Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 23, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Call for details special rates Aav apply to seniors rates subject to confirmation certain minimums conditions apply no fees i 78w040 72m846 fit Mattcia i 18003921368 Winnipeg free press january pages 1724 Philip business editor business soviets seek More sales in Manitoba Dave free press by Mary Ann Fitzgerald its a two Way Street for rus sians and canadians seeking business while Canadian and Manitoba firms Are looking for contracts in the user is trying to Bol Ster sales of its products in Canada to help erase a million Trade the soviet Union plans to in crease the number of Trade representatives in possibly put Ting one in said Andri second Secretary at the so Viet embassy press and information office in in making the decision on Loca Winnipeg will be considered one of the first Stulov said in a recent Telephone Manitoba is a very interesting prospective area for soviet Anadi an the soviet Union has a Perma nent government operated Trade Mission in Ottawa and Trade offi cers in Halifax and Stulov said the additional Trade offices will help Deal with specific Trade and joint venture number of goods we have a lot of proposals from Small and medium Canadian Busin esses and there should be someone Here to Deal with them he we Hope the new soviet Anadi an business Council will allow prob lems to be solved much Russia wants to sell much More to we have a number of goods As yet unknown to Stulov in sure they could be sold for he cited Industrial machinery fashioned with precise russian techniques and using West German and japanese data bases and East setup tents which fold into a Small easy carry another Way to reduce the Trade deficit is to increase the Quality of other goods to make them More competitive on the Canadian mar Stulov this can be achieved through joint he to develop tourist ties Between the two Ray Dow Topoluk has sold 48 per Centof the shares in his 32year travel company i Tours to the soviet claim ing it is the first Canadia soviet joint venture in they will promote the soviet Union and we will promote Cana Dow Topoluk said in a recent interview from huge production final details of the joint venture Are now being worked he the soviet Trade deficit would also shrink if the soviets bought less Canadian Stulov wheat is by far Canadas largest Export to the user in amount ing to million of Canadas billion total exports to tractors and automobiles Are among the leading products sold by the user in the soviet owned Belarus equip ment of Canada has been sell ing Russia built tractors and com Bines in Canada since the company Only shareholder is the soviet no government Trad ing organization Belarus Canadas president Oleg Povkov said in an we have a huge production in the soviet Union which helps us keep costs Down and that helps offset the costs of Povkov said the tractors of four sizes Are manufactured in 14 fac tories in the soviet Union and Are sold in 70 countries in the this Belarus expects to Cor Ner seven per cent of the Canadian running behind the big Keith Hopwood with Belarus tractor there built they dont make them so they break name brands John Case International and for new hol which have been in the Field for nearly a Gerry Fitz Canadian marketing Man wed this to achieve 10 per cent of the Canadian tractor Market and 15 to 20 per cent of the Combine Market in the company estimates Belarus tractors of All sizes Are now in Canadian the number does not include Don 1500 also sold by Belarus the company has 125 dealer ships in Canada 11 in Keith Hopwood of Cedar acres farm equipment on Winnipeg North says he has sold More than 80 Belarus tractors in the past two ranging in Price from to Hopwood says the Belarus is considerably lower than other there coming into this mar Hopwood trac tors Are there built they dont make them so they break if they do have a technician is flown in from the com pants major Western Canadian parts depot in he Fitzgerald said As with any new introducing the russian built equipment into the Canadian marketplace has been a Best Grain customer your competitors dont just Roll Over and say Welcome to my client he weve had our work Cut out for he in working to gain the Confidence of Canadian farm Belarus notes that for 25 years the soviet Union has been Canadas Best Grain the soviet owned Lada Canada firms Hope to reap russian farm deals eight Manitoba companies and one from Alberta Are hoping to snare russian Busi Ness with an agricultural equip ment show they Are staging there this week with help from the West Ern diversification the companies have received a total Whf contribution to help cover travel expenses and the Cost of shipping materials for the five Day Central Canadian structures a Winnipeg firm which is building a hotel Complex in Lenin Grad and has an office in organized the Ossama senior vice president and general manager of Central Canadian a contract ing firm which also designs and builds Grain storage and cleaning facilities said the exhibition could result in sales of million to million in the first year for participating a new soviet Law which enables the state to pay Farmers hard cur Rency to buy equipment that will increase productivity has aroused Strong interest in Canadian agricultural Ossama said in a Western economic diversification minister Charles Mayer said similarities in grow ing conditions and crop patterns be tween the two countries will give exhibitors a Chance to demonstrate How easily Canadian technology can be transferred to fit the soviet unions agricultural this exhibition provides an excellent Opportunity for Western Ca Nadian companies to introduce their products and technology to Large numbers of soviet decision Mayer said in a state other companies receiving Whf assistance in addition to Central Canadian structures Are u Uma engineering of consulting engineers specializing in designing feasibility studies for the construction of Grain d Nordsen Metal industries of win which manufactures Hydraulic and hoist equipment used in Grain handling and d Peterson Grain elevator sup plies of which builds Grain cleaning and Stor age d Sperling construction of a general contractor specializing in structures for the Grain d feed rite of which manufactures livestock and poultry feeds and livestock feed processing two cattle of which develops livestock fencing two other Winnipeg compan ies Westland industries and Westel Bannock sent Only displays to the receiving Whf funding to cover shipping which manufactures polyethylene moulding and distributes livestock is trying to establish a soviet Market Fos its hog Scales and four other Manitoba compan ies farm King Allied Sulli Strong Macdon Indus tries and Cereal implements sent displays or company but did not require Whf Agrite Canada a Whf supported nonprofit International marketing Agency representing a number of Western Canadian Agri business also is taking part in the last year sold vehicles in can Ada through 54 it could be Down slightly this year 875 sales had been made by the end of november because Only four instead of six models were Marcie distribution manager for Lada but Ron president of Stenning motorcars on Pembina the sole Manitoba Lada says the company is coming out with a new Model a Samara a front wheel drive vehicle with porsche it is already out in who took on the Lada Dealership two years says he has sold about 50 ladas of All types station wagons and Fourby fours in a he Hopes to at least double the figure next ladas and the czechoslovakian which Stenning also Are the lowest priced vehicles in he neither Are being sold in the United states at this although Lada is planning to enter that Stenning retail prices Range from to Tessier one of ladas two factories in Russia is being upgraded and the other had difficulty supplying All the she some changes Are required for the Canadian she freed demand catalytic converters to filter pollutants Are required in but not in Russia or other parts of she Stenning says slow Lada sales Are probably More the result of Lack of promotion and advertising than a in most european countries if the Price is right and the car is people will canadians require Merchan its tougher in Canada because the awareness of the vehicle is not he until we get its not going to be easy to Stenning says the oldest Auto manufacturer in the world going Back to the turn of the Cen is putting out a newly Engin erred Model favorit which has to be passed for Canadian Stan clothing manufacturer Stephen president of freed and freed International says his firm has a representative in Russia looking at the possibility of import ing clothing to Canada and of Export freed and freed a sent imported from although it does bring in Small quantities of clothing and materials from Yugoslavia and freed said in Many cases his company supplies patterns and qualified As he sees opportunities for exports with russian glasnost and the opening of the East there is certainly a pent up con Sumer demand and a great Opportunity to sell he Robert Fordyce of Sterling stalls marketing division said his firm has no plans for russian although it does bring in a substantial amount of ladies outerwear from Poland and unrest there is affecting he we have to reconsider our but that he do you need a for Trade a loj oot display sets up in less than one minute a division of Doc exhibit systems to across 42m549 Winnipeg 2728 Oiler locations toll free i800o03i737 Winnipeg Battery Plant changes hands by Murray Mcneill West German based Varta a has sold its Winnipeg and Thomas Bat Tery manufacturing plants to a giant firm Johnson controls Johnson controls said in a news release the acquisition of Vartas Canadian subsidiary Toronto based Varta batteries will provide it with a base from which to service the Canadian automotive Battery Market and to better serve its it noted that Varta batteries prod uces automotive batteries for the Canadian Market and for vehicles manufactured in Europe which Are exported to North in 1989 it rang up sales of about million the news release Johnson controls has refused to disclose the terms of the which took effect officials for Varta batteries were unavailable yesterday for a spokesman at Johnsons head office in Milwaukee also refused yesterday to comment on whether the company plans to make any changes at Vartas Winnipeg which employs about 150 i dont think at this Point we have anything further we wish to other that what was in the news Denise Zutz a spokesman for the Union which represents Vartas Winnipeg work United Auto workers Union said the Union also is anxious to learn whether any changes Are planned at the Winnipeg weve requested a meeting with the new management people who will be taking Over the Ron Joyal we certainly want to sit Down and talk to them about their future Joyal added that Johnson control officials Haven yet responded to the request for a Joyal said he did not think the change in ownership would affect a two week Plant shutdown that went into effect yesterday at Vartas Winnipeg Joyal said Varta officials told the Union the which is scheduled to remain in effect until was prompted by a slowdown in automotive Battery sales and by a buildup of inventory at the Winni Peg it apparently had nothing to do with the change in he Joyal said the Union was informed of the change in ownership on Friday by a local Varta he said it came As no we had an idea approximately three or four weeks ago that the company was being sold to Johnson Joyal but i guess the government had to approve the Deal before it could be made offi he said the Varta official told the Union on Friday that government approval had been a spokesman for investment can the Federal Agency that re viewed the proposed could not be reached yesterday for in its news Johnson controls said that in addition to acquiring Vartas Canadian it also has formed a Canadian joint venture with Varta a to sell Bat teries to Vartas european original equipment and to service the requirements of those custom it said Varta which is the Market Leader in Europe for Auto motive will be the majority owner of the new joint figures effective january 22 Sank rate Royal Bank Bank of Montreal Scotia Bank Toronto Dominion interest rates this week National Bank Canada Trust Royal Trust Central guaranty National Trust Montreal Trust ;