Exporter of the Year.(Brief Article)

Saskatoon-based InfraReady Products' success in utilizing infrared technology into a rapidly expanding food processing business has made it a leader in Saskatchewan's drive to diversify its agricultural sector. It's also earned the company the title of STEP's Saskatchewan Exporter of the Year.

The company, employing 19 people in Saskatoon's north industrial district, was incorporated only six years ago as a subsidiary of a large agricultural corporation. In late 1998, company manager Mark Pickard and a silent partner purchased the corporation and set it on an aggressive expansion strategy that has seen the firm's products successfully enter the U.S. and a handful of …