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penter with a discernable pride in his voice.
Integrated automation processes and a con-
sequently innovative quality control system
have aided in the completion of several mile-
stone projects since 2006 for LJ Welding. Some
of the most noteworthy include massive tun-
neling projects in South America, and subsea
riser-pipe plant automation in South East Asia,
and the Gulf states—one of which was for a
Fortune50 company. The company that was
founded in 1976, has received a number of
recognitions for its well-honed system of tech-
nological integration of automation in the in-
dustry and its resulting growth, including 10th
place on Alberta’s 2014 Fast Growth 50 List and
winning the Alberta Manufacturing Exporter of
the Year for 2013 at the Alberta Export Awards,
a recognition which pays tribute to innovative
approaches to exporting by Canadian compa-
nies.
Carpenter estimates that revenues have in-
creased by almost fourteen fold since the cur-
rent management took over in 2006, which is
not too shabby considering that himself and
the other original company partners (Ryan
Holt, Tim Robinson and Brian Carpenter) ad-
