North West Rubber CEO Shares Safety Improvements with Council

Officials from North West Rubber briefed Brantford city council on Tuesday night about production changes made to avoid another major fire.“We’ve been around for 55 years. We’ve tried to do things the right way, not cutting corners,” said CEO Leighton Friesen. “Clearly we’ve had a couple of incidents that have happened here in Brantford that we’re not happy about.”

About one third of Ontario’s scrap tire rubber goes through the North West Rubber facility at 321 Henry Street. The firm manufactures mats and rubber flooring products for a variety of uses. …

Source: Brantford Expositor