Major Employers

Major Employers in Central Alberta (Non-Retail Business)
Organization, Location	Product	Number of Employees
Olymel S.E.C., Red Deer	Fresh pork - slaughter and process	1,300+
AFSC, Lacombe	Insurance and financial services provider for farmers	735+
NOVA Chemicals Ltd., Lacombe County (Joffre)	Ethylene, Polyethylene	730+
Servus Credit Union, Red Deer	Financial Services	625+
High Arctic Energy Services Trust, Red Deer	Underbalanced drilling and production services provider to energy sectors	600+
Pidherney's, Rocky Mountain House	Construction	400+
Halliburton Energy Service, Red Deer	Services incidental to crude	350+
NABORS Production Services, Sylvan Lake	Petroleum & Natural Gas	350+
Finning Canada, Red Deer	Centre of Excellence for Caterpillar equipment preparation and overhauls	325+
Westridge Cabinets, Red Deer County	Cabinets	300+
DOW Chemicals, Lacombe County (Joffre)	Ethylene, Polyethylene	250+
EXH Engineering Services Ltd. (A member of Genivar), Red Deer	Bridge, roadway and muncipal engineering services	285+
Sunterra Meats Ltd., (facilities at Trochu and Innisfail	Fresh Pork, Veal and Lamb - slaughter and process	238+
Sundre Forest Products Inc. (div. of West Fraser Mills Ltd. - Sundre)	integrated forest product company manufacturing dimensional lumber and treated wood products	225+
Tornado Technologies Canada Inc., Stettler, Gadsby	Manufacturing equipment for petroleum industry	225+
BJ Services Co. Canada, Red Deer	Oil and natural gas well industries	*200+
West Fraser LVL - Rocky Mountain House	Forest Products including laminated veneer lumber (LVL)	185+
Johns Manville Canada Ltd., Innisfail	Insulation plant - white fibreglass insulation	170
Cord WorleyParsons (div. of WorleyParsons Canada), Blackfalds	modularization and fabrication facility (opening Spring 2009)	150+
Manluk Industries, Wetaskiwin	Manufacture petrochemical and mining products	130+
Parkland Income Fund, Red Deer**	Diversified refining & retail petroleum company	125+
Lee Specialties, Red Deer	Custom-made pressure control equipment, logging tools/systems and related equipment for the cased-hole wireline service industry	125+
Travelaire Canada, Red Deer	Industrial (First Aid campers, people movers, skid shacks, office trailers) Recreation Vehicles	115+
Banner Canada, Olds	Manufacturing and containment facilities for soft capsule gelcaps for pharmaceuticals	100+
Paintearth Energy Services, Halkirk	Manufacture surface processing equipment and subsurface completion tools	100+
Prairie Mines and Royalty Ltd. - Paint Earth Mine, Halkirk (former Luscar Mines)	Coal extraction	100+
Victory Rig Equipment Corporation (div. of Trinidad Drilling), Red Deer County	New product development - oilfield equipment	75+
Kinetic Process Systems Ltd., Ponoka	In-house engineering, design and fabrication on client specific projects	60+
Rahr Malting Canada Limited, Alix	Malted Barley	35+
Gas Pro Compression, Three Hills	Manufacturing and fabrication shop (gas compressor packages)	17+
Source: Alberta Finance and Enterprise; Company Contacts and Websites; September 2008 (* updated October 2007); Note: This list provides a sampling of major employers located in member communities across the Central Alberta region. The number of employees only refers to those employed in the region.  **Actual numbers employed beyond the regional boundary may differ. For example, there are 1,125 are employed by the Parkland Income Fund across Western Canada.