Trade initiatives recognized.Ten of Northern Ontario's leading small and medium-sized exporters were recognized for their contributions to the economy and the employment scene during the third annual 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 Global Traders Awards ceremony in Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. last month. The awards were presented by Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bob Runciman Robert William "Bob" Runciman (born in Brockville, Ontario) is a veteran Canadian politician. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1981 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Leeds in eastern and representatives of the Ontario government's Partners in Trade to eight businesses and two individuals who have made an important contribution to the Ontario economy through exporting. The Ontario Global Traders Awards celebrates outstanding exporting achievement by small and medium-sized enterprises. The awards program was initiated in 1998 by the Government of Ontario The Government of Ontario refers to the provincial government of the province of Ontario. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" refers broadly to the cabinet of the day, elected from the Legislative and Partners in Trade. Companies or individuals can nominate themselves or be nominated by a trade association or a customer. Nominations are evaluated by a regional panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
A provincial panel selects provincial award recipients from the short list of regional award winners. "It is the entrepreneurs with a vision and a commitment to succeed and a willingness to take a risk that drive our economy," Runciman told an audience of about 250. "Exports generate the equivalent of more than 60 per cent of Ontario's gross domestic product and sustain 1.6 million jobs in Ontario. This demonstrates Ontario's ability to take on the world and compete in global markets." Judges reviewed nearly 240 nominations based on outstanding performance in leadership, innovation, partnership, marketing expansion and student achievement. Winners from Northern Ontario will join other regional winners from eastern, southwestern, and central Ontario Central Ontario is the portion of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies between Georgian Bay and the eastern end of Lake Ontario. The population of the region was 959,266 in 2001; however, this number does not include large numbers of seasonal residents, which at peak for a provincial awards ceremony in Toronto on May 17. Among the Northern Ontario companies recognized this year was Main Filter Group, which received an honourable mention in the market expansion (product) category and an award of merit in the partnership category for its work with Filtrec 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. . The two companies have combined to form a partnership that vertically integrates manufacturing and distribution of high-quality hydraulic and lubrication lubrication, introduction of a substance between the contact surfaces of moving parts to reduce friction and to dissipate heat. A lubricant may be oil, grease, graphite, or any substance—gas, liquid, semisolid, or solid—that permits free action of oil filtration products throughout North America. Main Filter Group has a 12-year history of distributing and selling a wide range of filtration products mainly in Northern Ontario. With the partnership in place, one quarter of Main Filter Group's sales are export based, while Filtrec's exports to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. account for 80 per cent of sales following completion of its manufacturing facility in 1998. The two companies are also investigating the possibility of establishing a warehousing facility for their products in the Louisiana Alabama region, as well as expanding their market to Mexico, Cuba and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Also recognized with two awards this year was Wabi Iron and Steel Corp. of New Liskeard. The company received an honourable mention in the innovation award category and earned the regional award for its partnership with Eagle Crusher Company Inc. of Galion, Ohio. Wabi Iron and Steel Corp., which manufactures iron and steel components for machinery, has worked with Eagle Crusher Company for the past five years to test and improve new alloys in components developed exclusively for Eagle's products. As a result, the products Wabi produces for its clients consistently perform at significantly lower cost and have been able to compete in new market segments. Nobel, Ont.-based Pro-Safe Fire Training Systems was the third company to receive two separate awards at the ceremony. Pro-Safe was the recipient of last year's regional award for market expansion. This year, the company captured an award of merit for market expansion (product category) and was also recognized with a regional award for innovation. Other businesses saluted. for their exporting activities, were: Norfab Building Components of Fort Frances; GRK GRK G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase GRK Gray Army Airfield (Airport Code; Ft Hood, Texas) GRK Killeen-Ft Hood Regional Airport (Texas) Canada Ltd. of Thunder Bay; Prestige Glass International Inc. of Elliot Lake; Cook Engineering of Thunder Bay; and Three H Furniture Systems of New Liskeard. |
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