Knauss Foods is a veteran-owned small business with fifty to sixty employees (seasonally dependent) who continue to make authentic dried beef. From humble beginnings, the company has grown to become the largest manufacturer of dried beef products in the United States. It continues to use the same drying process, done in accordance with the original family recipe that has stood the test of time for Knauss Foods.

If you have been to Alberta or British Columbia, it is more than likely you have seen some projects Levelton Consultants has been involved in. From hospitals to event centres and from shopping malls to major transportation networks, Levelton’s fingerprints can be found on many renowned structures.

Wireless Seismic is on the cusp of revolutionizing an industry. The Texas-based company has developed an ingenious system capable of transmitting important seismic data via thousands of radio transmissions, rather than through traditional cables.

Green Energy Oilfield Services is an oilfield service company that provides truck transport and fluid management services to the oil and gas industry in addition to leasing or renting frac tanks, acid tanks, mud tanks, mud pumps and gas busters. Green Energy Oilfield Services is the only company in the state that has a fleet of vehicles that run exclusively on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Northern Alberta’s Big Rock quarry has become indispensible to local oil sands operations. Run by GMS Aggregates, the quarry offers an excellent selection of high quality, specialty products.

KBL is a name synonymous with innovation and know-how in the environmental and waste management service sector throughout some of the toughest terrains imaginable. As the only government approved receiver of hazardous waste in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, the company assists other businesses in developing and maintaining successful environmental management programs.

Freund-Vector Corporation has it covered. The Iowa based manufacturer designs, produces, markets, and services coating and granulation equipment for a wide range of industries. The company was launched in 1972 when the founder obtained the rights to manufacture and market a line of rotary tablet presses. A few years later an agreement was reached with Freund Industrial Company of Japan, to market an automated tablet coating system for the pharmaceutical industry…

No one can dispute that experience is the best teacher. Each individual’s life experiences are the culmination of how these experiences are perceived and subsequently form the basis for an ideology and belief system. Such was the case for Nestor Plana, Independent Living Systems’ Chairman and CEO.

Express Scripts Canada, is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and has administrative, pharmacy and customer service operations throughout Canada. Its parent company, Express Scripts Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri, manages drug benefits for forty percent of Americans. In Canada, the company has expanded to support over seven million Canadians nationwide.

From eye-catching trade show exhibits and retail displays to engaging museum exhibits, Art Guild, Inc. helps customers make a lasting impression. This New Jersey based business specializes in 3D, face-to-face marketing and educational programs of all kinds, offering a variety of different, but related services for top tier customers…

Before Lighthouse Camp Services was created in 2011, Dario Berloni owned a trio of Calgary restaurants – Teatro, Cucina and Vendome – well-known for exquisite quality. At the time, Berloni had the opportunity to try his hand at operating in the oil sands industry, to which he aimed to transfer his success in the restaurant business.

As every traveler knows, few things are better than staying at a hotel that not only makes you feel welcome, but gives you the comforts of home. For the hard-working men and women in Western Canada’s oil and gas industries, Noralta Lodge continues to provide unrivaled accommodations, fresh and nutritious home-cooked meals, exercise facilities, high-speed connectivity and a host of other amenities to make stays as comfortable and stress free as possible.

Linear Mold & Engineering is North America’s largest provider of 3D metal printing services and has been nominated as one of the top fifty fastest growing companies in Michigan. The company provides tooling for compression and injection molds as well as tooling for processing thermoplastic resins. We spoke with Marketing Coordinator Kristen Eisiminger and Marketing Director Paul Parzuchowski to learn more.

A need to modernize and update pipe beveling equipment was the impetus behind the launch of Dyna Torque Technologies, Inc in 1998. Since the company was founded, Dyna Torque has continued to provide the pipeline industry with the most efficient and trouble free equipment available thanks to continuous research and development, competitive pricing and outstanding customer service.

As a manufacturer and supplier of high-tech inflatable products to the oil and gas sector, World Oil Tools is one of the few companies in the world that sells inflatable packers for the industry and strives to outshine its competitors.

SUBCOE is not afraid of tough environments – in fact it is these types of applications where SUBCOE built its reputation of being a top level manufacturer. The Ontario based company builds surface power and control equipment for the artificial lift market that must stand up to the harshest conditions, from freezing northern winters to sweltering desert heat and corrosive offshore installations.

Bluffton Motor Works is known for designing and producing quality motors to power their products and providing consistently top quality products with the best motor design for customer applications.

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” So said Albert Einstein. Indeed, there’s something to be said for innovation. It requires a disciplined approach to the process of sorting through new ideas. Not to be confused with invention, innovation implies the idea of doing things differently, to step out of the comfort zone of the status quo into the realm of creative problem solving.

Hi-Tec profiles is a leading provider of steel processing services, creating built-to-specification products which can be seen throughout the Western Canadian manufacturing industry.

Tracing its roots back over 200 years, the City of Miamisburg remains one of the most historic locations in Ohio. Founded in 1797 and incorporated in 1818, the City was initially populated by settlers and immigrants in search of work…