New Parsec Operations

In Canada . . .

Regina and Saskatoon In March, Parsec added two more facilities for the Canadian Pacific – Regina and Saskatoon in the Western Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The Parsec team, led by Supervisor Eric Bosch from Calgary, had actually been in Regina since January on a temporary basis after the CP replaced the existing contractor. But, in March, the company officially received five-year contracts for both locations. Regina will average about 4,000 lifts a month; Saskatoon will be 2,500 to 3,000.

Calgary In February of 2006, Parsec took over the CP terminal in Calgary, Alberta. General Manager Mike Collette says that the sixth and final piece of lift equipment is now in place for Calgary, and the facility is ready to run at full capacity. Mike explains that it took a little longer to manufacture the machines because they required special engineering to accommodate CP equipment.

New Parsec Contracts

In Canada . . .

Vancouver and Winnipeg Mike Collette reports that Parsec has received new five-year contracts for both Vancouver and Winnipeg. Vancouver and Winnipeg each will require new one additional piece of Taylor lift equipment at each site. Combined with the six units in Calgary and the new equipment required for Regina and Saskatoon, Parsec will have 20 machines running in Western Canada alone.

Three Mechanics Receive Training

Rhomell Carreon from Winnipeg, and Mike Jones and Vincent Taccola, both from LPC, attended Taylor School in Lewisville, Miss. Their one-week training consisted of classroom and hands-on diagnostics and repair on Taylor 974 and 975 sideloader lift equipment.

In addition, Adam Watts from LPC attended Cummins Insite School in Chicago. There he received hands-on instruction in repairing and maintaining the electronic components of Cummins engines for our Ottawa tractors.