1st Edition – May 2012

 

     Our intention with The Derry Report is, very simply, to keep our customers and industry friends, up to date with both new and exciting issues that are occurring in the life of our company, our staff milestones, our staff awards and other items that we believe will be of interest to our Derry Report readers. We will also use The Derry Report to update the industry with events and milestones relative to our DongGuan TTL Steel Toe factory that is serving all of our steel shank and steel toe customers with high quality products used in footwear destined for markets worldwide. We also intend to use The Derry Report, to provide us with a vehicle to update our customers on changes to industry standards, the implications of these changes and areas that may be of concern to both Swenco Limited and our customers.

 

     We welcome this opportunity to have a casual dialogue with our customers and we certainly do hope that our readers will offer their feedback, both positive, supportive and even negative if necessary, to allow us to maintain our contact with our industry and friends and to improve our communication with them in a fun and relaxing way with The Derry Report. 

 

 

     From the initial roots in 1962, beginning in a small rented facility in New Hamburg, Ontario, to its existing modern facility in Waterloo, Ontario – Swenco Limited is excited and proud to be celebrating 50 years of manufacturing history. Swenco Limited continues – as it has for 50 years – to supply its customers, and more specifically, the safety footwear industry, with leading edge technology, solutions to manufacturing problems, safety standard compliance and guidance, and products that surpass all world standards ensuring our customers only the highest quality safety footwear components in the world. Management and Staff are proud to continue this fabulous tradition!

 

 

 

 

     Following the return of staff after Chinese New Year, to the TTL Steel Toe factory this year, plans are well underway for a huge expansion to production capacity during the balance of 2012. With current capacity hitting maximum levels of over 6,000,000 pairs, an increase of 25 percent will be a welcome answer to increasing order quantities and limited capacity. This is quite a success story to say the least, with the TTL Steel Toe factory only formed in 2005, production has gone from zero to 6,000,000 plus pairs in only seven years!!! 

 

     Quite an accomplishment for Paul Sweeny, the owner of Swenco Limited and director of TTL, and his team of TTL managers and directors. Sales of TTL steel toe caps continue to increase with the North American consumer safety footwear market driving the majority of this growth. This marks another exciting milestone for the Swenco group of companies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 Paul Sweeny receives recognition for 20 years of volunteer contributions to CSA standards development.  It was a well deserved award that was received recently at the Swenco Limited offices. Paul Sweeny, our President and owner, received from the CSA International Standards Branch, a beautiful plaque inscribed as follows: 

 

CSA Standards

20 years

Presented to Paul Sweeny

In appreciation and recognition of your 20 years of significant contributions towards

CSA Standards Development 2011

Signed: B.Rose

President, Standards

CSA Standards

 

     While simple in gesture, this plaque recognises the incredible efforts that Paul has put forward over 20 years, chairing committees, providing input, guidance, testing facilities and most importantly, time, to assist CSA technical committees with the difficult tasks of developing safety footwear standards that satisfy the important safety needs of the consumer, while maintaining fairness and realistic guidelines that can be achieved within various manufacturing and footwear assembly processes. 

 

     All of these efforts have been provided as a volunteer, with no remuneration and generally with little thanks. This plaque represents and recognises these efforts and has been sincerely received by Paul Sweeny on behalf of himself and his company – Swenco Limited.