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Mold-Masters receives Yves Landry Foundation Award of Excellence |
Georgetown, Ontario - Mold-Masters Limited, the global leader in the manufacture of leading edge Hot Runner Solutions is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the 2006 Award of Excellence as Company of the Year from the Yves Landry Foundation. The Award was presented at The 7th Annual Yves Landry STARS Technological Education Awards Gala (Thursday, October 26, 2006, at The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto).
The Awards recognize those individuals and businesses that best exemplify the vision of the late Yves Landry, Chairman, President and CEO of Chrysler Canada (1990-1998), of forging a link between business, education and government, and promoting technological education and skills training in order to address the upcoming shortages that industry will be facing.
Accepting the award on behalf of Mold-Masters was company president Jonathon Fischer (pictured).
The Yves Landry Foundation Awards Gala is considered to be one of Toronto ’s premier business networking opportunities. The Awards Gala provides the platform to honour those working in alignment to the YLF mission, and to promote awareness to reduce the current and future skills shortages facing Canadian industry.
Other award recipients included:
PERSON OF THE YEAR
Honourable Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta.
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence. Accepting for AUTO21 was Dr. Peter Frise, AUTO21 Scientific Director & CEO. |
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About The Yves Landry Foundation: |
The Foundation was founded in 1998 and is based on the vision,principles and hopes of the late Yves Landry, Chairman, President and CEO of Chrysler Canada Ltd.from 1990 to 1998:
“To forge an enlightened partnership between industry and education,train a world-class pool of skilled manufacturing workers,technicians,technologists and engineers,and secure technological advantage in a rapidly changing world.”
The Yves Landry Foundation provides the opportunity for business,education,and government to collectively be part of the solution to advance technological education and skills training in order to resolve the skilled labour shortages facing Canadian industries.
Goals of the Foundation:
To ensure that:
•Canadian business and employees achieve and sustain top technical status in the global arena in which we compete.
•Choosing a career in technology is as favourably considered by students, parents, educators and governments as any other career path.
•Mainstream education provides relevant, up-to-date technical education to the point where business does not need to provide substantial remedial or supplemental training, or import skilled workers.
•Barriers to life-long education are eliminated.
•Young people are encouraged to enter apprenticeships, co-operative education programs and activities that foster better insight about technology and the inspiring opportunities available.
For more information on The Yves Landry Foundation, please visit www.yveslandryfoundation.com or Contact David Beckerson dbeckerson@apma.ca; 416.620.5464, ext. 238; 866.232.4411).
About Mold-Masters Limited
Mold-Masters Limited is the global leader in hot runner technology. The company has invested heavily in research and development with more than 1,600 granted and pending international patents. Mold-Masters designs and manufactures the plastic industry's most advanced hot runner systems, temperature controllers and complete hot half solutions. Their support network spans more than 40 countries, with facilities in North America, South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.
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