Page 44 Page 44 The mining industry depends on a wide range of ever sophisticated ma chinery to produce products excavate minerals build pave or repair roads bridges and operate water and sew age treatment plants and equipment breakdown and failure can be devas tating for the bottom line But you have no need to worry T im mins Mechanical Solutions TMS is there to provide timely efective re pairs to that valuable piece of machin ery on location or in the shop What makes us unique is we go all out to provide fast efective profes sional services to our clien ts ex plains Eddy Lamontagne the Director of Sales and Business Development for T immins Mechanical Solutions W e know that mechanical break downs cost our clients delay time and money It s our job to expertly re pair the equipment and get them back working on the job Lamontagne adds In March 2020 T immins Mechanical Solution will be moving into their new expanded repai r and service shop The facility will be located at 4555 High way 101 W est across from the W est T immins trailer park It was time to expand the shop and equip it with the inventory state of the art tools and lar ge cranes required to meet the needs of the heavy equip ment and mining community here in northern Ontario Lamontagne explains the features that sets T immins Mechanical Solu tions apart from the others W e pro vide hands on and direct contact from Chad T olenen the owner of TMS to the end user says Lamontagne All T her e s no time f or do wn time T her e s alw a y s a solution our management personnel are also licensed mobile mechanics TMS also works on all types makes and models of equipment and we are constantly learning and upgrading our knowledge sets by understanding the latest technological and software de velopments in the industries we serve so we are current on cutti ng edge equipment as well as the standard tested and true equipment Anyone who has experience work ing with heavy equipment machinery knows when it breaks down often the cause of the malfunction is not readily clear Lamontagne s emphasi s is very strong on trouble shooting especially electronically based equipment W e perform repairs service over haul aging equipment and provide our licensed mechanics on loan to a com pany for a period through our men on loan service says Lamontagne TMS will open their new 12000 square foot shop which will mean hiring 10 more em ployees bringing the staf comple ment to 29 em ployees One of the benefts is that we will be able to perform work on lar ger equipment Lamontagne points out W e also will become a deale r and start selling equip ment in addition to the repair services we provide The owner Chad T olonen developed F r om the lef t G ar r y T olonen E ddy Lamon tag ne T on y P or r itt Chad T olonen O wneroper a t or and R ichar d Daigle an interest in mechanics when he was a 15year old high school student He worked for Caterpillar dealer for about 10 years before starting his own business Chad is looking forward to the move into his new shop which is scheduled for March 2020 Some of the challenges TMS faces is keeping pace with the ever changing equip ment that comes on the market with new software and new technology T immins Mechanical Solution makes constant learning and constant training part of their philosophy so they can best serve their clients When faced with adversity you go the extra mile to solve the problem that at frst seemed impossible to solve It is what we believe in TMS vision statement is Combining our experience d workforce expanding facility superior technician and best available parts W e are striving to be come known as a preferred supplier to maintenance people in Ontario G r e e n T o d a y G r e e n Fo r L i f e g fl en v c o m N AT U R E BY D I V ERS E G F L S IN T E G R A T E D E N V I RON M E N T A L SE R V IC E O F F E R ING S INC L U D E H a z a r do u s a n d n o n h a z a r do u s w a s t e c o l l e c t i o n V a c u u m t r u c k s e r vi c e s I ndus t r i a l s er v i c e s E m e r g e nc y sp i l l r e sp o ns e W e s e r v e a c r o s s N o r t h e r n O nt a ri o F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a n d t o s p ea k w it h a G F L r ep c o nt a c t u s a t 8 0 7 939 2 9 9 4 GFL2019105 NOntarioBusinessAdFINALindd 1 20200212 1005 AM Page 45 G r e e n T o d a y G r e e n Fo r L i f e g fl en v c o m N AT U R E BY D I V ERS E G F L S IN T E G R A T E D E N V I RON M E N T A L SE R V IC E O F F E R ING S INC L U D E H a z a r do u s a n d n o n h a z a r do u s w a s t e c o l l e c t i o n V a c u u m t r u c k s e r vi c e s I ndus t r i a l s er v i c e s E m e r g e nc y sp i l l r e sp o ns e W e s e r v e a c r o s s N o r t h e r n O nt a ri o F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a n d t o s p ea k w it h a G F L r ep c o nt a c t u s a t 8 0 7 939 2 9 9 4 GFL2019105 NOntarioBusinessAdFINALindd 1 20200212 1005 AM