Mining, forestry suppliers unite to offer industry "packaged solutions".Words like "co-operation" and "common front" are part of the new lingua franca lingua franca (lĭng`gwə frăng`kə), an auxiliary language, generally of a hybrid and partially developed nature, that is employed over an extensive area by people speaking different and mutually unintelligible tongues in order to of Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it . From big-city mayors to provincial cabinet ministers, the talk is that northerners need to band together to survive. For Tom Palangio and Andre Ruest, however, these words are not just talk, they are the new reality. Palangio, vice-president and marketing manager of Wipware, and Ruest, manager of B & D Manufacturing, have entered into a joint five-year distribution agreement covering all of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. that will see B & D distribute Wipware's line of mining photo-analysis software to the forestry and pulp and paper industry The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries. . Both parties declined to put a price tag on tag on Verb to add at the end of something: a throwaway remark, tagged on at the end of a casual conversation Verb 1. the agreement at this point. What makes the strategic alliance so unique, they contend, is that it represents an uncommon co-operation on an economic and research level, between the major northern natural resource-based industries: mining and forestry. "It seems like people throughout the world are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. packaged solutions. In North America, we're more innovative," he says. Wipware develops software for use in the explosives, mining and aggregate industries. Wipware is located outside North Bay in Bonfield. B & D is a Sudbury mining and forestry heavy equipment supplier dealing mainly with precision align boring machines, hydraulic and pneumatic rock drill parts. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The basis of the agreement between the two came when it was agreed that some of the software technology developed by Wipware could be useful to B & D. "Some of his software used currently in the mining industry can be applied to forestry," says Ruest. Wipware maintains a line of photo-analysis products B & D is particularly interested in. Photo-analysis software makes use of high-speed photography that stores images and through software measures fragment edges and sizes when blasting rock. The software is used by quarry operators, mining companies and explosives engineers to measure and control blast fragmentation. Ruest says the technology could find use in measuring wood chips and controlling cutting speeds as a way to improve quality control in the forest sector. Wipware is presently adapting the technology for this purpose. The alliance has also given focus for B & D in terms of technological innovation. The company created a special group, B & D Solutions, to look into other uses of Wipware technology in the forestry industry. Ruest views the group as part of a new research and development arm of the company that will help in developing all types of new technologies. Ruest says the agreement is part of B & D's recent desire to expand its market for equipment. The deal, Pelangio says, will see them gain access to an industry and market that was otherwise uncharted territory
Palangio and Ruest met originally through the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association. Palangio and Ruest later solidified an agreement on distribution at a mining trade conference in Chile. By JOSEPH QUESNEL Joseph Quesnel (15 November 1746 – 3 July 1809) was a French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is considered to be the first Canadian opera. Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. |
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