Obituary for Frederick Castron
Posted Saturday, June 8th, 2013 by SAMSSA
In Loving Memory of Frederick Joseph Castron, of Sudbury who passed away in his 77th year Thursday, June 6 2013 at the Vale Maison Hospice.
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City of Greater Sudbury 2013 Community Builders Awards of Excellence/Economic Development Honours the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Services Association (SAMSSA)/Excutive Director Dick DeStefano
Posted Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 by SAMSSA
The Community Builders Awards of Excellence honours individuals and organizations in eight community categories including Economic Development. The Economic Development award goes to an individual or group that has had an important impact on the economic well-being of the community. They have chaired and led a committee, they have helped bring new business to town, [...]
SAMSSA Wins Community Builder Award
Posted Monday, March 4th, 2013 by SAMSSA
Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) has represented mining excellence in Northern Ontario for the past decade. The $6.5-billion mining supply and services sector employs about 23,000 people in Northern Ontario yet, in many ways, until 2004, it was a hidden asset. “SAMSSA gave the (mining supply and services) sector a brand,” says [...]
Sudbury: Ontario’s mining superstore (Excerpt from Canadian Chamber of Commerce Mining Report)
Posted Thursday, January 31st, 2013 by SAMSSA
This is an excerpt from the January 30, 2013 Canadian Chamber of Commerce Mining Report: Mining Capital: How Canada Transformed Its Resources Endowment Into a Global Competitive Advantage Sudbury has a century of history as a mining centre and over a dozen mines operating within city limits. Over the past decade, the Northern Ontario city [...]
Mining companies need Ottawa’s help to solve shortage of workers
Posted Thursday, January 31st, 2013 by SAMSSA
by Peter O’Neil (Vancouver Sun – January 29, 2013) posted in www.republicofmining.com http://www.vancouversun.com/index.html Report says lack of skilled employees already causing costly mistakes OTTAWA — Vancouver, Toronto and Sudbury are to Canada what Hollywood and Silicon Valley are to the U.S. — cities with a cluster of businesses built around a major industry that competes [...]
SAMSSA ‘a cheerleader’ for mining school
Posted Thursday, December 6th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Three years ago, Laurentian University president Dominic Giroux and Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) executive director Dick DeStefano sat down for what was to be a fateful drink together.
“(DeStefano) challenged me,” Giroux said, speaking before about 150 SAMSSA members gathered for the organization’s annual general meeting Dec. 4.
SAMSSA Member Walden Equipment chalks up sales at MINExpo
Posted Monday, November 26th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Sister company J&S Manufacturing produces anfo loaders, boom trucks, transmixers, scissor lifts and personnel carriers
Walden Equipment and sister company J&S Manufacturing hit the jackpot at MINExpo in Las Vegas September 24 to 26, reporting “four to six sales” and between 70 and 100 leads to follow up.
SAMSSA member Rock-Tech introduces Rhino rockbreaker
Posted Sunday, November 25th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Rock-Tech, a Sudbury-based mining supplier and former distributor of Breaker Technology stationary rockbreakers, has entered the rockbreaking business as a manufacturer.
Growing the company and expanding the market it could serve was the primary reason for the transition, said Dan Lemieux, director of sales.
B&D Manufacturing goes above ground to diversify
Posted Sunday, November 25th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Haul truck repair units key to growth.
B&D Manufacturing general manager Andre Ruest is proud of the company’s growth and diversification into repairing heavy haul trucks.
Mobile Parts, Inc.- Passing The Gateway for Exports
Posted Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 by SAMSSA
The mining equipment industry’s export market has been tough to crack for many startup companies. But even from humble beginnings, determination, hard work,and a little bit of luck can go a long way. Just ask Bob Morin, General Manager for Mobile Parts, Inc., a Sudbury-based company that specializes in servicing mining equipment across the globe.