Antonio Silva

Experience

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  Impacta S.A>

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Production Manager

  Impacta is the major manufacturer of aluminum packaging for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food and industrial adhesive markets based in Latin America. Impacta is ISO 9000 certified and exports to Canada, USA, Europe, Japan and Latin America. Promoted four times for demonstrating strong leadership and goal achievement.Production Manager, • Was a key member of the team that downsized and optimized Impact’s operation, which resulted in reduction of employees from 822 to 360 (more than 55 %) in a five-year period. At the same time, production increased 25% and consequently, the overall productivity increased more than 183%.• Was responsible for 320 people including 11 supervisors in the following fields: 12 collapsible and rigid tubes production lines, melting plant, plastic injection plant, development and research, tool house and printing. Show less

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  Indalex Aluminum Solutions

  Apr 2000 - Nov 2009

  Operations Manager - Manager of Continous Improvement (Western Region)

  Managed the Continuous Improvement in 5 Plants – City of Industry (California), Modesto (California), Watsonville (California), Vancouver (British Columbia) and Calgary (Alberta).Actively worked in projects and improvement initiatives in 10 Indalex plants.Increased Productivity by 30% and broke productivity records using Six Sigma tools without the use of Capital Investment.

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  Strategic Group

  Nov 2009 - Nov 2010

  General Manager

  Strategic Group is the largest private property management company in Alberta with over 70 buildings in Calgary and Edmonton.Headed a startup company, Strategic Maintenance Limited (SML), to provide services designed to address the needs of tenants and property managers.Studied and analyzed new business opportunities. Developed and implemented business plans which increased the revenue from $360,000 in 2009 to $6,000,000 at the end of the second year of operation (over 1,500% in one year). Provided the turnaround in the quality of services and profitability; making SML one of the most profitable companies in the Strategic Group. Show less

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  Universal Alloy Corporation

  Oct 2010 - Jan 2014

  General Manager

  UAC is the world’s largest manufacturer of Small and Intermediate Hard Alloy Extrusions providing aerospace products to Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier, Cessna, Space X, NASA, Bell Helicopters. Anaheim’s facility is known for the high value added aluminum solutions including but not limited to: type II hard alloy hollows (one of few suppliers in the world), Metal Matrix Composite Double Void Hollow (the only supplier in the world), high precision helicopter blades as well as a high variety of precision products (up to 1/8 of the standard tolerance). UAC is AS9100 (aerospace), ISO 9000 and NADCAP certified.Directing up to 300 employees in all aspects of business including Cast House, Die Engineering and Manufacturing, 10 extrusion presses, 2 Vertical Heat Treatment towers, 8 Age Ovens and Metallurgical Lab.Implemented Lean manufacturing and visual management systems that provided easy identification of bottlenecks and ways to eliminate them.Leading the team that improved overall plant productivity by 27%. Show less

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  Apel Extrusions Ltd

  Feb 2014 - May 2019

  VP Operations

  APEL is an Aluminum Extrusion Company with Operations in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Coburg, Oregon, USA. Housing one of the most modern fleets in North America with 4 presses, from 7 to 9" , a semi-automatic anodizing line and paint line capable of apply solvent based paints as well as powder coatings.Development and implementation of Operations Strategic Plan.Creation of competitive advantage through the creation and management of APEL Research Center (ARC) and its essential function in the development of new products and processes.Responsible for the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) in Canada and the Research and Experimentation (RE) in United States.Creation, development and management of APEL University. A Practical and Meritocratic approach for the development of APEL human asset. Show less

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  Can Art Aluminum Extrusion

  May 2019 - Jun 2019

  General Manager

  Can Art Aluminum Extrusion L.P. is a privately held North American based extruder of standard and custom aluminum profiles.General ManagersResponsible for sales and operation of the Extrusion (170,000 sqft) and Anodizing business (45,000 sqft). Responsible for the implementation of a $12,000,000 capital expansion with the addition of our latest 8” 2750 Ton press while maintaining and operating a 7” 1600 Ton and a 8” 2200 Ton.Lead the team on development of new processes and product lines to support the expansion in capacity.Lead the team in the implementation of PM, die design improvement, CMMS implementation and diagnostic screens. Show less

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  Apex Aluminum Extrusions

  Jul 2019 - Oct 2024

  General Manager

  Apex Aluminum is a state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion factory located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. With a 170,000 square foot aluminum extrusion facility and some of the most modern equipment in its industry, Apex can offer custom extrusions, mill finish aluminum and anodized aluminum to satisfy the most demanding customer and all architectural needsResponsible for sales and operation of the Extrusion, Anodizing, Paint, Woodgrain and Fabrication business. Apex operates one 8” 2750 Ton press and another 7” 2000 Ton.Led team on quality and improvement initiatives that resulted in improvement in 5% Plant recovery and substantial reduction in return from customers and interval scrap. In the area of Human Resources, reduced employee turnover and implemented employee survey, leadership training and overall employee training system.Lead team on development of capacity planning and improvement of On Time Delivery, new product development products, and onboarding of new customers.Implementation of 5S’s lean manufacturing and Kaizen events. Show less

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  ALMAG Aluminum

  Jul 2024 - now

  General Manager