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Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.

Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.

Date3/29/1982
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Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
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