A little North Bay company with a solution for slippery floors is making great strides to spread their floor safety treatment across Canada. Non-Slip Solutions cut the ribbon on their new Abbotsford, British Columbia office in March.The five-employee company, which works out of a modest 2,600-square-foot office in a light industrial park, now counts 23 distributorships in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, and is making serious inroads into B.C.’s lower mainland.
General manager Dan George says there’s no question the notoriously wet British Columbia climate played a part in establishing a foothold on the West Coast. But they’re also aware that the world will be beating a path to Vancouver’s door for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
They’re getting work from businesses preparing for potential slip-and-fall problems and have done several locations near Whistler Mountain village. One franchisee owns the rights to the upgraded Sea-to-Sky highway and services several shops along the route.
“We’ve got connections out there and it’s basically persistence, phone calls and not giving up,� says George, who spent eight days at a B.C. trade show in March and endured a marathon promotional stretch of 62 hours on only five hours of sleep. “We’re busy beavers.�
The company makes frequent appearances at events catering to industrial health and safety, franchising, hosting and the hotel and restaurant management industry.
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