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--- *+ )#)('-()$* !(& )(%#'" +)""+ ,'.*,+ -'"/ 0 . Nordic Drill Nord c Dr started as J.M. Masse & Sons Inc, and was founded n 1947 as a water we dr ng company. Dur ng the 70s and 80s, the company exper enced growth w th the second generat on, becom ng an ndustry eader n Quebec, Canada. The m en um ha ed more progress for J.M. Masse & Sons as the takeover of the th rd generat on saw numerous acqu s t ons, and the n- corporat on of dua rotary techno ogy. S nce then, a branches of the company began to operate under the name Pu tbec Group. In 2012, eaders of the company rea zed the r r gs were too b g, strong, and expens ve for the r needs. In a fars ghted effort to reduce costs, Pu tbec Group searched Amer ca and Europe for equ pment perfect y su ted to the r use. The search ended n d sappo ntment, and as the say ng goes, necess ty was the mother of nvent on. Pu tbec was nsp red to manufac- ture the r own, custom r g. A new branch was born, dubbed Nord c Dr . W th 67 years of ex- per ence, the crew was equ pped to des gn a p ece of mach nery focused on deta wh e be ng eff c ent. The resu t was a versat e, dua rotary, craw er-mounted setup featur ng an ang e s de, bas c too ng equ pment such as a welding machine, hydrofrac pump, and alu- m num too box, as we as mu t p e hookups for compressed a r. The r g s capab e of dr ng d - ameters of up to 10 nches, and can adapt to sma er measurements. Labe ed the DRC-10-A, t qu ck y became so popu ar a wa t ng st was necessary. Current y, four peop e are ded cated to the product on of the DRC-10-A dr mode , but there are severa branches work ng together to make Pu tbec one of the b ggest water we dr ng compan es n east Canada. They pr de themse ves on des gn ng the too s of today, w th the fourth DRC-10-A on ts way to comp et on. The company rema ns modest desp te the r ach evements, focus ng on cont nuous mprovement to the r star r g and rema n ng open to new concepts for dr ng equ pment deve opments. Th s fourth Nord c Dr DRC-10-A w be for sa e soon, and f the past s any nd cat on, the future certa n y ho ds more nnova- t ons for the water we ndustry by Nord c Dr ! The DRC-10-A, a Nordic Drill production. Alain Massé, Simon Massé, and Donnald Massé. 10 AUGUST 2016 WorldWide Drilling Resource ®