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12 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 19, 1988 Future expansion almost sure Techstar Plastics Inc. will begin moving into the former Flamingo Vachon Plant in Port Perry about mid-February, and the company should be able to resume production by March 1. Bill Barnes, Techstar president company, told the Star last Friday * that once the move has been com- porate citizen' in Scugog Township. on Ellesmere Ave. in Scarborough. per cent each year. and one of three shareholders in the pleted, Techstar intends "to do everything possible to be a good cor- Mr. Barnes is one of the founders of the company, which for the past ten years, has been operating out of two locations in an industrial mall Gross sales of the products, main- ly plastic containers for commercial and industrial use, are now about $3 dramats, to linens in hospitals and million annually and growing by 25 Because of the strong growth the company has experienced in the last couple of years, Techstar began looking for a new plant about two Techstar Plastics is moving to Port Perry which is almost a certainty con- sidering the strong sales the com- pany is predicting. "Things look very good for us. If we had any concerns about the future (sales and growth) we would be staying right here (in Scar- borough). We would not be moving anywhere," he stated. In fact, he suggested that a doubl- ing of the present 22,000 square feet at the Simcoe Street plant is a possibility within the next few years. With five large injection molding machines, Techstar turns out plastic containers and bins of all sizes and colours. They are used for everything from collecting garbage in factory settings, laundry in laun- nursing homes. Ontario now is the major market for the products (about 75 per cent) with the re- mainder shipped to customers in the rest of Canada and the United States. Techstar Plastics makes a wide range of plastic products, but the malhstay of the business is containers like the "tilt truck" demonstrated in above photo by president Bill Barnes. The com-' pany had gross sales last year of about $3 million, and Mr. Barnes told the Star the future is very bright. In fact, Techstar almost certainly will be looking at expansion of the former Vachon plant. (See story for details). MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF PORT PERRY are pleased to announce the expansion of their MEDICAL PRACTICE (Across from the Hospital) -- effective -- R. Price, M.D. A Eix, M.D. 985-9718 J. Stewart, M.D. G. Silins, M.D. 985-9738 SC ------ T. Millar, M.D. G. Jones, M.D. 985-8425 -shutting down its Flamingo pastries MONDAY, JANUARY 11th, 1988 You will now be able to reach your doctor's receptionist directly by dialing individual area numbers as follows: - NOTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS - W. Cohoon, M.D. R. Allin, M.D. M. Monahan, M.D. P. Puckrin, M.D. M. Krempowich, But Techstar will take on custom molding orders for such things as go-cart frames. The raw plastic which goes into the heated molds comes in granular borough, explained Mr. Barnes. form. Mr. Barnes noted that any When Vachon Inc. of Quebec an- left-over material or products with nounced last fall that it would be flaws in them is re-cycled, rather than thrown away. Techstar now has a staff of about years ago. Operating out of two buildings now is cumbersome and inefficient, and there is no room for expansion at the leased location in Scar- plant in Port Perry, negotiations for the sale of the plant to Techstar got 20 (working three shifts) in produc- underway and the purchase agree- tion and another eight in the office. ment was finalized early inthe New The company pays wages for pro- Year. Robin Timmins of Frank duction employees in the $7 to $11 Realty in Port Perry was the agent per hour range, and Mr. Barnes said who handled the transaction. he hopes to be able to hire produc- Mr. Barnes told the Star that the tion staff from the Port Perry area. former Flamingo plant on Simcoe It would not be feasible for pro-. Street in Port Perry suits his com- duction staff to commute from Scar- 'pany purposed for several reasons. borough and Toronto to the plant in It is larger than the premises henow Port Perry, and Techstar is now leases, has higher ceilings which looking for machine operators, will permit more storage of maintenance people, warehouse and materials and finished products, shipping staff and three shift and most importantly, the nearlysix foremen. acres of land provides lots of room When and if expansion takes for future expansion, something} place, more employees will be need- : ed. (A figure of 100 cited in a news article in last week's Star is not accurate). Mr. Barnes, a native of East York, has lived in the Claremont area for the past seven years. He ad OCCASION! | lt As rd i PORT PERRY has an extensive background in the plasties industry. In fact, he and the other two shareholders all worked for the same company a decade ago when they decided to go "'on their own" and form their own firm. He is very proud of the products his company makes, stating blunt- ly '"'we make the best quality (pro- ducts) in Canada and the United States." When production in Scarborough shuts down February 15, the five large molding machines will be loaded on trucks and shipped to the new location in Port Perry at a cost of about $20,000. Setting the machines up and starting produc- tion will take another two weeks or - so, and in the interim the office staff will make the move on February 20. Mr. Barnes told the Star it will be a new experience for himself and his company to move from Scar- borough to Port Perry. As one of literally hundreds of small to medium companies in east Toronto, nobody paid much attention to Techstar. But the move to a small community will change that. The profile here will be considerably higher than it was in Scarborough. Since the brief announcement ap- peared in the Port Perry Star January 12, naming Techstar as the new owner of the Flamingo plant, Mr. Barnes said the company has had numerous phone calls from peo- ple enquiring about employment, or wishing to sell a product or service. Mr. Barnes told the Star that once the move to Port Perry has been completed, every effort will be made to buy goods and services locally, part of the good corporate citizen policy. + The sale of the plant by Vachon" Inc. of Quebec to Techstar came about as a result of the shut-down of the pastries operation announced last October 6. Vachon has moved its pastry production lines to a plant it bought last summer in Aurora. About 100 Vachon employees lost their jobs as a result. The final shut-down for Vachon took place January 15. 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