Heartfelt Holiday Greetings
As 2012 comes to a close, we look forward to another amazing and eventful year. All of us at PRT offer our best Christmas wishes to you - our customers, partners and friends. We wish you success, health and happiness in 2013.
PRT Completes Go-Private Transaction with Mill Road Capital
We are pleased to confirm that our shareholders have strongly endorsed our previously announced “go-private” transaction. The sale is expected to be completed effective December 14, 2012, and at that time our shares will be de-listed from the TSX.
Thinking Outside the Box, Solving Problems
Sometimes the solution to a problem can be surprisingly simple. PRT’s Complaint Management System is based on a very basic idea - when something goes wrong, write it down and share it with everyone else in the company, so they can learn how to avoid the same problem.
Lean Philosophy = Less Waste and More Value
PRT is working hard to build a Lean culture. The Lean philosophy focuses on continuous improvement to increase the value of our products and services for our customers through the elimination of waste or non-value adding steps in our processes. PRT started our Lean journey several years ago and we continue to work towards building a problem solving culture throughout the organization using Lean principles.
Better Seeds Mean Better Forests
The trees at the PRT Seed Orchard in Armstrong, BC may not look like much, but these trees produce some of the best seeds around. PRT Armstrong has six seed orchards producing Lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir for the Thompson Okanagan and Nelson seed zones located in southern British Columbia. The trees in the orchards are specially pruned to make it easier to harvest the cones, so they sometimes aren’t the most beautiful trees, but all the trees have been specifically selected for their genetic qualities including growth rate, disease resistance and wood quality.