By Rajitha Sivakumaran
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W
hen global engineering firms providing services for large
energy companies face an obstacle, such as an issue with
equipment, they reach out to the market to procure a solu-
tion. When an issue in hydraulics arises, the Moncton-based Mari-
time Hydraulic is a go-to stop for reliable, custom-built engineering
solutions.
Maritime Hydraulic began in New Brunswick over 40 years ago as a
humble repair shop. A few years later, the company was joined by the
current president, Kim Carruthers, who then served as the general
manager. Carruthers brought with him a novel set of ideas for the
direction of the company and shifted the focus from repair to manu-
facturing.
“The kind of industrial equipment we manufacture is unique — by
unique I mean it’s something that’s not available in any inventory …
it is equipment that must be designed, engineered, modeled, proto-
typed and finally manufactured,” said Iván Barroeta, the company’s
Director of Business Development.
A little over a decade ago, the company made another growth shift.
Realizing that the Canadian market entailed the same select group of
companies competing for projects, Carruthers introduced Maritime
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