Whitby Free Press, 4 Aug 1993, p. 8

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Page 8, Whitbv Free Presa~ Wednesday, August 4, 1993 e e New company will use recycled material when i production begins MATT -RIDGEWAY waters some roses at WealI and Cullen Nurseries. Ridgeway is one of 10 Whitby students working at local ousinesse s under Employment and Immig- ration Canada's 'Summer Start' program, which helps students get work experience. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press Auto glass firm retlocates Whitby Auto Glass Specialists Ltd. has meved te a larger build- ing te handle increased business. The new lecation, at 1013 Dundas St. E. (formerly Fire- place Plus) is twice the size ef the cempany's fermer unit, according te ewner Glenn Evans, and is a newer building offering better access and more parking. The move cernes leas than three years afler Whitby Auto Glass first epened its deera at 411 Dundas S t. E. Evans attributes his success te persenalized service, a lifetime guarantee against leakage on windshield and - sunreof replace- ment and the fact Whitby Auto Glass is Canadian-owned, unlike its competitora. Evans and his staff have more than 41 years of experience in the auto glass field. Aside frem glass and sunreof replacement, Whitby Auto Glass aIse, adjuats door glass te ehi- minate wind whisties and -leaka, replaces and fixes rear aliders on trucks and repairs weather strip- pingeon doe rs. They aIse repair cracks in auto PRIME COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR LEASE In downtown Port Perry approx. 3000 sq. ft. Air conditioned. Lots of private parking. Suitable for retail or restaurant development in the downtown core. Reasonable longterm lease available. Cati 436-îîlîîi3025 ADVERTISING POLICY The Whitby Free Press is a busness which derves almost ail ils revenue from advertising in one lorm or aniotrier. For obvious seif-inlerest. we want our clients* advertising to work Our policy is to reach as imariy homes in Whilby as poss'be (usua!ly more than 9991. and 10 provide local ligh-fterest content mnat ensures that peope read thie paper and nence the advertsing as wel. We urge readers ta paroflze ou? acvertisers in order that we can provde even better coveage inl tre future. We also stress creativry. We wiil provde our pro'essonaI experence to advse c enls on ways I0 make their acvertising more effective, but for a produci that carrnot be repossessed. there are no guararcees. We srve Io avod errors. b.,.t when we rrake t,"e-i. a correction wîll be made in a suosecuent issue or a o scourt o"fered Tnie newspapers legal liabîlîty is onfy for thie actual soDace occuO ed by r-e e"roir Adivertising is sold accordng 10 r-e space it occup:es. No acddt anal Charge is made for artwork or layout and hence tCie tiewsoaaer rears tPie copyrigh t on aI ilis orgtnai woek. Thie newspaper reserves the r g"t :o re'use adve1 s -g w- cn .1 -drs ob,ýec: aa e or detnrmeftal 10 its busress glass threugh a special bending process. By Mark Reesor A new Whitby company is hop- ing to take over the mnarket share of a large packaging manu- facturing plant that recently ciosed in Ajax. Kacey Products plans to begin production of fibre partitions and corrugated pads tomorrow at its McEwen Drive location, using only recycled newsprint and cardboard. The company may aise manu- facture edge board and card- beard cartons in three years. "We are committed te the environment with recyclable pro- ducta for our custemera," stresses president Kevin Dia- niond, who put together the com- pany in about three months after the ciosure of the Sonoco plant in Ajax. «Vie wiil strive te make the most efficient use of the least amount of natural resouroea pos- sible and maximize our use of recovered materials, in ail, pro- duets we manufacture," Diamond sacey currently has 10 plant workers and four front office staff; Diamond hopes to empioy up te, 30 plant workers and five management staff working two full shifts. Diamond has 24 years of experience in the packaging in- dustry with Sonoco and Atlantic Packaging. He chose to locate bis new venture at 1610 McEwen Dr. because there's roomi to expand te other units' in the building and because of its central location, since ail his employees live in Durham Région. He credits Jobs Ontario and the Ontario Development Cor- p oration with helping him get the compani started, and says Kacey «will be the only plant in Ontario with state-of-the-art eipent in two markets which ZwIMI serve in." I 141ai1BoxesEte.ser'~ressxn.aJ1bushIessJ A new Whitby business is aim- ing tbethon-step shop for alyour pstai, business and cmuiation needs.» 'Mail Boxes Etc.,' which opened recentiy at the Rossland/ Garden plaza, caters te smali businessea and individuais, according te, owner Dianne Robinson, whe runs the franch- ised operation along with hus- band Mike. "(We) offer the smail business person ail the -business services they need,» says Mike Robinson. «Iguess pro abIy about 60 per cent of our business is smal business people who may bo working eut of their homes or smail offices and need te have postal services, fax and copying services, keys cut or parce s shi - ped; the types of things you d have in a I arger company but net in a smail business.» With more and more people chanqng careers, Robinson sas there s a goigdem and or suchsevc, altheugh many consumersa ase head te, the store when they have a parcel te send. «Vie do a lot of packaging and shipping,» he aays neting the store is a UPS autkorized ship- ping outiet and deais with other carriers, se UWO can select the bost carrier for the type of ser- vice that you want... te meet your deadline for gettinq it there and for coats; some camrera offer lesa costiy service te some areas than others do. "Vie can tailor the shipping te your requirements.» Taking parcels te the store can save people the extra charge some carriers levy for home pickup, notes Robinsen. DIANNE and Mike Robinson are co-owners of 'Mail Boxes Etc.,' a new Whitby business that aims to be "the one-stop shop for ail Anether major part of the store's business is renting mail- boxes. Robinson says mailbox holders can corne in any time of the day or night te, check their boxes, or phono te, see- if there's anything there. Packages can aise be sent te a mailbox, where it's signed for and the custorner netified of its arrivaI. Mail Boxes Etc. camres a ful line of office and sihipping sup- f ies and ase, sends and receives axes," does photocopying, trans- fers money ail over thee world through Western Union and will soon take passport photos. The Robinson's outiet is the 54th Mail Boxes Etc. store in Canada; more than 100 are plan- ned by the end of the year. There are more than 1,800 locations in the U.S. your postal, business and communication needs." The shop opened July 19 ai the Rossland/Garden plaza. Prioto by Mark Reesor. Whiiby Free Press

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