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te ineption | in the fall ‘t
970, expansion that now. sees;
‘the company in a 40 feet by 130
‘feet building with two stories of |

‘affiliate company offering top

- service in preventive
“Maintainence..
:In September of 1970. two men,

- Den Forbes and Tom Mollinga
-eame to Terrace from Prince

- George with the explicit desire -
-t0 open an electrical motor

wh, “sales and. repair shop. They
established their company,

‘feet.

Tom has been in the electrical
field since 1958 when he joined.
‘the Electric Power Company in.

“transferred with the company
;lo Prince George. A year later
‘he was the shop superintendant.

_ Westinghouse in Moncton, New
-Brunswick about eight years
ato. He was transferred in 1967

ork in Prince George with the
Electric Power . Company in
969, ,
~The combination of Don and
“Tom, their skills and dreams
‘resulted in Formol Eleciric’s
opening in 1970 in Terrace,
=, -The two saw a need for. the
. gervice,-electrical motor repair
“and sales, and moved to fill it.
~ Working from their small shop,

“Bana Flectri ic *

‘office space at the front and an —

ws. _, Formol Electric, on Blakeburn -
Street in an office 20 feet by 30 -

‘-Dawson:Creek. In 1961 he was .
“Don “was with Canadian -

Edmonton and then went to ©

transmission. Their staff had

climbed to five, three men in the

“shop, the office girl and a
salesman. Tom and Don never
- quit working. 7

In January of 1972 expansion

-eame again, this time in the.
- form 6f the establishment of an
-Formol

affiliate firm,
Preventive ‘Maintainence

' Services Services Limited. The

service was under the control of
John Franklin who came to
Terrace .after serving as a

mechanical supervisor — at
. Eurocan in Kitimat. Every cent
‘that Don and Tom showed in

profits was being pumped back

into the business, with the result.
that their

services were
becoming far superior to what

"was originally offered.
the: Preventive
‘Maititainence ‘company,

Through .

Formol now could offer a
dynamic. engine. balancing

_ Service and-vibration analysis,

Ifa company had a ‘vibration
problem with an electric motor,

_ out went John to analyze: and

correct the fault. .

By July‘of 1972 the staff had
doubled, ten persons under the
Formol Electric roof and three
staff. vehicles. The company

found themselves cramped in. |

their quarters and moved to the

new, modern building half a

block south of their original site.
To date things have been
going as well as they did for the

first three years and. the ,:

company’s thoughts are once

Be ce a a Ele vie Rr ld mien fag,

used motor and ‘electrical

equipment sales outlet, and sale

of all transmission parts and

nieces,
This total concept, electrical

mechanical drive plus service -

and the Preventive

Maintenance company to back.

it up, is a hallmark of Formol
service, and a big reason for
their success.

In three years their patronage -

The: Formol Electric Building at

n since 1970 _

growth of this area, a a belief they :

. has: tripled, ‘their ‘assets “in
‘show by ‘their sponsorship ofa:

machinery alone havagloubled.
They serve the area’ from

- Prince Rupert to Houston and.
‘from Kitimat to Stewart and _

they serve it well.

Formol Electric and Formol
Preventive Maintainence will
be in’ Terrace at their 3011

Blakeburn address for many
years to come. They believe in-
in the future .

Terrace and

3011 Blakeburn Street

FORMOL ELECTRIC ‘ETD. :
—e '~ REPAIRING- REBUILDING oF
- MOTORS, GENERATORS. & WELDERS .

DYNAMIC BALANCING
VIBRATION ANALYSIS —

t ‘24 HOUR SERVICE |

fECHANICAL DRIVES

“KKOWH FOR ACTION & QUALITY”

; the two men stepped into a more drifting toward
OWE ae - peoming: business. They were - expansion.
'. ‘able to hire their first outside Formol Electric offers
help, an office girl, in May of - electrical repair and rewind for
4971 and by July had expanded industrial, commercial and
their“ -line ‘to include power residential motors, a new and
SPECIALISTS: ms
: ‘TELEX no. 047-85576
Tom Mollinga Res 635-7495
Don Forbes Res 635-7448
John Franklin Res 635-4056

AUTHORIZED SERVICE SHOP RELIANCE MOTORS

3011 BLAKEBURK

TERRACE

minor hockey team and a team

in the Terrace Men's Softball o a

league. ; -
Formol

perhaps the entire North: West
_area and are doing their part to
‘insure the future of Terrace and
with it, their company. -

offers -the top
electrical motor service .in

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