About Glengarry
GPI is one of Canada’s oldest sources for electric heating elements
and allied products servicing the residential and commercial appliance
and water heater industries. Glengarry’s extensive line of quality
products covers a broad range of original equipment and replacement applications.
Our products are manufactured to meet and exceed the increasingly stringent
specifications of industry today for performance, reliability and safety.
We are proud to have been providing top quality products and service in
Canada since 1941. Glengarry’s commitment is to ensure customer
satisfaction by offering technical support and by delivering competitively
priced, quality products on time.
Historical Background
| 1926 |
Chromalox formed to act as Canadian sales agents for Edwin L. Wiegand
Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 1927 |
Chromalox was purchased by the T. Eaton Company. |
| 1941 |
Chromalox started Canadian manufacture of electric heating elements
in Toronto, Ontario - this included a wide range of heating products
for the appliance industry as well as elements for commercial-industrial
applications. |
| 1965 |
Chromalox was purchased from Eatons by Canadian Corporate Management
Co. Ltd (Can-Corp Group). |
| 1986 |
Chromalox and its parent company, Can-Corp Group, were purchased
by Federal Industries Ltd of Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
| 1987 |
January, the appliance heating element division of Chromalox was
established in Guelph, Ontario as a stand-alone business, but still
a division of Chromalox Inc. |
| 1987 |
November, Chromalox Inc. sold by Federal Industries Ltd. to private
Canadian owners. |
| 1988 |
November, the appliance heating element division was sold to its current owner and incorporated as Glengarry
Industries Ltd. |
| 2004 |
March, Glengarry Products Inc was formed as a central supply head
office / warehouse offering engineering support, quality control and
on-site inventory systems. |
