Emerald Metal Fabricators 2000 Ltd. is a limited company ran solely by Ron E. LaFayette, who has been running the company for over twenty-five (25) years. Ron works very closely with the day-to-day operations of the facility as well as his management team, bringing a tremendous amount of experience in the welding trade to the table. Ron Achieved Alberta Red Seal in 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta and went on to achieve Alberta Red Seal for B Pressure Welding shortly there after. Ron opened his first portable welding company in 1980, Bulldog Welding Limited, which would later become Emerald Metal Fabricators Ltd. in 1989. Ron has over 30 years of experience building and designing storage tanks, piping stations, process piping, lift stations, sub arc stations, and vessels. Over the past 30 years, Ron has built and designed tanks ranging from 100 barrels to field construction of large 100,000 barrel tanks and has had no loss time injuries on any of his crews. Ron’s vast experience in metal fabrication is aided by his numerous accreditations in both safety and quality assurance programs and has achieved API 653 certification as well as certification in CWB CSA standard W47.1-03, and ASME B31.3 in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Ron is an avid proponent of both safe and the environmentally friendly work practices on every job that an E.M.F. employee is engaged in, requiring every member of E.M.F.’s field and shop crews to fully understand the importance of all OH&S codes, as well as the EUB’s Directive 55, before initiating any project. Ron is presently expanding Emerald Metal Fabricators 2000 Ltd. into one of Alberta’s leading tank manufacturing businesses in addition to a leading process piping manufacturer.