32 - Wednesdas, September 30, 1987 - North Shore News

Business.

NATIONAL AWARDS
International Hardsuits
honored for excellence

A NORTH Vancouver company, balancing on the cutting
edge of underwater high technology, has picked up a bronze
medal in the inventions category of the fourth annual
Canada Awards of Business Excellence.

The awards ceremony was held
last week in Halifax.

Phil Nuytten, president and
CEO of International Hardsuits
Inc., received a bronze trophy
from the Hon. Robert de Cotret,
minister of Regional Industrial
Expansion for his development of
the Newtsuit.

The innovative deep-sea diving
suit allows low-friction rotation
under extreme pressure sustained
in depths of up to 1,000 feet for a
prolonged period of time.

The one-atmosphere suit does
not require decompression equip-
ment or support crews.

In all, gold, silver and bronze
trophies were presented to 38
companies representing cight areas
of business — small business, pro-
ductivity, marketing, en-
trepreneurship, labor/management
cooperation, innovation, invention
and industrial design.

The judging was done by in-
dependent panels of private sector
experts.

business
briefcase

by Michael
Becker
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David Aitken and Peter
Wreglesworth, directors of North
Vancouver architectural firm
Aitken Smith Carter Architects
Ltd., were awarded a [987 certifi-
cate of merit in the entrepreneur-
ship category.

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WEST VANCOUVER school
board chairman George Suart is
scheduled to address the West
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
at a breakfast meeting 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Ambleside
Inn.

Suart will pose the question, ‘‘Is
Smal! Business Getting Value For
Its Educational Dollar?”’

For more information call 926-
6614.

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WITH BRITAIN set to puli out of
Hong Kong in a matter of a few
short years, the question is, ‘‘Will

East meet West in the equity mar-
kets?"

The Hong Kong-Canada
Business Association and the Van-
couver Stock Exchange are pres-
enting Ray Astin, commissioner
for securities and commodities
trading, Hong Kong, Oct. 6 at the
Four Seasons Hotel,

Astin will be joined by a panel
of local experts including Don
Hudson, president of the Van-
couver Stock Exchange, a repre-
sentative of the Office of B.C. Su-
perintendent of Brokers and repre-
sentatives of the securities industry
to tackle the question, Hong Kong
and Vancouver Equity Markets:
Will Inter-Listing be the Next
Wave?

The event takes place 1:30 p.m.

in the Arbutus Room at 79f West
Georgia St.

For more information contact
684-2410.

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MORE THAN $1.5 million worth
of Assistance Grants For Apptied
Research is in the offing from the
Science Councit of British Cotum-
bia for research in categories in-
cluding agriculture and food; ac-
quatic resources (fisheries and
aquaculture); biotechnology; com-
puters and computing; electronics
and communications; energy;
forests and forest products;
manufacturing and machinery;
mining minerals and metals; and
transportation.

The deadline for grant applica-
tion is Nov. 2.

For an application form write
The Science Council of British
Columbia, Suite 100-3700 Gilmore
Way, Burnaby, V5G 4M1.

For more info call 438-2752.

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INTERNATIONAL HARDSUITS Inc. founder, president und CEO Phil
Nuytten, right, accepts a bronze trophy from the Hon. Robert de Cotret,
Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion. Nuytten received the award
Sept. 22 in Halifax for his company's achievement in the invention cate-
gory of the 1987 Canada Awards for Business Excellence.

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