Goodyear Canada: The Bowmanville plant began operations operations in 1914. Goodyear has captured captured the largest market share of conveyor belting in the world. The company does business with China, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Israel, Australia and Peru., Goodyear Canada employs over 250 people at the Bowmanville plant. In 1993, the marketing and promotional efforts resulted a combined market growth of 12 per cent and similar results are forecast for 1994. The plant has a long history of contributing to local charities, including the hospital hospital expansion fund, a scholarship program and commencement awards at the high school. The firm also sponsors a bowling league, a bowling tournament and a junior hockey team. The company employs a stable, long-term workforce and management staff who strive to satisfy customer needs and expectations. Bowmanville Foundry: Established in 1902, the company has a long history of leadership in the manufacture of malleable and gray iron castings. In 1992, it became the first foundry in Canada to pour malleable iron castings using the lost foam process. It is the only iron foundry in Canada offering offering this technology in the successful successful Saturn automobiles. This technology technology has been recognized by the National Research Council of Canada which has provided funding funding over the next two years. Modern techniques introduced at the foundry allow the company to produce quality custom castings in small lots, with efficiencies approaching those of high-volume production foundries. The Foundry actively supports community organizations and sponsors many local teams. It was recently recognized recognized with a Durham Region Small Business Recycling Award and was a top-three finalist for Ontario's recycling awards, small business category. BUSINESS OF THÊ YEAR -- Terry McWade, Program Director of Rogers Cable, the recipient of last year's Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award. The presentation took place during the Chamber's annual meeting held Wednesday, April 13th at the Oshawa Holiday Inn. -j Builder Mario Veltri and addition, he has been an enthusias- accountant Howard Smith have tic supporter of the United Way, been jointly honored as Business the Oshawa General Hospital, Persons of the Year Sportsfest. t(ie Canadian Police They were recognized Association, and many other local Wednesday, April 13, at the annual groups and organizations meeting of the Oshawa and District Mr. Veltri, who arrived in Chamber of Commerce. Canada in 1953, had no money, no One of Mario Veltri's most tra<§|jfl|||elatives, no English, but ambitious projects to date is the plenty of ambition He first Harmony Creek Golf Centre which worked on the railroad in includes an 18-hole course and Winnipeg, moving later to Oshawa driving range. Future plans call for where he worked as a general a convention centre and ; luxury laborer, and then finding work at a condominiums backing onto the Toronto construction company. He course. quickly rose to the rank of general Active on many groups, Mario superintendent and, after nine -- : -- years of employment, quit his job '* ' ' v ' to start his own company in Howard Smith, one of the community's community's most successful chartered accountants, began practising as a partner in the 1970s apd established established his own - practice in 1989. He has served as President of the Central Ontario Chartered Accountants' Association and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario m 1985. This award is granted to Only three per cent of the membership membership and recognizes outstanding service to the profession. An avid contributor to the wellbeing wellbeing of the community, Mr. Smith donates his time and expertise to Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington, He is a member of the Oshawa and District Chamber of Commerce, the City of Oshawa Marine Rescue Association and the Durham Children's KiA Cr '"' :Q, ' r n " nrA Directors. Aid Society Board of In 1992, he was award- llll Mario Veltri Veltri is currently 1 •••igllê«éï...iï.ï..1iïî4îi.l... i'iî .iiîîeîî Victoria and Advisory iiriüiiiiHlüiliîiiî'iiiiiiiT the chair of the Gray/National Trust ry m Durham is a director of the ~ * Chamber of ham tirilii i! 1 Howard Smith ed a Canada 125th Commemorative medal for community community service. Fred Ball, the third nominee as Business Person of the Year, is one of the top 50 sales representatives participates on r jr MM ÜÜ • President of the United ituiicu; «nu IS Way Of the Board of directors directors of half a dozen companies in Durham Region and assists several businessesI'With'marketing exper- Use and management. I Mr, Ball is closely involved with many community activities, IwiiiiiiHy^li^ii'iiiiiiiraillPiiiiiiiiiipHjiliiiiiiiilMjiJi jiliy'tlii'Mii^Hüpij including church work, the Boy Scout Movement and ■ti ll llii!i !!vl|!Eip iliiii! l|pl| lilirillilillMliM!;;!! Symphony. 1 ill jii !!!!!! |i| the Oshawa