Page 27 Page 27 Page 26 Kal T ire delivers 24-hour onsite ser - vice and tire maintenance, tire supply , and a wealth of retread manufacturing experience to under ground and on- surface customers. As the world’ s leading earthmover and mining tire speciality , Kal T ire has built a reputati on for innovat ion, reli - ability and outstanding service. A Canadian success story , Kal T ire was founded by T om Foord in V ernon, B.C., in 1953. The company takes its name from the area’ s Kalamal ka Lake. Over the last 60 years, the company has grown to service more than 150 mine sites in 19 countries. Kal T ire has more than 4,600 employ - ees worldwide located in more than W orld’ s premier mining tir e specialists 360 retail locations, retread manufac - turing facilities and mining tire ser - vice sites. It is the only tire service provider ca - pable of handling all the customer ’ s tire requirements on a global basis working with the customer to mini - mize tire operating costs and maxi - mize productivity . It is this level of service and experi - ence that led a Northern Ontario gold mine to choose Kal T ire as its service provider . Before the contract even be - gan, immediate service was required on three haul trucks. W ith two weeks’ notice, Kal T ire mobilized a tea m of experien ced tire technicians and the equipment neces - sary to get these vehicles up and run - ning. Portable facilities developed by Kal T ire called Kal Kans, allow tire maintenance to begin immediately on greenfeld sites and operate indepen - dently while a mine is building main - tenance and workshop facilities. Regardless of the location, Kal T ire focuses on safety . The safety of team members is paramount, and it ex - pressed in their motto of “zero com - promise on safety .” A team in the Al - berta oil sands recently celebrated a L TI-free (lost time injury). Customers are safe in the knowledge their tires are in the best hands pos - sible.