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More said the company con: tinued ta produce all their indusâ€" trial gloves inâ€"house as long as possible. "But there comes a time when if you want to stay in the same league, you‘ve got to do what the competition is doing." "In Hong Kong, everyone and his uncle is producing gloves. The quality is quite often suspect, but the industrial market demands an inexpensive product. "Other customers recognize the advantage of a higher quality product which is Canadian Imported gloves account for approximately 25 per cent of sales, according to Randall More. The company â€" manufactures gloves for retail and industrial use. They run the gamut from snowmobile gloves to attractive dress gloves and work gloves. They are made of cowhide, moose and deer skins, cotton, and synâ€" thetic materials. The cotton and synthetic gloves, intended for industrial use, are no longer made onâ€"site. Instead, they are imported, mainly from China and Hong Kong. Ontario Glove is 75 years old this year. Founded in Kitchener, it has stayed in the More family, and is today operated by Randall More and his brother Greg. Chronicle Staff Change will be the catchword at Ontario Glove Manufacturing Company Ltd. for the next few years. The company will have to adapt to change as it continues to respond to a rapidly changing marketplace. The world of manuâ€" facturing and selling gloves is not as simple as it once was. Business Week PAGE 30 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 1989 Today, they continue to manuâ€" ‘"The merger with Stone creates a worldscale pulp and paper company better able to compete in the increasingly competitive international environment," said Harvie Andre‘s office following the approval. The Stone promise means modernized production facilities and more plant capacity. It‘s also sure to mean more jobs. The bad news was the announcement of layoffs by Wardair â€" a cut of 500 workers in Toronto â€" the first of what airline president George Curley predicted would be up to 1,000 cuts by summer. And while Max Ward said way back in January when he sold the airline to PWA Corp. that a large chunk of the workforce would be cut back. the news hurt. Canadians got some good news and bad news as the effects of merger mania continued to settle through the corporate world. The good news came when Stone Corp. president Roger Stone announced the company would spend $1 billion to upgrade the Canadian operations of Consoliâ€" dated Bathurst, the Montreal packaging giant for which Stone is bidding $2.6 billion. The good facture some leather gloves for industry. Their clients include Ontario Hydro, Bell Canada, General Motors and the Departâ€" ment of National Defense. Yet the majority of local production is for retail client. "The backbone of our business was built on small, independent retailers which are increasingly a dying breed," said More. Ontario Glove has responded by turning to chain stores such as Home Hardware. It is not the only change the industry is experiencing. The Canadaâ€"U.S. free trade agreeâ€" ment calls for the 17â€"perâ€"cent duty on American gloves to be removed over 10 years. Randall More heats a glove on the finishing board at Ontario company is 75 years old this year, and faces rapidly changing Glove Manufacturing Company Limited on gotzert Court. The _ times in its industry. lan Kirkby photo If you ask me, that‘s no way to run an airline or any other type of company. And it sets a dangerous precedent for the new owners, PWA. If Wardair and PWA expect to have any sort of employee loyalty, they have to come clean with their Adding insult to injury was the unfortunate lack of consideration shown by the company for the interests of the workers in making the announcement. Many workers learned of the cutbacks first through the media. Wardair‘s negligence has left many remaining employees wondering when the blade will drop on the bad and the unfair "There are many industries that will be affected by free trade, but by the time the bloodbath is over, it will be too late. By and large, I think it‘s going to be detrimental to Canadian indusâ€" Ontario Glove has not yet deâ€" cided how to prepare for the free trade agreement, but More said he knows they will have to reâ€" spond. _Currently, the Canadian glove industry has an advantage over American industry â€" American "I think it‘s going to hurt us more indirectly than directly," said More. "I think there‘s going to be industry that we now supply in Canada closing up shop. Gus Carlson Canadian Business companies are under tighter reâ€" strictions for importing gloves from "offâ€"shore" â€" meaning Asia â€" said More. The reason, he said, is the Americans are more conâ€" cerned with protecting domestic Another change facing the inâ€" dustry is the closing down of tanneries in Canada. The result is companies such as Ontario Glove are having to import leathâ€" er from other countries. Two tann@ries have closed in recent years in Kitchener, and one in Acton, Ontario. More finds the trend sad. "Traditionally, Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo has had a strong textile and shoe industry because of the Management has dropped hints that up to 1,000 layoffs are coming by summer but haven‘t gone further. That means the other 500, whoever and wherever they may be, are in limbo. It‘s time for Wardair to come clean. The cat is out of the bag. The airline owes it to employees to let them know their fate â€" especially before it lets the rest of the world know. Wardair‘s actions are not only unfair to employees but they give the recent move to corporate concentraâ€" tion a worse reputation than it deserves. Even more annoying, it‘s giving all of the antiâ€"conâ€" centration whiners more ammunition for their illâ€"conâ€" ceived shots that corporations are the bad guys and merger mania is destroying the economic and moral fibre of this great country. ‘ Wardair management would do well to take a page from founder Max Ward‘s legendary service book and treat workers the way they‘ve always treated passenâ€" gers â€"â€" like special people. Wardair employees have made it a great airline. 'l‘hay.denrvo some respect in return. Of the company‘s 70 employees, 30 work at home doing mostly sewing work. Ontario Glove supâ€" plies the machines, as well as dropping off materials and pickâ€" ing up the gloves. Ontario Glove has invested in its labor force to help remain competitive, said More. In its 75 year history, there has been only one layoff, and that was in the midâ€"50s. Three employees have been with the company over 30 years. tanneries, and tanneries were here because of the meatâ€"packing industry. It‘s disappointing when we see the disappearance of the foundation of that."