Page 30 Contd on pg 31 By Frank Giorno The PBE Group a US based com pany which recently acquire d Mine Radio Systems Canda MRS of Goodwood Ontario will be opening their brand new Canadian operations centre in Sudbury Ontario and will serve as the strategic centre for the provision of solutions and services to mining community across Canada The recent acquisition of mining communications provider MRS and Four Leaf Solutions MineT racker di vision solidifes PBE s position in the global market said Joe Gladu the General Manager of Canadian Opera tions for PBE PBE is a leading manufacturer of mine safety productivity and com munications solutions as well as a provider of quality contract manu facturing services It serves various industries such as coal metal and non metal sand stone and gravel opera tions and also military defense con tractors Stuart Champion de Crespigny CEO of PBE said MRS is a perfect ft for PBE as a reliab le communica tions so lutions provider with an impressive and diverse global footprint The ac quisition solidifes our commitment to customer oriented global sales and local service PyottBoone Electronics was estab lished in March of 1971 by Frank Pyott and Roger Boone to supply the US coal mining industry with the most technologically advanc ed com munication and monitoring systems available today PBE is acknowl edged as a pioneer and leader in that industry Based in T azewell V ir ginia the company moved from the original offce into our present building lo cated on W itte ns Mill Road in North T azewell during October of 1973 The building has since then been ex panded fve times to the present size of 42500 square feet and remains the cen ter of our operations Starting with just a handful of people we have grown to be the lar gest manufacturing company in T azewell County V ir ginia and one of the lar gest em ployers overal l with approximately 240 full and part time By acquiring Mine Radio Systems PBE has integrate d 25 years of experience and expertise of a company that has provided dependable PBE makes presence felt with New Canadian Operations Offce opening frst week of November in Sudbury From left to right Bob Lavergne Sales Manager Al Leclair Sr T echnical Service Rep and Joe Gladu General Manager reliable safety and global communica tion solutions MRS Canada expertise has solved safety and communication challenges for their clients located throughout North America South America Central America Russia China Poland and V ietnam Through the acquisition of MRS the newly ex panded PBE will now provide voice communications monitoring safety and over 70 other products and servic es across the wide spectrum of mining industry MRS Canada which had primarily fo cused on the mining sector recently ventured into the tunneling sector suc cessfully installing and commission ing communication solutions to this market W ith over 400 installations at mine and tunnel sites in over 50 countries MRS worldclass network of clients and partners along with its