Oil patch driller inspires wellspring of company pride
September 21, 2010
In 2003, along with a partner, Lyle Filliol, Mr. Travis co-founded Strata Energy Services Inc., a performance drilling company specializing in drilling technologies for the oil and gas industry. The Red Deer-based company expects to do about $50-million in business this year, working in a dozen countries on five continents. With offices in Asia, Australia and North and South America, the company employs more than 120 people, generally hiring local workers to support their communities. Strata was named to the Alberta Venture Fast 50 list for 2009 as one of the province’s fastest growing companies.

Car Dealers to Build Auto Mall in County
Chuck Easy, President of Festival Ford, and Russ Joseph, General Manager of Red Deer Toyota, announced that they have acquired a parcel of almost 16 acres of commercial land on which they will relocate their businesses, creating a “mini auto mall”.

City Screen
Ancient printing technology still plays a major role at a Red Deer graphics shop, where workers create signs, decals, stickers, posters and other graphic products.

Enviro Pads
Eric Wassick’s idea was so simple, even his banker wanted to buy in.

Exact Canada Industries – “a shooting star in the oil industry”
"If you build it, they will come," certainly has come true for Exact Canada Industries.

President and Co-founder Ceasar Pinette found a niche in the oil industry that wasn’t being filled when he and his partners started Exact Canada Industries in 2002.

Exact Industries
Caesar Pinette and his two partners have built a booming business retrofitting aged oilfield service rigs. Exact Enterprises, established three years ago, now employs 70 people; far outstripping the partners’ expectations.

Gasoline Alley Harley-Davidson
There is nothing quite like the distinct rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on a warm summer afternoon. Exploring the hills with the wind in your face is something you can only experience on two wheels.

Lund's Organics
Mik Lund has found the key to turn high profits from vertically integrated agriculture, Lund raises, slaughters, freezes and packages mice to feed pet snakes, working from a small warehouse in the corner of his parents’ vegetable farm near Innisfail, Alberta.

Nova Chemicals
NOVA Chemicals owns and operates an important petrochemical complex located about 15 minutes east of Red Deer. With significant assets here in Alberta, ensuring the ability to maintain a workforce capable of executing business strategies is a priority.

Parker's Inc.
Len Zimmer learned machining from the ground up, in a locally-owned shop established in 1904, when the primary tools were hammers, anvils and wood-fired forges.