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“WWWâ€"urn u â€".-.-w n 7"!- Oakville Beaver Weekend, Sunday, June 26. 1994 - 14 I I I I I l f THE NEW HOME OF POLYWHEELS, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE QEW PPOSITE FORD OF CANADA. t a time when many Canadian businesses are downsizing, moving south of the border or disap pearing entirely, firms like Polywheels are provid- ing welcome exceptions to the rule. The father and son team of Frank and Sean Milligan, who founded the OakvilIe-based company in 1986, are .: living out a reality that remains the stuff of dreams for many other j: Canadian entrepreneurs. fact, Polywheels products are so finely exewted that they’ve earned the stamp of approval from the three major North American automobile manufacturers. The company has been recognized nationally by ’The Financial Post and Arthur Anderson, who in 1994 named Polywheels one of the top 50 best managed private companies in Canada. An automotive engineer since 1958, Frank Milligan first worked for GM, where he was responsible for developing production line design and layout. During the past 16 years, he A manufacturer of compression molded plastic automotive early days, when it manufactured plastic castor wheels for indusâ€" '_ company, working in the plant the first summer while complet- 1% . s5: th§hrst compression molded front end panels. For eleven years, lg was a tooling and process engineer and developed a special @xpertise in jig and fixture design, sheet metal stampings and assemblies, compression and injection molding of plastics, and I l emphasrzed' . i has been active in the sale of automotive parts and reinforced plastics to original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket. The name ‘Polywheels’ is a remnant from the company’s Sean Milligan was one of the six original employees of the @studied Asian business techniques at the University of Southern * ‘ omia, and uses that knowledge to help Polywheels maintain its competitive global focus. He says the company has made its mark in various sec- tors of the growing plastics industry by investing heav- ily in research and development, and using the latest in compression and injection technology. About half :., its business is manufacturing parts for new vehicles. H.111- TELEPHONE [figDERng 0 415-270-1243 TORONTO LINE MACHINERY MOVING 415.793-7135 AND INSTALLATION LIMITED FAX #1 416-270-5566 IN WATTS: 1-800-268â€"2924 (ONT) AFTER HOURS 416-270-1243 PRESIDENT FRANK MILLIGAN AND VICE P “The key to longterrn growth in l V “80 the goal is to exceed customer out. We’ve already proven how to make people, given the best training, using wort In order to better serve its PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE COMPRESSION MOLDED FIBREGLASS HEAT SHIELD, MANUFACTURED FOR THE FORD WINDSTAR. 3446 MAVIS ROAD MISSISSAUGA, ONT. L5G 1T8 “M RESIDENT/MARKETING, SEAN MgGAN a" ther Ford proje V 'hieIds will be produced ct, , it is shipped to Detroit, M INSTALLA MAINTEN INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL CONTROLS-PL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ' NORBERT CHRISTMANN 4378 LONGMOOR DRIVE BURLINGTON, ONTARIO L7L 5A3 TEL: (905) 63'