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The Altec team attended the Timber Processing and Energy Expo (TP&EE) from October 17-19, 2018. This event, which took place at the Portland Expo Centre in Portland, OR, is the only event of its kind that centres around lumber, wood-based energy, biomass, and the panel and engineered wood products industries. Over the three days, close

COQUITLAM, BC – Oct. 2, 2018 – Altec is proud to announce that we are a finalist of Business in Vancouver’s 2018 BC Export Awards in the Manufactured Products category. The BC Export Awards are the province’s most prestigious awards paying tribute to the success and innovative approaches of BC export companies. The awards program annually seeks out

We will be exhibiting at the following shows: The TP&EE trade show in Portland, OR from October 17-19, and the APA Info Fair in San Antonio, TX from October 27-30.    

COQUITLAM, BC – Sept. 13, 2018 – We are happy to announce that for the second year in a row Altec has been recognized by Canadian Business and Growth 500 (formerly PROFIT 500) as one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies. Growth 500 identifies and celebrates the most important and innovative businesses across Canada that have grown significantly

What a ride! Team Gears N’ Beers made it up the beautiful Sea to Sky highway through the chilly weather and scattered showers and crossed the Whistler Gran Fondo finish line for the second year in a row. 122km and a medal later, we were treated to a delicious dinner and, of course, beers at

“There haven’t been many days when I haven’t woken up and been excited in some way, whether it be a problem we are solving, or I get to build a new ride of this comic book that I read when I was a kid. All of these things make me happy and make me realize

Altec is pleased to announce the sale of a fully fabricated Altec Lathe Carriage to Weyerhaeuser Emerson, Arkansas. This exciting news comes hot on the heels of the successful installation of a new lathe carriage system in the Coastal Forest Products (Coastal) Chapman, Alabama mill at the end of 2017. The Altec Lathe Carriage is

Over the past four years, Altec has been providing green end upgrades throughout Georgia Pacific’s (GP’s) plywood plants. To-date, Altec has successfully upgraded 11 GP green ends, covering infeed, charger controls, XY scanners, lathe controls complete with electric actuators, tray drives and controls, lathe spindle drives, and stacker controls. In addition, Altec has provided GP

We are pleased to announce that David Lin has recently joined the Altec team! David is Altec’s Business Development Manager for the Entertainment group. His main focus is to further expand Altec’s presence in the entertainment industry by increasing the scope of service and supply on ride controls and safety systems in addition to working

Riding the Hulk Epsilon Base 3D ride provides such an immersive, realistic experience, you almost have to pinch yourself. Located in the IMG Worlds of Adventure theme park in Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest temperature-controlled indoor themed destination, this 100-seat, motion-based 3D dark ride provides guests with 360-degrees of adventure. The first of its kind,