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NovAtePs output here jumps sharplyBy RON WATMOUGH of The Herald'. NovAtd's Lethbridge plant increased its product ion 5W per eenl last year.Pushing the 1966 output to five times that of 1985 was saluted today by the •' company’s head office in Calgary. The message of appreciation was to the Lelhbridge “team” ■ which clearly demonstrates what can be accomplished by a bright, dedicated group or people pulling together/'NovAtel manufacturers cellular mobile telephone, most commonly used in cars, plus switching equipment to control mobile systems.The 1986 production included components for 100,000 cellular mobile telephones, Components include cradles.Business328-4411 between 8.30 a.m. end 4.30 p.m.84 — THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD — Saturday, January 31,1987Board’s pipeline ruling•lov Aid's v'ovAtel'scable kits and speaker kite,Nov A tel vs Lethbridge operations, emptying some 220 people, make the units (from the ground up/ BobBetferidge uf Calgary, NbvAteVs director n£ public'relations, said Friday.Bob Spiizer, manager of Lelhbridge plant, said in newsletter, the NovAleler, lt;jhe sharp gain in production in 1986 wasthe result of hard work, long hours, awjnigh slaff morale. With the iniroduction'pf quality circles, team-building semijiars anti productivity teams, employees play a larger role iti problem soVing, the NovAteler article says.Sptizer said the Lethbridge plant's 1986 advances also included, shipping NovAtel's first complete Iran^ceivers.Plans for 1987 call for meriting production of peripheral kits and complete terminals, including Iranscehprs.Belteridge noted the Lelhbrdge plant is the only Canadian centre wiich manufacturers cellular telephonesThe term cellular refers to the frequency re-use of channels on mobile telephone units p he said.MuJripJe-eha/meJ systems keep mobile telephone users in touch with the nearest trposimission lowers as Ihcy move from place to place.Betteridge said 1he slate-oMhc-arl technology involved provides some units with 666 channels. In major centres such as l-os Angeles or New Yorkthe number of channels is esserUial to Jiaitdle the sheer volume of calls.Calgary-based NovAtel is inlema-lional in scope. It has some 650 employees (220 of them in Lelhbridge), and offices and distribution centres in United Slates and England..The company bought Lis t^ethbridgc plant in Ibe fall of 1983. The premises were completely guttedand expanded to 3^285 square metres #6,500 square feel),We’ve come a long way and aie optimistic about the future,'1 Spitzer says.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Sat, Jan 31, 1987
Page 14
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