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FOOT OF FORBES AVENUE
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.

- Tim Chapman, vice-
president Western Stevedor-
‘ing Co. Ltd.s “With our
Situation, forestry export
dictates our position. That
the European and Japanese
markets are not strong has a
darkening effect
North American markets.
The third quarter of the year
should ‘show improvements
and the fourth quarter
should be even better. But
real improvements are ex-
pected for 1984.”

porate. secretary:

Reginald Barclay, cor-
Seaboard

’ Lumber Sales “Ltd.:

“Business has been at a

roll-on-roll-off
on the |

ers sum up T'

slower pace over the past
two years, but is beginning
to pick up again. Shipments
to Japan have remained fair-

the assistance of three new
vessels.
Developments of new
markets in North Africa and
China have helped to offset
the impact of the severe
business recession in other
markets such as the U.S.”

Neil Platill, assistant
marketing director Seaspan
International: “Things have
been slow. There have been
a few signs of recovery,
though. For example, the

lumber markets are improv-
ing. It has been pretty tough

. the last few months::We laid
off a lot of people in the fall,
ly steady, particularly with -

but -a few have been hired
back since then.”

Chris O’Brien, general
manager Sussex Realty:
“Sussex has had a good year.
We have increased our size
from 50 to 75 salespeople
and we achieved all our
budget plans. Our volume
was better than we had plan-
ned for. Our office is the
leading office on the North
Shore because our multiple
listings show the greatest
volume .... but our baseball
team didn’t win this year!”

Hard times good for small NV ‘firm

A SMALL North Shore com-
pany which was just two men

. and an idea four years ago

has been “establishing a
strong foothold as a supplier
to the high technology in-
dustry and has_ recently
undergone dramatic expan-
sion. ;

‘Way-Mark. Industries
Ltd., located at 70 Riverside
Drive in North Vancouver,
produces a_ variety of

custom-made control
panels, primarily for the
communications industry.

These range from stereo
fronts to highly specialized
electronics, panels for

weather satellites.
The company’s

recent

move to the 6,900 sq. ft.
building on Riverside was
necessitated by increased
production and _  diversifi-
cation according to vice-
president Al MacLennan,
who owns the company with

his ‘partner Douglas
Blakeway. ;
_ “We had outgrown our old

facilities, and we wanted to
have plenty of room for
future expansion. We have
been growing steadily, and
we anticipate that the
growth will continue.”

Way-Mark’s staff grew
from seven to 12 people dur-
ing £982 -- a rare occurrence

during the current reces-
sion.

MacLennan points to
financing by the B.C.
Development Corporation as
being an important factor in
Way-Mark's recent move
and expansion, with a loan
of more than $60,000 (one
third of it in funds from the |
province's Low Interest
Loan Assistance Program)
enabling the company to
make vital leasehold im-
provements and purchase an

. essential piece of new equip-

ment.

“Supporting solid opera-
tions like these makes all
sorts of sense when we talk
about economic recovery in
the province,” says Paul |
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