Welcome to the Association Building an informed and engaged membership representing a diverse Ontario meat and poultry industry.
Associate Members A1 Package Merchandising Co.
Meyer Service & Supply Ltd.
Aleks Stevanov 2120 Fason Drive, Tecumseh (519) 739-3612 clientcare@a1pkg.com a1PKG.com
Gareth Meyer 5705 Warner Dr, Long Sault (613) 938-2185 info@meyer.ca meyer.ca
Comlube Technology
Vision Link Security Inc.
Glynn Livesey 110 Scotia Court, Whitby (905) 439-8418 glynn@comlubetechnology.com comlubetechnology.com
Ecoboard
Sabrina Salhia Oakville (416) 779-4079 info@ecoboards.biz ecoboards.biz
David MacKinnon 1219 Main Street E, Hamilton (877) 696-5552 dmackinnon@visionlink.ca visionlink.ca
Business Members
Al-Shamas Food Products Majid Ashraf 2244 Drew Road, Mississauga (647) 780-0450 alshamasfoodproducts.co.uk
We extend our Best Wishes for a happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with Peace, Joy and Success.
OIMP
DIRECTOR | Marc Oliver Sargent Farms, Milton
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Daphne Nuys-Hall technical@oimp.ca
DIRECTOR | Brenda Reinhardt Sprucedale Quality Meats, Sprucedale
Industry development Coordinator | Derek Boudreau d.boudreau@oimp.ca MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Heather Nahatchewitz heather@oimp.ca
PRESIDENT | Cory Van Groningen VG Meats, Simcoe PAST PRESIDENT | Joe Abate Abate Packers, Arthur VICE PRESIDENT | Carol Goriup Florence Meats, Oakville
391 Rowntree Dairy Road, Woodbridge, ON L4L 8H1 Tel: (905) 856-5005 www.canadacompound.com
BOARD LISTING
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | Laurie Nicol laurie.nicol@oimp.ca
MARKETING AND DESIGN COORDINATOR | Melissa Shewman m.shewman@oimp.ca
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SECRETARY/TREASURER Christine Hobson Halenda's Fine Foods, Oshawa DIRECTOR | Shannon Desborough Finest Sausage & Meat, Kitchener
DIRECTOR | Kevin Schinkel Schinkel's Legacy, Chatham DIRECTOR | Kevin Stemmler Stemmler Meats & Cheese BLOCKtalk is the official publication of the OIMP, distributed to over 2000 OIMP members, commodity groups, and others throughout the industry, providing excellent advertising opportunities for suppliers of the meat and poultry industry to promote their newest, most innovative, supplies, equipment, and technology. BLOCKtalk encourages Associate Members and supporters of the industry to submit articles which would be beneficial to our members.
PUBLICATION ADVERTISING DEADLINE 2016 Spring February 12 Summer May 13 Fall August 12 Winter November 11 The information published in BLOCKtalk is compiled from a variety of sources, which we believe to be reliable; however, OIMP does not guarantee, and assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the information.
BLOCKtalk - Winter 2015
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