Quarter 3 2025
Newsletter
We’re excited to introduce this new way of keeping everyone connected with company updates, project milestones, team highlights, and culture moments. This newsletter will serve as a space to celebrate and share the people and projects that define our company. It’s all about recognizing what makes Sylvan great—and keeping everyone informed and inspired as we grow together.
If your department has news, photos, or stories to contribute, please use the following link to submit your content (forms link). Submissions for our next issue will be due by December 19th.
We hope you’re as excited about this as we are!
Sincerely,
The Marketing Team
The Marketing Team
Please note: This newsletter is for internal use only. Some project information shared may be proprietary or confidential. Marketing will also provide an external-facing version of select content for outside audiences.
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Project Highlights
Ford Oakville Assembly Plant – Oakville, Ontario
Ford of Canada is investing $3B to transform its Oakville Assembly complex—spanning over 5M sq. ft.—as production transitions in the Super Duty Pickup. Sylvan is contracted to assist with advancing one of Canada’s most significant manufacturing milestones. We are supporting this large-scale project with general assembly tooling, conveyor installation, paint shop robotics and electrical retrofits, as well as body shop work. To ensure successful execution, we reallocated employees and resources from our large NextStar Battery Plant project to support this effort. Demolition is officially complete, and installation is currently in motion.
Service – John Mansville Chiller Repair
Sylvan’s Service team recently completed a critical chiller repair project at Johns Manville’s facility in Etowah, Tennessee after the unit had been unusable for over 18 months. Previous contractors, including the original manufacturers, were unable to restore the chiller. Sylvan provided a comprehensive suite of services including leak search and repair, tube cleaning, pipe realignment, full system maintenance, and chiller start-up and evaluation. Our team overcame significant piping challenges and successfully ensured the restoration of functionality.
Hankook Tire Manufacturing Boiler Install
Hankook Tire Manufacturing TN, LP expanded its Clarksville facility with a new 7,000 sq. ft. boiler plant to support production. Sylvan was contracted directly by Hankook to install three 1,500 HP boilers, 1 DA tank, 1 Surge Tank, and all associated piping. Despite the challenges of being in tight quarters and having equipment delays, our lean crew of eight kept the project on track.
Recognizing Career Growth and Dedication
We’re proud to recognize and commemorate our team members advancing into new roles. Congratulations!
- Eric Farron – VP of Operations, Canada
- Marc Pyne – Project Manager
Celebrating our upcoming Sylvan anniversaries — thank you in advance for your continued dedication and commitment!
October Anniversaries:
- Thomas Bassett – 3 years
- Nathan Branson – 6 years
- Wayne Dasher – 14 years
- Ken Drost – 9 years
- Tony Gawrecki – 30 years
- Kane Hagewood – 18 years
- Bruce Mazurowski – 3 years
- Michael Myers – 2 years
LS Brinker/Barton Malow awarded our Michigan team this project. With the acquisition of Great Lakes Mechanical (GLM), we partnered together to complete a critical infrastructure project in Detroit. Our team completed the mechanical installation – including BIM, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection, and building management system – for this 69,000 sq. ft. facility. The building incorporates redundant chilled and heating hot water plants, and custom air handling units with infrared air purification and filtration systems. Recently, we were also contracted to deliver a scaled down version of this facility in Romulus, MI.