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Congratulations to David Beckman on his Retirement
On June 24, 2019, the staff at Zeton in Burlington held a celebratory lunch to honour the retirement of David Beckman, CEO, one of the seven founding employees of Zeton Inc. Visitors from Zeton B.V. in The Netherlands included Johan ter Harmsel and Rob van Dongen. Special guests at the event included David's brother and sister, Kip and Susan, and former Chairman, Archie Bennett. From the Company's inception in February 1986, David brought a…
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Congratulations to Chris Brown on his Retirement
On March 5, 2019, the staff at Zeton in Burlington held a celebratory lunch to honour the retirement of Chris Brown, VP Engineering, one of the seven founding employees of Zeton Inc. From the Company's inception in February 1986, Chris' uniquely creative designs for small fixed bed reactors, pumps with remote check valves for high temperature slurry service, ebullated bed reactors, fluidized beds, lock hopper feeding systems and automated…
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Zeton’s Staff Navigates Sailing Weekend in Friesland
On July 14 and 15, 2018 a group of Zeton personnel visited the renowned sailing waters in Friesland, in the northern part of the Netherlands, for a weekend of wind-blown water sports. A number of so-called poly-valk sailing boats were rented and each boat was equipped with a mix of first-timers and experienced sailors. Even though the warm, sunny weather made for a pleasurable atmosphere, it is the wind that is the determining factor in a…
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Max's Big Climb Charity
Congratulations to CEO David Beckman on winning the Men 60+ category in the Max's Big Climb charity time trial on Sydenham Hill in Dundas, Ontario on Saturday, July 21. The annual event raises funds for Duchenne muscular dystrophy research, supporting families affected by the disease and helping fund progress toward treatments and, ultimately, a cure. Zeton is proud to see its team members take part in community fundraising events like this one…
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Burlington Employees Making a Difference on Earth Day Weekend
Congratulations to the intrepid Earth Day volunteers from Zeton Inc. who collected 12 garbage bags from the Creek area between the Appleby GO and Zeton Inc. on Fairview St. and Oval Ct on Saturday April 21, 2018! The cleanup was part of a BurlingtonGreen event, and Zeton is proud to see its employees give back to the local community by helping keep Burlington's green spaces clean and healthy for everyone…
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Zeton's Martin Rickard Supports Pehucci Orphanage in Kenya
As previously reported in Horizons (Fall 2017), Martin and his wife Jan headed to Kenya armed with enough nail polish, flip flops, candy canes and soccer balls to bring joy at Christmas to the orphans at Pehucci School and Home for Children. On December 22 they took 45 kids to an animal orphanage in Nairobi, where many of them saw African animals for the very first time. For Christmas dinner the children were served fresh meat, fruit, juice and…
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Flying High over Southern Ontario!
Kevin Kruders is the latest staff member to benefit from an exchange between Zeton's Burlington and Enschede offices. As part of his two-week visit, Kevin delivered a lunchtime seminar to staff engineers in Burlington on Zeton B.V.'s recent Biopharma work. In addition to learning from his Canadian colleagues, Kevin enjoyed an aerial view of Niagara Falls courtesy of staff engineer, and pilot, Mike Trainor…
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Out in the Community!
Zeton Inc.'s staff were out and about in the community in April and May, helping to preserve our environment. A dedicated team of 10 people helped clean over 15 bags of garbage and recycling from a nearby creek on Saturday April 22, 2017 (Earth Day). And, on Thursday May 11, 2017, an army of 14 volunteers helped plant wildflower seeds on an area of land at the Company's new facility on Michigan Drive in Oakville.
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Zeton Bonspiel
Zeton Inc. employees swept away the last remnants of winter by enjoying an afternoon of curling at the Dundas Granite Curling Club. All told, 30 staff members and family attended, and everyone had a great time. Thanks to Vaughn Saraphanian and Mike Trainor for organizing the event. Zeton Rocks!
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Zoomers run into heavy traffic at the Al Reid Hockey Tournament
In their opening game of the perennial Al Reid Hockey Tournament the Zeton Zoomers crashed into stiff competition from the automotive industry as Collee Automotive accelerated past the Zoomers scoring 8 unanswered goals. Ouch! With Friday's loss in the rear view mirror and feeling slightly deflated, the Zoomers battled its demons with Lennie Bristow, Shawn Michaud, and Gerry Serratore…
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