Corporate Sponsors’ Service Offerings

CSA Group is a global provider of testing, inspection and certification services for products from a wide range of market sectors, and a leader in safety and environmental certification for Canada and the US. As one of the largest standards development organizations in North America, CSA understands the recognized benchmark that standards set, opening international doors for those products.

Contact: Steve Simkus 

e2r® represents a revolutionary approach to human resources and employment/labour law support. The company’s three levels of support provide clients with their choice of a (i) hotline; (ii) hotline with unlimited written support; and (iii) hotline with written support together with comprehensive employee handbooks, recruitment assistance, performance management and much more.

Contact: Michelle Comeau

GrowthPoint helps clients harmonize their sales and marketing functions to increase revenue, grow market share, drive efficiencies and accelerate overall business performance. GrowthPoint will take the time to understand your business objectives and develop an implementation roadmap. They believe that collaboration and teamwork delivers superior outcomes, and results are directly linked to compensation.

Contact: Todd Blair

IDEA provides manufacturers and distributors with the tools they need to effectively manage daily operations—resulting in lower costs, higher profits, and more satisfied customers. IDEA’s origins are rooted in the electrical industry’s most influential organizations, meaning they are equipped to service all parts of the supply chain: from manufacturer to distributor to end-user.

Contact: Paul Molitor

Leading the industry, challenging the status quo and building with a focused eye on the future is what has made Kerrwil a well-established and respected name in the Canadian publishing community, and a key partner in the industries they serve. Kerrwil understands and meets advertisers’ expectations and provides new methods and solutions that generate above average returns is what they do in print, online, and on site. 

Contact: John Kerr

Legrand offers products and systems for electrical installations and information networks. They deliver access to power, light and data to millions of spaces around the world, while investing in understanding and transforming the customer experience. Driven by innovation, they help bring to life spaces that meet their customers needs.

Contact: Uri Levy

nVent has a leading portfolio of electrical enclosures, electric heat tracing solutions, complete heat management systems, and electrical and fastening solutions that connect and protect critical systems across the globe where the cost of failure is high. Its innovative electrical solutions help maximize customer efficiency, improve utilization, lower installation costs as well as the total cost of ownership and minimize downtime.

Contact: Kevin Clark

Product Care has devised, implemented, and led successful waste diversion programs across Canada and the US. They set up collection networks for unwanted products, develop transportation systems to move recyclable waste safely and efficiently, work with other recycling experts to create industry-leading material processing standards, promote awareness of available recycling programs, and maintain detailed records to report to regulators, stakeholders, partners and the general public.

Contact: Rachel Nelken

Self Management Group is home of the POP – Predictor of Potential™ employment assessments and screens. These tools are proven to help hire and select candidates with high potential to be top performers. Through scientific validation, their tools accurately predict potential, performance, and retention for a variety of specific roles and industries.

Contact: Warren Collier

Service Wire is a second-generation, family-owned wire and cable manufacturer and has been since 1968. They are committed to producing the finest quality American made products, while providing industry-leading service levels. Their nationwide network of distributors and advanced distribution capabilities enable them to meet and exceed the complex needs of clients throughout North America and the world.

Contact: Gary Morrison

Shawcor is an integrated energy services company and works in a variety of industries including oil and gas, petrochemical, industrial, electrical, electronic, automotive and communications. Shawcor helps keep construction projects and operations running smoothly and to specification through proprietary, technology-based products, services and solutions organized into four distinct groups: pipe coating solutions, integrity management solutions, oilfield solutions, connection systems.

Contact: Joanne Bennett

STANDARD provides lighting solutions to the commercial, industrial, and residential markets through the professional electrical and lighting channel. STANDARD strives to embrace each unique customer need and recommend lighting solutions that respond to customers needs. They aim to promote efficiency with their line selection of economic and energy-saving lighting solutions. 

Contact: David Nathaniel

Universal Lighting Technologies is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of lighting products and control systems. Finely tuned over decades of advanced production exclusively in North America, Universal lighting products are known for quality and reliability. Today, backed by the world-class research and development that comes with being a member of the Panasonic family, Universal is driving industry innovation forward with the industry’s most advanced energy-saving designs and the production of LED drivers, modules and comprehensive LED retrofit and replacement solutions. 

Contact: Joseph Damiani

Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC) is an independent product safety testing, certification and inspection organization. They have tested products for public safety for 90 years and are accredited by the Standards Council of Canada and International Accreditation Service, Inc. ULC’s time-tested system supports governmental product safety regulations. They also work with governments and international safety systems to help further international trade with adherence to local and international safety requirements.

Contact: Kevin Wu