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Tom Davis caters to high technology industries with boom-bust cycles
Tom Davis caters to high technology industries with boom-bust cycles

Tom Davis caters to high technology industries with boom-bust cycles

Date5/4/1979
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0126479F
Exuberant wheelie: Rick Taylor, 30, struts his stuff at Ontario Place. The Toronto microbilogist also cycles to and from work.
Exuberant wheelie: Rick Taylor, 30, struts his stuff at Ontario Place. The Toronto microbilogist also cycles to and from work.
7/10/1990
Doug McKillip (front) and Tom Levikos Forbe Industries
Doug McKillip (front) and Tom Levikos Forbe Industries
6/3/1995
Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
1/10/1980
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
7/27/1987
Pioneer: Tom Drolet demonstrates the newest in fusion power technology. Drolet is project manager for the Canadian Fusion Technology Project in Missisauga. Fusion power, he says, is unlimited.
Pioneer: Tom Drolet demonstrates the newest in fusion power technology. Drolet is project manager for the Canadian Fusion Technology Project in Missisauga. Fusion power, he says, is unlimited.
10/12/1983
Animals everywhere: Sandy Mitchell, who has cerebral paisy, redesigned his farm to cater to the disabled
Animals everywhere: Sandy Mitchell, who has cerebral paisy, redesigned his farm to cater to the disabled
11/1/1991
George Mammoliti Tom Jacobek (Left) George Mammoliti (Centre) Rob Davis (Right)
George Mammoliti Tom Jacobek (Left) George Mammoliti (Centre) Rob Davis (Right)
7/23/1990
Sounding a sweet note for Canada's music industry is W. J. I. Croombs, president of Boosey and Hawkes Canada Ltd. and the Canadian Music Industries Association. Industry, with a growth rate of 10-15 per cent, is holding its annual trade show in Toronto with 46 manufacturers and distributors on hand.
Sounding a sweet note for Canada's music industry is W. J. I. Croombs, president of Boosey and Hawkes Canada Ltd. and the Canadian Music Industries Association. Industry, with a growth rate of 10-15 per cent, is holding its annual trade show in Toronto with 46 manufacturers and distributors on hand.
8/25/1975
Factory work is not a menial, low-paying, dead-end job, says Peter Delve, above, general manager of Gybro Industries, Agincourt. He urges education system to attract students to industry.
Factory work is not a menial, low-paying, dead-end job, says Peter Delve, above, general manager of Gybro Industries, Agincourt. He urges education system to attract students to industry.
5/2/1978
Declared winner: A happy Jeff Rice is flanked by Ontario Premier Frank Miller on the left and Miller's predecessor William Davis after he learns of his successful bid to hold the high-profile Brampton riding for the Tories
Declared winner: A happy Jeff Rice is flanked by Ontario Premier Frank Miller on the left and Miller's predecessor William Davis after he learns of his successful bid to hold the high-profile Brampton riding for the Tories
3/30/1985
When the post-World War II generation reaches retirement, opportunities will abound for their children in service industries, travel, health care - and the funeral business, predicts demographer John Kettle, right
When the post-World War II generation reaches retirement, opportunities will abound for their children in service industries, travel, health care - and the funeral business, predicts demographer John Kettle, right
3/15/1990
Muscle music: Peter Kirsch, marketing vice-president of Gidon Industries Inc
Muscle music: Peter Kirsch, marketing vice-president of Gidon Industries Inc
1/31/1980