2013 Purvis Memorial Award

April 5, 2013 – Toronto, ON. We are proud to announce that Jon Hantho, President & CEO of Maxxam Analytics, received the 2013 Purvis Memorial Award of the Society for Chemical Industry (SCI) at a gala dinner in Toronto last night. The award celebrates Jon’s contributions to advancing Canadian industry in the field of chemistry since he took the leadership role at Maxxam seven years ago.

“We are highly committed to supporting advancement and education in chemistry, as well as providing opportunities for young scientists and working closely with all industry stakeholders to develop new scientific approaches for the benefit of our customers,” said Hantho. “I’m truly honoured that SCI Canada recognized our efforts with this award.”

From L to R: Terry Obal, Randy Leavitt, Jon Hantho, Bryan Chubb, Barb Budarick, Rob Wiebe, Steve Quan

Roland Andersson, Executive Director of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), a sister association of SCI Canada, on Jon’s win: “Maxxam has more than doubled in size since Jon was appointed President & CEO in 2006. Under his guidance, the company has invested in a dedicated environmental Research & Development group and partnered with numerous industry, academic and government experts to help find solutions to scientific challenges faced by their customers. He and Maxxam are truly leaving their mark on Canada’s chemical industry.”

The Purvis Memorial Award is named after Arthur Blaikie Purvis (1890-1941), a British-born industrialist who became an outstanding leader of Canadian industry. For a complete list of the 2013 SCI Canada award winners, please visit: www.cheminst.ca.

About SCI Canada

SCI Canada rewards excellence in the field of chemistry and the chemical industry by presenting awards to industry and academic leaders for outstanding achievements they have made in business development. In addition, SCI Canada recognizes the highest performing graduating undergraduate students each year in biochemistry, chemical engineering and chemistry from universities across Canada.

About Maxxam

Maxxam Analytics has been committed to contributing to our customers’ success through the application of our knowledge and expertise for over 40 years. Today, Maxxam is the market leader in analytical services and solutions to the energy, environmental, food and DNA industries. In 2012, our 2400 employees combined efficiency and customer service with rigorous science and quality management to process over 2.3 million samples and generate 41 million results. Our commitment to success with responsibility was rewarded with a Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ award and a Toronto Star Award for Excellence in Workplace Integration. Find out more at maxxam.ca

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“The theme of this year’s report is ‘black or white’”, explains Maxxam’s President & CEO Jon Hantho. “We wanted to emphasize the fundamental promise Maxxam makes to its customers: providing data that is accurate, reliable and defensible, without any bias or grey zone, while leading the industry in innovative analytical solutions and services. The most exciting part for me about this year’s report are the stories about our customers, and the crucial decisions they make every day based on the results and services we provide.“

Please click below to read Maxxam’s 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report.

About Maxxam
Maxxam Analytics has been committed to contributing to our customers’ success through the application of our knowledge and expertise for over 40 years. Today, Maxxam is the market leader in analytical services and solutions to the energy, environmental, food and DNA industries, and our 2400 employees combine efficiency and customer service with rigorous science and quality management to process over 2.3 million samples and generate 41 million results every year. In 2012, our commitment to success with responsibility – to our stakeholders, our communities and the environment – was rewarded with a Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ award and a Toronto Star Award for Excellence in Workplace Integration. Further information on Maxxam is available at maxxam.ca

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“This sponsorship reinforces Maxxam’s core commitments to scientific leadership, innovation and collaboration. I am pleased to be elevating our involvement with the CIC with this new agreement,” says Jon Hantho, President and CEO. “We are delighted to collaborate with the leading industry association as they seek to inspire and educate the next generation of chemists, chemical engineers and chemical technologists.”
Roland Andersson, CIC’s Executive Director states: “We are thrilled that Maxxam is the first company to make such a significant, multi-year commitment to support the work of our association. This stable funding model helps strengthen our continuing education events and online resources for our members. It also helps develop momentum for our outreach activities, which are designed to inspire young people to pursue a career in chemistry.”

Maxxam’s sponsorship provides gold or silver-level funding support for four annual events organized by the CIC for chemistry students and professional members of the association seeking to stay on the leading edge of developments in the chemistry profession. It also allows for expanded online training opportunities by distributing specialized Maxxam material through CIC’s Live Learning Centre. Maxxam’s sponsorship includes gold level support for CIC’s outreach efforts which include National Chemistry Week and classroom visits to conduct “The Canadian Water Experiment”, an initiative that aims to help students explore earth’s most critical resource, while teaching important fundamentals and applications of chemistry in water.

Maxxam has been involved with the CIC as an award sponsor since 2000. The Maxxam Award is presented annually to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of analytical chemistry. In 2011, Maxxam was also a Gold Sponsor of the International Year of Chemistry and in 2012, the company was a Patron Sponsor of the CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.

Maxxam’s scientific experts speak regularly at CIC events. Most recently, Phil Heaton, General Manager, Oil Sands and Upgrading, delivered a well-received technical presentation “The Chemistry and Character of Athabasca Bitumen and its Products” at CSC 2012 in Calgary.

About Maxxam
Founded over 40 years ago, Maxxam is the market leader in analytical services and solutions to the energy, environmental, food and DNA industries. Maxxam’s 2,400 dedicated employees proudly lead the industry in depth of technical and scientific expertise and serve customers through the only national network of laboratories. In processing over 2.3 million samples and generating in excess of 41 million results annually, Maxxam skillfully combines efficiency and customer service with rigorous science and uncompromising quality management. Maxxam is committed to success with responsibility – to its stakeholders, to its communities, and to the environment. www.maxxam.ca

About CIC
With over 6,000 members, the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) is the national, not-for-profit, umbrella organization that encompasses the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC), the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) and the Canadian Society for Chemical Technology (CSCT). www.cheminst.ca

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The Special Citation recognizes Jon’s success in various leadership roles over the course of his career. It honours his outstanding reputation for business leadership and his determination to adapt, learn, lead and succeed in every role he undertakes, including his current position as President and CEO of Maxxam, which he has held for over six years.

“This Special Citation for Entrepreneurial Leadership is a real honour,” Jon said. “I believe firmly that commitment is crucial for anyone who aspires to be a leader, and this goes beyond commitment to the job itself. A true leader has to be willing to continuously evolve and improve. A key part of that process is to surround yourself with great people, and I have been fortunate throughout my career to have been working with extremely talented individuals. Our leadership team at Maxxam is nothing short of exceptional. Together we constantly learn and grow as leaders, to the benefit of the business, of our employees, and especially of our customers.”

About Entrepreneur of the Year
Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates the contribution and spirit of entrepreneurs everywhere. The Canadian program is in its 19th year of honouring the country’s most impressive entrepreneurs from all areas of business. Award winners are chosen based on their vision, leadership, financial success and social responsibility.

About Maxxam Analytics
Maxxam is the market leader in analytical services and solutions to the energy, environmental, food and DNA industries. We provide unparalleled depth of technical and scientific expertise and serve customers through the only national network of laboratories. Maxxam skillfully combines efficiency and customer service with rigorous science and uncompromising quality management.

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Now in its 11th year, Maxxam’s annual Food Drive was the biggest contributor. Employees across the country rallied to raise over $30,000 for local Food Banks, which was matched by the company for a total of over $65,000.

In addition, Maxxam employees and managers from coast-to-coast took advantage of the company’s Day of Caring, a paid day per year that employees are encouraged to use to volunteer at a charitable organization of their choice. In 2012, employees organized Day of Caring teams to build homes for Habitat for Humanity, to participate in the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up, to adopt and clean-up a stretch of highway or to restore a local community playground.

“It’s when we pull together that we’re at our best”, says Jon Hantho, Maxxam’s President & CEO. “That is true when our laboratory and customer service staff collaborates on a project to contribute to our customers’ success, and it is just as true when we connect with one another and our communities to give back or show our respect for the environment.”

Maxxam wrapped up 2012 by once again sending a virtual Holiday card to customers, which included a donation component that allowed recipients to pick one of three charities to which Maxxam will donate $1 per click.

About Maxxam Analytics:
Maxxam is the market leader in analytical services and solutions to the energy, environmental, food and DNA industries. We provide unparalleled depth of technical and scientific expertise and serve customers through the only national network of laboratories. Maxxam skillfully combines efficiency and customer service with rigorous science and uncompromising quality management.

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The acquisition of Henderson and Associates (H&A) provides Maxxam with a platform through which the development and integration of value-added technical services will be available to meet the growing needs of clients in the oil sands geological market and beyond.

H&A is a Calgary-based petroleum consulting firm serving exploration and production companies in the oil sands. Its expertise is based on an innovative software solution, developed by H&A, and named Visual Logger™, which facilitates drill core description and logging. H&A also provides geological services for reviewing oil sands drilling projects which fully leverage Visual Logger for efficient and accurate results.

Maxxam Senior Vice President, Petroleum Services, Fred Hutchings, says under the terms of the acquisition, H&A will operate independently from Maxxam’s oil sands drill core operations which will give customers more choice.

“Customers will be able to purchase services from H&A, which will remain completely separate from their purchase of Maxxam’s reservoir core laboratory service,” Hutchings said. “We recognize this is a highly competitive field and the confidentiality of information of customers who choose to work directly with H&A will be respected at all times.”

The acquisition of H&A will essentially result in business as usual for the company, employees and clients, as there will be no staffing or location changes. The name of the company will remain as Henderson and Associates with a small by-line to indicate that H&A is now a Maxxam company.

H&A founder David Henderson said Maxxam’s enthusiasm and commitment to developing new technologies, coupled with its considerable resources and scope, made Maxxam an obvious choice to take the H&A’s business to new levels of customer and market innovation.

“The acquisition will allow H&A to bring new technologies to the market much faster than we could ever do on our own,” Henderson said. “The benefits of that are two-fold: H&A can take the next evolutionary step in its growth trajectory, while providing leading edge technologies to our ever-expanding client base.”

Jon Hantho, CEO of Maxxam, added that H&A’s expertise will allow Maxxam to broaden its areas of technical specialization and sophistication within the industry, which is a win for clients. “Maxxam has been at the commercial forefront of analytical services to the oilsands industry, and this acquisition is further evidence of our commitment to this market and to our goal of developing solutions that drive success for our customers.”

About Maxxam Analytics
Maxxam is the market leader in analytical services and solutions to the energy, environmental, food and DNA industries. We provide unparalleled depth of technical and scientific expertise and serve customers through the only national network of laboratories. Maxxam skillfully combines efficiency and customer service with rigorous science and uncompromising quality management.

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When it comes to custody transfer, each party is intent upon ensuring an accurate financial evaluation of the product that is being transferred to or from their operation. “Processors and midstreamers are now able to generate more accurate and defensible valuations of product streams by depending on Maxxam’s enhanced NGL analysis,” says Fred Hutchings, Senior VP, Petroleum Services.

The value of NGLs is defined by the reported composition or “heating value” of the product. Many factors, both outside and inside of the laboratory, can adversely affect the compositional valuation of NGLs. A little known, though significant, fact is that the accuracy and precision of the reported composition is dependent on the procedure used to perform the analysis relative to the nature of the sample being analyzed.

Historically, industry standard methods focused on the hydrocarbon component concentration for lighter ends with assumptions made about the heavier components that were typically grouped into C6 and C7+ pseudo-components. However, it is now common for Western Canadian NGL streams to contain concentrations of C6 and C7+ components that are well in excess of the analytical range for the “standard” procedures.

“Maxxam’s NGL technology leap uses innovative sample phase control and advanced chromatographic techniques to improve the overall accuracy and reliability of the compositional analysis,” says Owen Krauss, General Manager – Petroleum Services. “Maxxam’s proprietary technique delivers superior analytical precision and comprehensive characterization of higher value, heavier end components with significant economic impact for our customers.”

About Maxxam

Maxxam creates value for the oil and gas industry by delivering the most comprehensive range of analytical services that address customers’ key business objectives: from productivity to regulatory compliance. “We are the scientific leaders in gas analysis and oil sands solutions – from setting up onsite laboratories to tailings management services,” says Hutchings. “Customers leverage Maxxam’s technical expertise to optimize their operational processes and to design customized solutions that serve the emerging needs of the industry.” For more information about Maxxam’s technology leap in gas analysis, please visit www.maxxam.ca/NGL or email: petroleum@maxxam.ca.

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“I am delighted on behalf of all Maxxam employees to receive this prestigious award,” says Jon Hantho, CEO and President. “I am proud of our dedicated employees who work hard every day to fulfill our mission and to contribute to our customers’ success. I also want to thank our customers who have a significant influence on making us better. Whether it is through challenging our scientific specialists to help develop a new technique or holding us to account for meeting aggressive health and safety standards, our employees thrive when our customers demand the best.”

According to Hantho, “Maxxam is a science company that delivers value through its people. We have the brightest and most committed team in the industry. We continually reinforce our core values of performance, innovation, collaboration and integrity and this award provides encouragement that we are on the right track.”

Established in 2005, the awards recognize ten organizations in each of four categories: Growth & small cap, Mid-market, Enterprise and Public sector/not for profit. Maxxam is a winner in the Mid-market group. Maxxam is in high-profile company with current winners including Harry Rosen, GoodLife Fitness and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment in the mid-market segment, plus Telus, McDonald’s and PCL in the enterprise segment. For more information, please visit: http://www.waterstonehc.com/cmac/canadas-10

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Maxxam’s France Cho, PhD, Senior Scientific Specialist researched the issue and designed a study that allowed us to thoroughly investigate. Maxxam tested for metals and for bone particles. We tested cooked versus frozen McNuggets and compared the McNuggets results vs. results for chicken breast meat, dark meat and mechanically-separated chicken. In addition, a microscopy study was done at the Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. France conducted statistical analysis on all of the test data and provided clear and defensible results.

In early June, Sue Bigg, Senior Manager, QA – Ontario & Manitoba, greeted Sheri at Sample Reception and took her through the lab to explain the analyses that were going to be conducted. Two weeks later, McDonald’s brought Sheri back to Mississauga for a review of the results. The report indicated that the iron content for the McNuggets was consistent with chicken breast meat; no bone particles and no whitening agents were detected in the McNuggets; and extensive microsopy did not show anything in the McNuggets that was inconsistent with breast meat. 

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Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates the contribution and spirit of entrepreneurs everywhere. The Canadian program is in its 19th year of honouring the country’s most impressive entrepreneurs from all areas of business. Award winners are chosen based on their vision, leadership, financial success and social responsibility.

This recognition celebrates Jon’s contributions to building a truly value-based organization and culture, and driving Maxxam’s ability to differentiate itself in a highly competitive industry.

“On the surface, the breadth of services at Maxxam is diverse. However, for all the differences across our lines of business, we share a strong and unified foundation. We live our values and they drive our behavior every day in all aspects of our work,” Hantho said, and added: “I owe my sincerest thank you for this honour to an outstanding leadership team and to our over 2,300 employees across Canada.  I am truly grateful to be working with such a talented and dedicated team.  I would also like to thank our many long-standing, committed clients who trust our science and services to make important decisions every day.”

Since he took the helm of Maxxam in 2006, Jon has established the company as a customer and market-centric leader, believing that the essence of strategy is about creating and executing unique ways of competing by delivering unmatched value for clients. Striking the perfect balance between risk, innovation and achievement, Maxxam’s extraordinary performance over the past five years is a testament to Jon’s leadership.

In addition to his role at Maxxam, Jon sits on the Board of Directors for ECO Canada in support of encouraging careers in the environmental industry and he sits on the Richard Ivey School of Business Advisory Board.

About Maxxam Analytics:

Maxxam is the market leader in analytical services and solutions to the energy, environmental, food and DNA industries. We provide unparalleled depth of technical and scientific expertise and serve customers through the only national network of laboratories. Maxxam skillfully combines efficiency and customer service with rigorous science and uncompromising quality management.

For more information:

Barbara Budarick (bbudarick@maxxam.ca)

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