Suppliers’ Notes (February 01, 1988)

A new 480-page occupational safety and health catalogue is available from Toronto, Ont.-based Safety House of Canada. Safety House, one of Canada’s major suppliers of safety equipment, medical supplies and fire-fighting apparatuses, releases the catalogue for companies’ safety needs. All types of safety products are covered, including the most advanced head, ear, eye, hand, foot and respiratory protection, first-aid kits, etc. PTI Group, based in Edmonton, Alta., is the new corporate identity for its member companies, Hofam Catering, PTI Camp Services and Heritage Meats. PTI says it is making the change to better reflect and accomodate the future direction of the corporation (formerly PTI Holdings). Peace Truck Industries and Peace Trailer Industries will now be amalgamated under the single name and operation of PTI Camp Services. It will continue in the business of camp rentals with its $10-million trailer inventory, as well as provide camp services and general oilfield hauling. John Brown Engineering of Clydebank, Scotland, has appointed Peacock Inc. as its agent for Canada (excluding Quebec and Ontario) for replacement parts and repair service for industrial gas turbines of General Electric design. The focal point of activities will be in western Canada where there are many gas turbines in both the utility and oil and gas industries. Peacock is a rebuilder of mechanical equipment, including mine hoists. Rahnmet Inc. of North Bay, Ont., was recently awarded an order of more than $3 million for high-density polyethylene pipe to be used on tailings lines. The owner of the project is erg, of the Pamour group, in Timmins, Ont. Eighty-five per cent of the entire order is expected to be completed within four months.

Burlington, Ont.-based Linear Technology has reorganized. The main feature of the restructuring is the formation of Gennum Corp. which, along with Anatek Microcircuits, will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of lti. LTI will continue as a publicly-listed company engaged in corporate business planning and financing activities. John Deere & Co. reports net income of $32.6 million (us) or 48 cents per share in the fourth quarter of its 1987 fiscal year which ended Oct 31. That compares with a net loss of $139.7 million or $2.06 per share in last year’s strike-affected final quarter. Fourth-quarter 1987 income was favorably affected by $39.9 million of income tax benefits resulting mainly from tax loss carry- forwards. For the year, the company incurred a net loss of $99 million or $1.46 per share compared with a net loss of $229 million or $3.38 per share in 1986. The BFGoodrich Co. has received an award from the Interstate Mining Compact Commission for its development of a product for mine acid control. The commission selected the Route 43 site near Steubenville, Ohio, where Goodrich applied its ProMac mine acid control system. The award is in appreciation of efforts to the coal mining industry. Finland-based Lokomo, one of the largest crushing manufacturers in the world, has opened an office in Montreal, Que., to start marketing and assembly of its wide range of crushing and screening equipment in North America. The range of Lokomo equipment includes jaw, gyratory and cone crushers, screens, feeders, belt conveyors, and mobile and stationary plants. The most recent innovation is the “Lokotrack” mobile, self-contained, crushing units and plants. Johnson Manufacturing Co.’s new 138-page catalogue is available from its exclusive Canadian distributor Wire Rope Industries. Johnson recently appointed Wire Rope as its exclusive Canadian distributor, with 17 sales, service and technical support outlets nationwide. Celanese Canada, a producer of acetic acid, vinyl acetate and cellulose acetate flake has ordered a Bailey Controls Network 90 Distributed Control System for its Edmonton, Alta., plant. Celanese is upgrading process control instrumentation for its acid recovery and liquid phase oxidation units.