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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Another year is ending, and it seems that the years go by faster and faster. December is usually a month for analyzing, planning, and budgeting. We hope that you have attained your 2003 goals, and we wish you a prosperous 2004.

The last leader.com of the 2003 is a bit more visual, and it is what you are likely to see in the upcoming editions. Please take a few moments to skim through our newsletter and familiarize yourselves with new products, one of our employees, and our new premises.

We encourage you to write to us with your comments and suggestions, and help us make the leader.com even better.

On behalf of all of us at Bleutec, I wish you a happy holiday season.

Signed,
Luc Turcotte
Editor

THE BLEUTEC TEAM

Donald is the last of our introductions of the BLEUTEC team. He's been with us for almost 2 years, working on assembling and shipping wheels and casters.

Donald is appreciated by his colleagues for his contagious good nature. He quickly integrated into Bleutec's philosophy, and he too prioritizes customer satisfaction. He is conscientious, dynamic, and very efficient. Donald, due to his positive attitude, has become an important asset for our organization.

Luc Turcotte

Do any of you jog or do morning exercises before heading to work ? Well, how about surfing before going to the office ? This is what our Massachusetts distributor does every morning, even in the winter !

When Brian Kiley of Atlantic Nuclear told me that he surfs, I thought it would be neat to write an article about it, so I put my journalist hat on and asked him a few questions.

Brian takes his surf board to the New Hampshire coast at 7:00 AM each morning and rides the waves for about an hour. Not a bad way to start the day ! He's been surfing for 22 years and in his words, "surfs religiously since 1988".

He mentioned that the East coast ( Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island) offers good waves and that the best waves are in Cape Hatteras NC. When I asked him about surfing in Canada, he answered that Nova Scotia is excellent. And the south ? His reply is Costa Rica, where he usually goes when he takes his vacation.

So, to all you surfers out there, happy waves dudes !

PS. As Christmas is just a few days away, I'd like to wish all of you a very happy and safe holiday. Best wishes for 2004 !

Nancy Allen

Why do volunteer work? I’ve always been active in my community, therefore I’ve never stopped to ask myself this question. When were asked to write an article for the leader.com about one of our passions, I immediately thought of my volunteer work in the social community.

Volunteer work signifies doing something without receiving a salary or reward, not feeling obliged, and volunteering for one’s pleasure. With members of my family, we’ve been implicated in sporting associations in our region. Over the past twenty years, I’ve been involved in minor hockey and for a period of five years, I was Vice-President of minor hockey in Ville Ste. Catherine, a suburb on the south shore of Montreal.

The biggest problem that we encounter these days is people’s lack of involvement in their community. Everyone seems to be too busy to volunteer, yet we come across some people who take the time to criticize and complain. What would our children and teenagers do if adults never implicated themselves in social or sporting associations? We should take a couple of hours a month to get involved in our social communities, and set the example for our children.

Andre Plante

Waste container wheels

This wheel is specifically designed to equip waste containers, and there are more than 3,000,000 wheels manufactured each year!

This performance ranks Guitel as the world leader in waste container equipment. In Europe, 1 out of 2 wheels is manufactured at Guitel’s Arras plant.

One characteristic of the wheel is its hub that surpasses the rim, which enables easy set up on waste containers. Also, in order to prevent wheel theft on the garbage containers, the axle is equipped with a groove in which a bolt is snap locked into it. Finally, the wheel is made out of grounded recycled rubber.

Wheels are avalaible in 8, 10, 12 inches.

Richard Lett
Guitel

DON'T FORGET TO WRITE US...

Christmas Holidays

Please note that our offices will be open December 22nd and 23rd, and December 29th and 30th.

The entire Bleutec team wishes you a very merry Christmas, and a great 2004.
Health, happiness, and peace to you throughout the year.

Karine Piché

For those of you that read us on a regular basis, you may recall the promotion that we offered in our last edition of the LEADER.COM.

Many of you benefited from the 3% discount that we offered on orders, and that was just by reading the entire LEADER.COM.

Chances are that we will be doing more promotions in future editions. We don't yet have all the details, but the promotions will be the same concept: to visit our Web Site ! www.bleutec.com

Luc Turcotte

New Offices

We're all moved into our new Montreal premises on Boul. Matte in Brossard. If you have ever experienced moving your business location, you'll surely understand the challenge !

We've taken a few pictures to give you an idea of how we are set up. We now have 15,000 sq. ft., 2,100 sq. ft. of office space, an inventory of well over $1 million and the capability to stock 750 skids. Our assembly stations, order preparation and packaging, shipping and receiving departments are now better adapted.

We apologize once again for any inconvenience that our moving may have caused you, but rest assured that our move will increase our efficiency to better serve you.

Luc Turcotte

NEW PRODUCT INFORMATION

This month, we introduce a product that we think has great potential at Bleutec: The UNIROLL Series.

We are only starting to promote and to show this new high quality caster to our present customers and we are already getting a very good response, mainly because of the prices we offer. It is so fresh out of the oven, don’t even look for it in the next Bleutec mini-catalogue that should be coming out in early January 2004.

The following are UNIROLL’s major characteristics:

* The wheel is a grey Thermo plastic rubber
* The brake is total lock
* Wheel diamaters range from 2" to 5"
* Weight capacities range from 90 to 200 lbs.
* Available with hollow king pin or with top plate
* The top plate casters do have a rigid version, as opposed to our NOVOPLEX casters

We will keep you informed on the UNIROLL casters. Be on the lookout for them !

Frederic Lagace