Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment is involved in the design, manufacture, commissioning and support of equipment and systems for site remediation and industrial pollution control. MLEE designs and delivers remediation systems that range from single well pumping systems to large combined soil vapor extraction/groundwater pump and treat systems. MLEE strives to provide its customers with the best technology available for the required tasks through the use of cost effective and innovative designs. MLEE systems are tested prior to delivery to ensure quick and easy installation and start-up and are designed to provide effective performance with little required maintenance and operator attention.
MLEE strives to provide our customers with the best environmental solutions available through the use of cost effective and innovative technology.
- Provide innovative and cost effective solutions
- Sell and support our technologies throughout North America
- Achieve the consistent reputation as being the high quality technology firm
- Treat our business partners with respect and integrity, honoring commitments and taking the long term perspective
- Obtain the long-term commitment from our employees to produce quality and profit through the Partners in Profit program
- Use R&D to develop new and innovative applications of technologies
- Lever our strong technology and equipment experience in remediation
to expand into other related markets
- Honesty in all that we do
- Respect for the individual
- Safety in the workplace and home
- Commitment to our success
- Commitment to our customers’ success
Some of the projects we are most proud of in 2006:
SVE/Air Sparge MLE Equipment together with our Sales Partner Petro-Chem and equipment partner Catalytic Combustion has been awarded and is now constructing the treatment equipment for what is likely the largest underground storage tank cleanup project in Florida. The system consists of two SVE and Air Sparge systems combined with two 1500 cfm electric Catox units. The system has several hundred sve and sparge points. Project award exceeded $500,00 US.
Coal Tar Recovery MLE Equipment together with our Sales Partner TWL has completed and commissioned an insitu Coal Tar removal system in Illinois. The extraction system consists of eight 100 hp Travaini dual stage liquid ring pumps providing suction, two combined LNAPL / DNAPL oil water separators rated at 160 gpm each plus air treatment using a 2000 cfm thermal catalytic oxidizer. The control system incorporates the latest Site Link Web system by MLE Equipment and provides full system control and SCADA via the internet. Project award exceeded $500,000 US.
Liquid Waste Treatment Plant Maple Leaf completed a treatment system for a Liquid Waste Treatment company in Toronto, Canada. This industrial system combines the latest in ethernet based telemetry and instrumentation together with an oil water separator, chemical treatment system, clarifier, bag filtration, carbon and clay filtration. Project award exceeded $200,000 US.
Mobile Air Stripper Dewatering Trailer MLE completed rental dewatering project at a nuclear power plant in 2006 consisting of two QED 24.6 air strippers fabricated from marine grade aluminum. Total system capacity is 500 gpm complete with duplexing inlet and outlet pumps. The system incorporated the latest Site Link Web system complete with wireless internet connection. Project award exceeded $150,000. This equipment is now in the MLE rental fleet and available for rent or purchase.
PH Adjustment System MLE completed a PH adjustment system for the treatment of mine tailing water. The system treated approximately 3,000 gpm of 2.5 pH pond water. Maple Leaf is in the process of building another system for treatment of process water in an industrial plant to adjust pH of a 1,000 gpm process stream. Both systems included the latest ethernet based control systems from Maple Leaf.
Previous systems:
In Line Eductor System - Proprietary Technology (Danvers, MA) for removal of diesel, water and vapors Complete system installed inside a 40' shipping container with high vacuum extraction, in-line eductor pumping system, product/water separation, water treatment and full PLC control with remote capabilities and menu driven software system. Similar system in Toronto, ON.
Air stripper system (Toledo, OH) for remediation of chlorinated solvent contaminated groundwater at an industrial site. System includes well pumps and controls, air stripper, air and water treatment by activated carbon with a full PLC control system. Similar systems in Crawford, FL; Quebec City, QC; London, ON; Guelph, ON; Toronto, ON; Peoria, IL; Burlington, ON; Arnprior, ON and Pickering, ON.
High Vacuum Extraction System (Boston, MA) for removal of diesel, water and vapors. Complete system installed inside a 24' building with high vacuum extraction, product/water separation, water treatment and full PLC control with remote capabilities and menu driven software system. Similar systems in Alvarado, TX; Kamloops, BC; Gibsons, BC; Fergus, ON; Ottawa, ON; Toronto, ON; Washington D.C.; Brantford, ON; Sydney, NS; Quebec City, QC and many other sites.
Soil Vapor Extraction/Air Sparging System (Tallahassee, FL) for removal of BTEX contamination for the water and soil on a retail gasoline station site. This integrated system includes a large air compressor/sparging system, a regenerative blower vapor extraction system and a catalytic oxidizer with a single control system capable of full remote operation and control of the equipment. Similar systems in Wellman, TX, Coppell, TX, Osteen, FL, Reading, PA, Winterhaven, FL, Milton, FL. Tampa, FL, Englewood, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Chatham, ON; Ridgeway, ON; Cranbrook, BC; Los Angeles, CA and London, ON.
Chemical Plants in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal - PLC controlled soil vapor extraction/groundwater pump and treat systems to remove chlorinated hydrocarbons from soil and groundwater. Systems included up to 13 electric submersible pumps for groundwater removal, a skid mounted air stripper/activated carbon water treatment system, up to 29 vapor extraction/air sparging injection wells, air phase carbon off-gas treatment.
Air stripper system for remediation of BTEX contaminated water on Federal site. Complete PLC controlled treatment system in portable building with remote operation and control capabilities. Similar systems in Ottawa, ON; Jolliette, QC; Toronto, ON; Etobicoke, ON; Brockville, ON; Fergus, ON; Brampton, ON and London, ON.
Manufacturing plant in Toronto, ON - installed a product recovery and groundwater depression system to remove heavy hydrocarbons with trace amounts of PCB's from the groundwater at an operating industrial plant. System involves 39 separate wells for product recovery and groundwater depression as well as the groundwater treatment package, controls and air supply system.
Ultrafiltration Systems - installed an ultrafiltration system for removal of hydrocarbons from process water at a vehicle assembly plant. Installed UF systems at two aluminum-casting plants to treat parts cleaning bath water, and at other facilities to treat compressor condensate and wash water.
Industrial Plant, Ontario - 1000 cfm catalytic oxidizer to treat ethyl benzene and styrene in an air stream. Catalytic Oxidizer coupled with air stripper to treat VOC contaminated groundwater. PLC control system with full off-site graphical interface package.
Municipal Drinking Water Facility, Chelsea, QC - designed and installed a municipal water treatment facility to remove hydrocarbon and organic/bacterial contamination from local water supply.
Service Station, Montreal, QC - Catalytic oxidizer and soil vapor extraction system to remove and destroy vapors from the soil underneath service station site.
Municipal Drinking Water Facility, Cornwall, ON - Re-engineered gravity bed filter system to include activated carbon filtration for 20 million gallon per day municipal water treatment plant. Installed 200,000 lb of granular activated carbon in existing filter to treat taste and odor problems in the inlet water stream.
Portable Water Treatment Systems - numerous installations of short term water treatment systems to treat up to 100 gpm of contaminated water. Carbon based, air stripping and hybrid systems available for short term projects (construction, etc.) from 1 to 100 gpm.
Industrial Water Treatment System, Puerto Rico - 100 gpm water treatment system complete with high shear mixers, pH control, polymer addition, clarifier and fixed bed filtration. Touch screen operator interface with computer control.
MLEE has supplied and installed numerous smaller product recovery, groundwater pumping, water treatment and soil vapor extraction and treatment systems as well as bulk carbon, disposable and permanent carbon vessels and multiple pumping systems.
President
Board Member
Leadership Team Member
Bruce Lounsbury co-founded Calco Environmental Group Ltd. in 1992 and is responsible for the strategic direction for the firm. He currently fills the roles of President of Calco Environmental Group Ltd, Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment Ltd, NewTerra Environmental Services Ltd, MLE Equipment Inc (Nevada); MLE Systems Ltd, Pacwill Environmental Ltd, and Chairman of Filter Innovations Inc. In his tenure with Calco he has been intimately involved in all aspects of the operation from equipment design and manufacture to sales, sales partner development, field service, operations and accounting.
Prior to founding Calco, Bruce held a variety of roles with Imperial Oil/Esso Resources in Calgary, AB. His early experience was in operations engineering for oil and gas production. He then held roles in business management, culminating with three years in Esso’s small but highly successful mergers and acquisitions team. While in the M&A role, he led the evaluation and acquisition of several smaller oil companies. He then returned to Operations Engineering/Management, where he lead a team that redefined the business model for the large Redwater oil field, turning it from a money losing operation into one of the key revenue generators in Esso’s conventional oil and gas production division.
During his time in Imperial Oil/Esso Resources Operations Engineering, Bruce worked on the development of environmental action plans for Esso’s oil and gas operations. He was also one of the leaders in the efforts to improve the environmental practices in the Calgary head office and developed his keen interest in the environment that contributed to the formation of Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment.
EVP and Chief Technical Officer
Board Member
Leadership Team Member
Bob Kennedy joined Calco Environmental Group Ltd. in 1993 to lead sales development. He currently fills the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Technology officer of Calco Environmental Group Ltd., Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment Ltd., and NewTerra Environmental Services Ltd. In his tenure with Calco he has been intimately involved in all aspects of the operation from equipment design and manufacture to sales, sales partner development, field service, operations and accounting.
Bob provides leadership for the technology direction for the Calco group of companies, while also working with clients to resolve current technical issues and to enhance Calco technology on an ongoing basis. As a key member of Calco's leadership team, he brings strong technical and project management skills to these projects as well as a fresh and innovative approach to system design and problem solving. Bob has spearheaded Calco's development of PLC control systems and been instrumental in the use of remote telemetry equipment. Bob leads the design and development of the Calco Automated Production and Engineering System (APES).
Prior to joining Calco, Bob had experience in manufacturing management, manufacturing systems implementation, project engineering and management, and plant engineering. Bob held the position of Operations Manager for Gilbarco Canada, a world class manufacturer of fuel dispensing equipment with annual sales of $15m. In that capacity, Bob was responsible for engineering, production, information technology, inside sales and purchasing with a combined staff of about 60 people. Bob was also Manufacturing and Systems manager for Diffracto Ltd. a high tech manufacturer of vision systems, Manufacturing Systems Manager for Hunt Windows, and a Project Engineer for Fluor Corporation, a worldwide engineering and construction firm.
Technical Services Manager
Leadership Team Member
Jason Downey joined Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment in 1997 as an engineer. He currently fills the role of Technical Services Manager. He has developed hands-on experience in all phases of the design, manufacturing and field commissioning of MLEE process systems. Jason was promoted to Engineering Manager in 2002, and was the first non-MLEE board member to join the MLEE Leadership Team. In 2005 he assumed the newly created position of Technical Services manager. In this role Jason provides leadership for research and development, the parts line of business, the rental line of business, quality assurance, customer service, core engineering, and continues to provide technical expertise for the customer service teams and field support team. Jason is a member of the MLEE leadership team, participating on the monthly leadership calls, setting of annual objectives, and evolving the five-year operating plan.
Jason has been commonly referred to by MLEE customers as the "submittals guy" for his achievement in developing a clear and detailed design submittal package which is generated for the customer at the early stages of the project. Jason leads the Constant Improvement and Cost Reduction (CICR) strategic project. This cross functional CICR team that has implemented a continuous improvement process that captures design improvements and cost reductions and ensures these improvements are carried out on future projects.
Prior to working for MLEE Jason gained his early engineering experience in mining, oil, gas and natural gas production and distribution.
Sales Manager
Leadership Team Member
Jeremy Dayment joined Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment in 2002 as an inside technical sales engineer. Jeremy currently fills the role of Sales Manager. He has developed hands on experience supporting the Maple Leaf sales force, sales partners, and customers in preparing technical solutions and price proposals ranging from simple part orders to large upscale soil remediation systems. In 2003 Jeremy was promoted to Inside Sales Manager and joined the MLEE Leadership Team, and in 2004 he was promoted to Sales Manager. In this role Jeremy provides leadership for the continuous improvement of the inside sales process, supports the continued development of the sales partner network, and provides leadership for the strategic sales and sales development objectives of the firm.
Since Jeremy joined Maple Leaf he has contributed in the following key areas: He developed the standard template system which allows the inside sales group to prepare cost proposals in an accurate, consistent, and time efficient manner. He developed the process for transferring the knowledge and project to engineering, in turn increasing the quality of the communication between sales and engineering, and reducing the time required for the transfer. He also developed an extensive technical information package for the Maple Leaf sales partners, which details MLEE standard equipment packages, specification sheets, drawings, pictures, and costs.
Prior to joining Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment, Jeremy gained his early experience with a large electronics circuit board manufacturer first as a process engineer and then later in a project management role.
Accounting Manager
Leadership Team Member
Wendy Burke joined Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment in 1992 as the first employee, filling a general administrative role. Wendy currently fills the role of Accounting Manager. Wendy's responsibility with Maple Leaf has evolved through multiple areas of the company operation including office management, shipping, receiving, bookkeeping, accounts receivable, and accounting. She was promoted to Senior Accountant in 2002 and joined the leadership team, and in 2004 was promoted to Accounting Manager. In this role Wendy is responsible for the accounting operation and leadership control system of the company. In her time with MLEE Wendy has been a key resource in the growth of the business, developing many of the policies, procedures, and management control systems used in the operation of the business.
As a member of MLEE's leadership team, Wendy brings a strong sense of financial responsibility to all aspects of the company operations. MLEE has been commended for having an accounting and financial management control system seldom found in a small to medium sized business, largely as a result of Wendy's efforts. These efforts along with her devotion to the success of MLEE have made her a key contributor to the success of the company.
Prior to joining MLEE, Wendy gained her early experience with Shell Canada Products Limited, Proctor and Gamble and Shoppers Drug Mart where she held administrative management roles.
Brad Gaffney, B.Eng. (Electrical Engineering)
Electrical Engineering and Testing Manager
Leadership Team Member
Brad Gaffney joined Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment in 2004 as an Electrical Engineer. He was promoted to Electrical Engineering Manager in 2006 and joined the MLEE Leadership Team. Brad is the first new member to the MLEE Leadership Team, expanding the team to ten members. Brad has gained hands-on experience in all phases of the design, manufacturing and field commissioning of MLEE process systems. In his current position Brad provides leadership for research and development of new control system technologies, the industrial line of business, product testing, and continues to provide technical expertise for the customer service and field support teams. As a member of the MLEE leadership team Brad participates in the monthly leadership calls, setting of annual objectives, and the evolution of the five-year operating plan.
Over the past three years Brad made key contributions to MLEE, most notably the implementation of an electrical design program used to improve the electrical control drawings to meet industrial standards. He has also implemented MET Laboratories (NRTL Registered) certification for all MLEE products, this includes system and panel approvals. In addition Brad is a member of the quality assurance program in place at MLEE, working on continuous improvements by creating feedback tools of quality throughout the manufacturing process.
Prior to working for MLEE Brad gained his early engineering experience in security, industrial/commercial building controls, and Electrical Metrology.
Manufacturing Manager
Leadership Team Member
Barrie Hall joined Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment in 2003 as Manufacturing Manager. In this role Barrie is responsible for providing leadership to the manufacturing team members, manufacturing MLEE systems, leading the quality assurance process, providing feedback to engineering for design enhancements, shipping systems on time, implementing the MLEE health and safety program and leading the MLEE continuous improvement program. Barrie is a member of the MLEE leadership team, participating on the monthly leadership calls, setting of annual objectives, and evolving the five-year operating plan.
Barrie has over 32 years experience in manufacturing management in the United States and Canada. Prior to joining MLEE Barrie spent 17 years with a leading global manufacturing firm, the last four years of which he was based in Greenville Tennessee holding roles as Plant Manager, Customer Services Manager, and Logistics Manager. Barrie has gained specific experience in hiring and developing manufacturing teams, developing and implementing processes to meet on-time deliveries, and developing and implementing strategies to achieve annual improvement goals.