Lloydminster 鈥� MTM Energy Service鈥檚 booth at the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show featured a recent addition to their offerings- hydraulic hoses.
Brett Fisher is the brand manager for MTM in Lloydminster, which opened in 2010. The company started in Provost in 2007.
鈥淗ardisty just opened in May,鈥� Fisher said.
鈥淲e鈥檙e always looking for opportunities. Our CEO and the shareholders are willing to jump at opportunities when they come up. We鈥檝e got a good base. We鈥檝e diversified quite a bit. We deal with mining, forestry, oilfield, ag. We try to spread a footprint as wide as we can, so when one sector slows down we don鈥檛 feel it as much as someone else who is solely a one trick pony.鈥�
MTM stands for 鈥渕ore than merchandise.鈥�
Fisher said they are an oilfield supply store, but they don鈥檛 limit themselves to just that. 鈥淲e get into whatever the customer wants. We鈥檙e more about helping the customer get whatever they need, whether it comes from us or not. We find that leads to more customer satisfaction and retention, even if you don鈥檛 help them out with that initial contact. Then you will get that recall, because of helping them,鈥� Fisher said.
鈥淚t depends on the month, but I would say, for use, we鈥檇 be 60 to 70 per cent oilfield. That could change given the month, given the year. Pipes, valves, fittings, that鈥檚 one of the mainstays. Rig supplies, we always say, 鈥楽oap, rope, dope,鈥� so all the rigs supplies that they need. Again, we look after the ag industry. We have a chemical division as well.鈥�
鈥淎nother line we brought on here recently is our hydraulics division, also a new enterprise of MTM,鈥� he said.
The brand is Polyhose. 鈥淭he quality is there. The price is there, and we are the Western Canadian distributor for Polyhose. That鈥檚 hose, fittings, we also do the adapters, hydraulic couplers, hose protection, everything. That鈥檚 out of all three branches, but it鈥檚 not limited to Lloyd, Provost and Hardisty, it鈥檚 Western Canadian,鈥� Fisher said.
鈥淚t goes to all those industries that we have. Every industry, there鈥檚 some kind of hydraulic component at some point in the industry.鈥�
Fisher said they are a very divers group of people within their team, with knowledge in a number of backgrounds, from valves to hydraulics. 鈥淓veryone has their own expertise, and we draw on their expertise to allow us to maximize the customer鈥檚 potential.鈥�
Company-wide they have close to 20 people working for MTM, with eight fulltime and one part-time person in Lloyd.
Fisher personally manages the hydraulic side of the company and has three people working in that area. All three locations build hose.
鈥淲e wouldn鈥檛 be where we are without our team,鈥� he concluded.
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