Jireh Industries is an

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manufacturer which primarily manufacturers robotic corrosion scanners and welding scanners for use in the

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. The company's headquarters are in

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, with additional offices in

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and

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Background

Jireh Industries was founded in the early 1980s. In 1987, the company built a food processing machine that created potatoes of a uniform size and shape; this was achieved by making an artificial potato skin out of bran and starch in a metal mold and subsequently pumping a mashed potato solution therein. Following the creation of this machine, the Edmonton Journal stated that the company had "built a reputation as machine shop innovators." In February 1991, Jireh Industries presented to the Alberta Premier's Council of Science and Technology. This presentation took place under the Honourable

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's premiership of Alberta. The University of Alberta's publication ''Folio'' listed Arthur Dubbeldam as "President" of Jireh Industries. Dubbeldam had previously been educated at the

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in Edmonton, obtaining his degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1977. In 2002, when reporting on the industrial growth of Strathcona County, Alberta, the

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reported that "Jireh Industries... does aerospace quality machining and makes robots that inspect on-surface and underwater pipelines for cracks and corrosion."

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