It’s Manufacturing Week on 88.1 myFM.
David Watson is the Chief Executive Officer at Plaintree Systems Inc, a company with diverse manufacturing interests located at a large facility in the northern part of our listening area, in Arnprior.
Five of the firm’s six division are housed in its 135,000 square foot plant, and the sixth, devoted to aerospace machining, is headquartered in Pennsylvania.
Plaintree, founded from a partnership between David and his father, relocated from its original Ottawa location several decades ago due to the quality and dedication of the Valley workforce, as it consolidated two aerospace divisions. Staffing loyalties were a mitigating factor- and poaching here, a lesser possibility.
David’s portfolio of local divisions includes a company called Multipoint Foundations, and it is one of two under the Plaintree Umbrella that we will be profiling during our Manufacturers’ Week exploration on Oldies 107.7.
Enjoy our complete conversation with David Watson, CEO of Paintree Systems Inc. below.
Each day this week, 88.1 myFM profiles a different aspect of the industries that provide employment and contribute to the area’s economic activity.
Feature by Rick Stow