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Four Robert Speck Parkway, Suite 1600, Mississauga, ON, L4Z 1S1The law firm of choice for mid-market business.www.kmblaw.com Tel: 905.276.9111systems and system control technolo- gies.“From the beginning when I start- ed the company, I had confidence in my abilities to build exceptional machines,” Zimny reflects. “I was doing a lot of en- gineering when I started but not a lot of business development—but when my first machine sold it replaced 25 people, highly automating my client’s busi- ness. After five years, I realized that my markets were primarily automotive.” Later Zimny hired some business con- sultants and the business grew, but by2004 he could see business declining in the automotive sector, so the company diversified into industrial and nuclear. “By 2007 we were ready to get into new markets and since then the company revenue has been strong.”Nuclear and automotive are the company’s primary areas, but the indus- trial sector is key for Promation’s next growth period. The division specializes in delivering advanced manufacturing services of complex products and sys- tems as well as supplying productivity solution equipment for the AerospaceNovember, 2015 | Canadian Industry Online |45