Gates Canada Celebrates 50 Years, Opens New Administrative Offices

On Saturday, September 18, 2004, Gates Canada Inc. celebrated its 50th anniversary and opening of its new administrative offices with an open house and reunion. Current and retired Gates employees and their families, totaling over 600, attended the event, held in bright sunshine and perfect temperatures. Guests enjoyed a tour of the new offices, a barbecued beef dinner, music, displays of historical photographs and memorabilia, a display of over 30 vintage cars and the opportunity to rekindle old friendships.

“Fifty year anniversaries are an important event in the life of any company, and not many companies make it this far”, says Gates Canada CFO and Business Unit Manager Bob Luckhart. “Holding an open house and reunion to thank those people responsible for our success seemed like the appropriate thing to do. After all, it’s the people who make a company, not bricks and mortar, and we wanted to thank as many of them as we could for helping to achieve this milestone.”

The new 15,000 square-foot administration building houses sales, marketing, finance, IT and human resources departments in a well-planned, modern facility. The building, located at 225 Henry Street, is the third head office for Gates Canada. Gates Canada markets and distributes Gates automotive and industrial belts and hoses, private label automotive lines, Stant thermostats and caps, the Trico windshield wipers, Tridon clamps, as well as Plews, Edelmann, Lubri-Matic, Camel, Airflo, and Schrader-Bridgeport products.