Making a big splash

Creative design director Simon Gardiner, right, and Robert Mikula, senior creative supervisor of projects, test a new "water feature" at privately owned Crystal Fountains Inc.'s headquarters in Concord, Ont. (June 29, 2009) Two generations of L'Heureuxs have supplied fountains to 30 countries on five continents Be the first to comment on this article... Albert Warson Special to The Star Roger L'Heureux and his two sons specialize in going with the flow – of water. Their privately owned family business has supplied fountains, or "water features," as they are often called, to 30 countries on five continents. And their work produced nearly $20 million in revenues last year for their Concord, Ont.-based Crystal Fountains Inc. L'Heureux, who started the company in 1967, recalls one financial dry spell that lasted three years.... [read full story]                    

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