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Famly otors machine-shop By Grog MaNeil The days of the family-run business seems te be rapidly cigte a end. If they're not being goubbled up by giant conglomerates,-they seem te, fade inte, the distance wlien the next generation decides te, go their, own >way. Sn, it's extremely reassuring te, flnd sucli a business stili plugging Wal inte Whitby Machine Sliop on Waon'St. E. in 'Wbitby's harbor aa, and youll likely end up face te face with oee of the Wriglit clan. Previously known as Why Metal Producta, the Wrights have operated their business for the past 33 years 'When flounder Luke Wright passed away ébout- four, years ago, wife Aria took over the reigns. ArIa's two sons, Robert sand Jeffery, are. actively lnvolved ln the shop, while daughter Sharon talces care of the office, including the bookkeeping chores. Aria electively sumo up the services ofered at Whltby Machine Shop when she states, "Auythlug that can bernacde with metal, we do lt." PrimariIý rit's local industry that takea advantage of the experience and expertise of Whitby Machine Shop. At the moment Robert la being kept *quite b;ü"y repairing the racks that allow another Whitby industry, Làear Siegler, te transport its product te (3eneral Motors. Servicing conveoe sud metal walkways at other local plants have also been on the agenda of late. Robert, who has been i the faxnilY business for a number of years now, describes himiself as a troubleshooter. Hé -aisereitëetoswhat ounds like the company's motte, "Whatever people want, we lbuild it." People just need te show up with a basic desig of what they need, snd -the staff at Whltby Machine Shop will take it' from there. Robert says requesta for custom work are common. Having been around for as long as 33 years makes it obvious that agSood reputation with both industry and the prlvate sector bias been established. Aria says ther e'snt too much competition in thefr field, but it certainly doesn't hurt te have the trust of past custorners. The wèll-equipped sbop includes machinery such as lathes, xilling machines, surface grinders and welding equipment. In addition, Aria says they recently took over another company, and now are abie te service blades for the construction industry. Blackwater buokies down to business By Deborah Luchuk Since, 1967, Blackwater and Corn- pany has produced variable speed *wood block boita for industiy acros the country. 1 Our beits are sold basicaily through imdustai supply lieuses acrosa Canada," president A. Edward Powell snid. Powell worked lu ludustrial main- tenance for Consolidated Bathurst <now Macmillan-Batliurt) previous te bis involvenent in wood block beit production. "We had a probiom there with the beits used in the plant, and then 1, along with suother follow, atarted a business repalning beîts. We worked (in this capacity) for three years, whnbusiness groupsansd beit manufacturera began pressuring us te make boita ourselves." "I bouglit rmy partnor out, sud the business was imcorporated i1971.» Blackwater aud Company lsaaCana- dian owned independant. Five ernployees produce the boîta, sud are a non-union workforoe. Sales for 1989 were in the $110,000 range, dropped from pro- Biusyars. D)ue te this decrease lu buiness Pwell. sud vice-preaident Deborah Myers are considering diversification of operations te in- clude a retail store. 'he business bas grewu well,u until last year, sud hopefully wewiZ. diversi1fr <lu the near future)," Powell naid. Fre trade lias net had mucli of su effect on operations or sales,- as the market for the wood block boîta lias been dropping off in the US. as well as Canada. -We have had a sIiglit bit of expert te the U.S., but there la a company building the sarne thing there, *and they're running inte the smrn thing as us.» Once a new lino is set up at' Biackwater and Cornpany,Powell expects greater and wonderful deve- loprnents. Business was. a steel- Bv Deborah Luchuk dErpIéyees of Whitby sud Cana- dan busmnesses stow their bolong- lugs in a products of North'American Steel Equipment Company Limited. The cempany la a manufacturer of clothes lockera, work bonclies,and palet- railing for industrial :use acrosa Canada. Established in 1952, the Csuadian independut la a family business owned by Rosalie Fabricius sud lier son. "At the time, it was available cheap, andl1bought the company. Lt was sornething i cou id afford. The cernpan-y bas been very gond for us, with sales of $12-million per year," Fabriciusa nid.' Fadilities are bolug oxpanded from 12,000 sq. ft. this'year te meet with icreasig demsud for the metal products. Sixty empioyees bolong te the Umitedý Steel Workers'ý Union, sud students MI o ut the workforce in the summer montbs. Free trade mwillbo teugli, but we're tiying te prepare for it, " she said. AUl of the operation's scrap metal la recycled by LASCO steel. WHITBY MACH held a black IM1 Midnight Sale in mnid-July with rock Ix*toen prices «mn new Mack trucks. Large crowcl turned out fe the two-day event which,ý mceluded a barbecuýe, dooe prizes and a- live, remote iitWi Q-107. Mack attack*? Cail Ma ck COIN -4. 'p.. By Trudie Za%adovlcu When a Mack truck breaks down in this ares, lielp la just moments away since Mack Truck Ic. rnoved te its new location in Whitby last year. Located on Victoria St. E., just off Thickson Rd. S., owuer Dan Gulzzetti cals it a 'state of the art' location. "Vie have anytbing sud everythiug a tmucker would need," says Guiz- zetti. "Vie'have a full sales team, complete service, includiug on-road emergency service sud we are a distributer for Mack tiicks sud cariy everytbing iu parts. Vie have a $1- te $2-miilien parts iventory sud we stock pretty wel eveiythiue They have a ttal cf 32 employees includmng a sales staff of five, 18 claas-A mechanicsansd $ýreemana- gers. "ViWe do flot have a union. The staff seern te like it that way. Vie provide ail the bonefits sud more thsu aa union would offer." "Vie've been the bost North Ameni- can dealer for Mack trucks tbree years in a row sud sold ever 600 trucks a year. ie've corne te Vihitby wiith 30Oyears business experlence Even with that experience, Guiz- zetti says it's gettig teuglier te keep up with old nies records. 'Sinoe free trade lias cerne into effect, we are feeling repercussions. Truck drivers have bast jobs to American-owned companies."» Guizzetti doesn't me free trade as aà long-terni problern. "Lt will balance eut-in a few years.' We're going te sme more investment coming caur way. Sales bave dropped- not plummeted." Even s. eieays that 1991 miglit bo scary iu terma of the economy. "Viith the G&T, -there's a rash of buying sud a rash of selling. Vie're on base for 1990 but are gearing dowu for 1991.» Guizzetti flrst saw a drop iu sales iu 1989 wheu tliey went from se%'.g 680 trucks iu 1988 te 440 trucks in 1989. "Eighty-niue was the first year we dropped. It had a -lot te do with us gearzng down." Aitheugli they're gearing down slightly with their trucks, Guizzetti Investrnent, their real estate ,cern- pany la planning epansion. They are planning te put a restaurant sud gas stion on part cf the 52,000 square feet they owu at,- their present loca- tion. Being environmentay responsibie la higli on the priority list of Mack Truck Iac. "Our boxes are'folded sud sent back te the warehouse sud reused. We used-te recycle waste oit, now we paLto have it carted away." ' asthey are bottem-end usera of paint sud toic wastes; net front- bine usera. Whitby company 'paves the way By »ehorah Luchuk The road or parking lot on which Wbitby and. Durham motorit drive may auite Inossbly ho the Druolùtof tho Britiahi cornpsuy. -More than 15,A are ernployed at thie Whitby operatin, sud students are employed iu the summer montha. Bunting nid the company la always on the lookout for more ernployo 1989 won a good year proflt-wla, with reasonably steaygrowth from 1988. Free tradewhae neoli- nmdiato effect on Haruden sud 4o A new office was recently cei"Ve- ted in Wbitby,, a adimg.4500 sq. ft. te theexltlgfsanty. Within-the sggregate busies Bunting nid the cornpany rcce concrete sud asphalt. Hamuden sudKngConution la located on Thidcan Pd. N. MI%