Salmon farming is big business on Canada’s East Coast, generating $2 billion a year in revenue, employing 8,000 people, and providing more than 320 million meals annually.
Nate Hendley
High-Tech Tools and Innovative Strategies Guide the Fish Farming Sector
America’s Oldest and Largest Hardwood Trade Group Looks to the FutureNational Hardwood Lumber Association
The National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA), the largest and oldest organization of its kind in the United States, has been advocating for its members, fostering the commercial hardwood sector, and educating the public for over a century.
Family-Owned Business, Sawmill SuccessBeasley Forest Products
Family-owned Beasley Forest Products, Inc. blends traditional values like hard work and loyalty with a progressive vision centered on sustainability, diversification and automation. The Beasley Forest location is a part of the sawmill business segment for the Beasley Group, a vertically integrated forest products business headquartered in Hazlehurst, Georgia.
From Logs to Cabinets and Beyond – A Family-Owned Success StoryKendrick Forest Products (KFP)
Kendrick Forest Products (KFP) operates a hardwood sawmill and a breadth of ancillary businesses in Edgewood, Iowa. The rapidly-growing, family-owned company mixes business smarts with a focus on sustainability while offering a range of products and services. This winning formula has put the once-struggling company on an upward trajectory.
A Sawmill Guided by Servant Leadership PrinciplesFrank Miller Lumber
Frank Miller Lumber has a history stretching back more than a century to a small lumber mill that served farmers in rural Union City, Indiana. Today, the bustling company supplies lumber to a wide variety of wholesale clients and runs a retail operation for the public.
Family Firm Marks 80th Anniversary with New Products, Big GoalsSewer Equipment
Sewer Equipment, a Dixon, Illinois-based manufacturer of sewer cleaning and vacuum excavation gear, just passed a huge corporate milestone. The family-owned firm celebrated its eightieth anniversary last year and continues to develop new products and set new goals.
Proprietary Solutions for Oil Patch Workers, Companies, and the EnvironmentAMGAS Services Inc.
Based in Calgary, Alberta, AMGAS Services Inc. is a world leader in emission control products and technologies for the oil and gas industry. The company’s proprietary solutions can be used against a witch’s brew of toxic emissions including hydrogen sulfide (H2S), toluene, xylenes, and benzenes. AMGAS has a global presence, big growth goals, and an eco-friendly attitude.
A Venerable Maritime Firms Goes BigHawboldt Industries
In late November 2020, Hawboldt Industries—an East Coast company that custom designs and manufactures made-to-order deck equipment—unveiled what might be the largest offshore marine crane ever made in Canada. The mighty HAW66-300K boasts a thirty-five-metre reach, a maximum capacity of three hundred metric tonnes, and cutting-edge crane technology. Based in Chester, Nova Scotia and founded over a century ago, Hawboldt has come a long way from the days it serviced local fishing fleets.
Keeping Workers Safe UndergroundJannatec Technologies
Jannatec Technologies designs, manufactures, and sells products and provides services that enhance safety and productivity for people who work underground. Primarily focused on the mining sector, the company’s proprietary products incorporate sensors, cameras, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, connectivity solutions, and other technological tools. When fitted to hardhats, clothing, or vehicles, these products enable communication, hazard detection, data and image-recording, and tracking when workers are underground.
40 Years as the Voice of the Mining Services and Supply SectorMSTA CANADA
For the past four decades, Mississauga, Ontario-based MSTA CANADA has provided marketing insight, promotion, education, advocacy, and networking opportunities for member companies involved in the mining industry.
New Name, New Mandate, New OutlookCapstone Green Energy
Capstone has expanded its offerings and completed a rebrand since Business in Focus spoke with the company back in late 2017. Originally called Capstone Turbine Corporation, the Van Nuys, California-based firm changed its name to Capstone Green Energy Corporation on Earth Day—April 22—of this year. While it is as committed as ever to cost-saving, eco-friendly energy solutions, the name change reflects the company’s much bigger vision.
Representing a Growing, Sustainable and Essential Sector in Atlantic CanadaAtlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association
Atlantic Canada’s salmon farming sector employs 8,000 people, generates $2 billion in annual revenue, and provides over 320 million meals a year—an important consideration given how COVID-19 has interrupted international food supply chains and highlighted the value of locally grown healthy food. While fish farming—also called aquaculture—might seem like a foreign concept to many, the process is relatively straightforward.
New Office, New Outlook and New MarketsCTLGroup
There have been significant developments at CTLGroup since Construction in Focus profiled the Skokie, Illinois firm in October 2017. In addition to opening a New York City office, the company has adapted to the challenges of COVID and the opportunities presented by renewable energy and possible federal infrastructure funding.
Family-Run Firm Deals with COVID and Builds Its BusinessHightowers Petroleum Company
Hightowers Petroleum Company (HPC) has successfully adapted to the challenges posed by COVID and shifting energy markets. Incorporated in 1984, this Middletown, Ohio-based, family-run gas and diesel wholesaler, profiled in the July 2019 issue of Business in Focus magazine, continues to be a leading African-American-owned fuel company, primarily serving the downstream petroleum sector.
Celebrating Green Power, Reliable Electricity and Military VeteransMesa Natural Gas Solutions
Loveland, Colorado-based Mesa Natural Gas Solutions designs, manufactures, and supplies portable and stationary generators. When an unexpected cold snap recently caused the Texas power grid to collapse, the company sprang into action, setting up portable generators to provide electricity in stricken communities.
Keeping Workers Safe UndergroundJannatec Technologies
Jannatec Technologies designs, manufactures, and sells products and provides services that enhance safety and productivity for people who work underground. Primarily focused on the mining sector, the company’s proprietary products incorporate sensors, cameras, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, connectivity solutions, and other technological tools. When fitted to hardhats, clothing, or vehicles, these products enable communication, hazard detection, data and image-recording, and tracking when workers are underground.
Keeping Workers Safe and Business BoomingPeninsula Plastics
Peninsula Plastics Ltd. continues to expand, adding new products, new staff, and possibly new markets, despite the pandemic. This family firm, based in Fort Erie, Ontario, offers custom injection moulding while a separate division manufactures proprietary plastic parts. It has approximately 130 workers at present up from roughly ninety this time last year.
Family-Run Fuel Firm Looks for New MarketsHightowers Petroleum Company
Hightowers Petroleum Company (HPC) has a presence in every state and is currently the largest African-American-owned downstream petroleum wholesale marketer operating in the U.S. This family-owned business sells gasoline and diesel to automotive OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), grocery chains, the steel industry, utilities and other Fortune 500 companies, and it takes pride in its comprehensive service.
Fueling the Economy, Enhancing Security and Improving the EnvironmentThe Texas Oil and Gas Association
The Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA) has a simple message: oil and natural gas are good for Texas and the United States in general. Oil and natural gas drive the Texas economy, generating billions of dollars in annual royalties and taxes while providing high-paying jobs to nearly 350,000 people. Surging oil and natural gas production has enhanced domestic security by making the U.S. less dependent on foreign fuel sources, while industry-funded innovations have had a positive environmental impact.
Well-Earned Recognition for Speedy GrowthShalePro Energy Services
In 2019, ShalePro Energy Services made Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America. It was the third time the Houston, Pennsylvania-based company was included on this prestigious list. The magazine also cited ShalePro as the fastest-growing energy company in Pennsylvania and the twenty-fifth-fastest-growing energy company in the United States. In addition to the company’s headquarters in the center of the Marcellus/Utica Shale Basin, it has seven other locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia to serve customers across the region.
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