Kevin Lusk

Kevin LuskVice President of Operations

Kevin Lusk - Vice President of Operations

Kevin Lusk, CEO 1+ (204) 642-6400 ext 429 CEO Sigma Ventures Recognized as a TSX Venture 50 Company
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The high-technology, composite molding firm has been part of the local industrial infrastructure since the 1981, providing employment for some 85 skilled persons at its plant located in the Industrial Park. ?It?s time Faroex got more involved in boosting Gimli? stated Kevin Lusk, CEO. ?It is a unique and beautiful setting; as a good corporate citizen, we feel it is time to support select projects and events that add to the quality of life in the region. Spray Park a Place to Play Slated for completion in summer 2008, the 3095 sq.ft.
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The agreement also sets out a schedule for days worked and days off for 12-hour shifts over a four-week period. ?I am satisfied that the new agreement will provide Faroex and its employees with a stable work environment while still maintaining competitiveness, ?said Kevin Lusk, CEO. Lusk was responsible for negotiating the management side of the agreement in record time. ?This agreement allows us the latitude of offering our OEM customers longer-term supply contracts that improve their competitive stance in increasingly volatile markets,? continued Lusk. ?Customers have responded very positively to the agreement, which they feel improves Faroex?s position as a valued, trusted, and reliable supplier.?
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July 4, 2006 ? Gimli, Canada ? Kevin Lusk, CEO of Faroex Ltd. a Division of Sigma Ventures announced today that Sigma had acquired Rene Composite Materials.
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Lusk was optimistic about the acquisition, ?Rene and Faroex will operate as separate divisions of Sigma Ventures, developing their own future goals but may from time to time collaborate on specific opportunities where our resources might be mutually beneficial to each other and the overall aspirations of Sigma.?
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March 30, 2006 ? Gimli, Canada ? Kevin Lusk, CEO of Faroex Ltd. announced today that Faroex Ltd. has been sold to Sigma Ventures Inc. a Quebec-based holding company. ?Under the new ownership, Faroex will operate as a stand alone division with myself directing it's future.?
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Faroex remains committed to enhancing it's position in the bus, coach and LRT industry sectors. ?From a technical position we have key, ongoing research and development into composite-based, load bearing structures, development in rot-proof, long-term-warranty floors and the immediate introduction of our 48" pultrusion capability for core filled, flat panel and complex shaped profiles,? said Lusk.

Kevin Lusk is vice president of Faroex.He says winning ISO certification took a year of effort.
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But, as Lusk explains it, there was some frustration in the early going.

"I found it quite a struggle in the beginning because one of the first things you have to do is define your policies," he said.
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"It adds internal efficiencies," said Lusk."The impact on our business is huge.We are right now, for instance, a significant supplier to Motor Coach Industries.With the ISO certification, we have the opportunity of becoming a major supplier to companies with the reach of the MCIs."

Lusk says ISO certification "opens doors globally - doors that would have otherwise been closed."

Faroex, says Lusk, pursued the certification "not because we don't have good quality and good technology and good people, but because it's the only way we could create that comfort zone with our customers; that comfort zone that says we can supply, each day, every day and all day, the quality they require for their applications."

"We were driven to go the ISO route because otherwise we would have lost our competitive edge," Lusk said.
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"We're very proud of our people for having achieved this because the reality is that there are companies out there that couldn't," said Lusk.

"They put it together - and it passed on the first go-round," said Church of Sunwest and the team, led by plant quality coordinator Stormy Dykes and Lusk.
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"For us this is an achievement that takes us out of the backwaters of Manitoba and, coupled with the Internet and global marketing, offsets the fact that we are in Gimli," Lusk said.
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Lusk says pursuing ISO certification makes sense for other companies in the Interlake.

"I believe that most companies that are selling products or services beyond their local communities can benefit," he said.