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Houghton Canada Inc.
Celebrating its 80 th anniversary in 2001, Houghton Canada Inc. is an independent manufacturer and supplier of specialty processing chemicals and lubricants. As an integral member of the Houghton International family of company's, Houghton Canada Inc. can also draw on the more than 130 years of Houghton's worldwide experience and quality products. Industry, especially today, demands innovation, and Houghton has a long history of quick response and leadership.
Houghton Canada Inc. first began in 1921, as British American Fuels & Metals Ltd. in Toronto. The purpose of the company, as stated in its incorporation papers, was to " produce, procure, sell, manufacture, and manage coal, coke, peat, wood, mines, mining, and tramways. Changing its name to Production Materials Ltd. in 1924, the company continued to grow and expand, and in 1947, relocated to its present three-acre site on Symes Rd. in Toronto. Becoming E. F. Houghton & Company of Canada Ltd., the facility has undergone five major expansions and modernization to meet the ever-increasing demand for its products and services. In 1993, it adopted its current name, Houghton Canada Inc., in Keeping with its parent company's change from E.F. Houghton & Co., to better reflect its worldwide scope.
In addition to its manufacturing plant, laboratories and offices in Toronto, Houghton Canada Inc. also has warehouses in Montreal and Vancouver. Internationally, Houghton has multiple locations in 28 countries, including the United States, Mexico, South America, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India, Pakistan, Australia and Africa, supplying manufacturing industries around the globe.
The Houghton product line is continuously expanded and renewed through its worldwide development effort to provide safe, effective fluids for industry. Produced through years of research and testing, each product is designed to increase production. Improve safety, reduce cost, be environmentally friendly and improve the quality of their customer's products.
Serving a wide gamut of industries, Houghton's customers are among the key manufacturers in the automotive, steel making, aluminum processing, die casting, off-shore oil and appliance sectors. The Houghton Line of products, especially formulated for these industries, includes all types of fire resistant hydraulic fluids, water soluble and straight cutting oils and coolants, rolling oils, wire drawing and press forming lubricants, cleaners, rust preventatives, polymer and oil based quenchants and other process aids.
But Houghton goes beyond manufacturing and supplying products: its mission is to provide innovative and reliable solutions to industry's challenges. The solutions include advice, testing, information, product research and rapid service.
"Houghton has always been customer focussed and heavily involved in technical service--- not willing to end the sale without full support. We go on-site to provide that essential back up. Further more. Houghton is adaptable with its ever-changing technology, reflecting a wider range of products to suit industry's changing needs. "
It is precisely this continual innovative response by a highly trained, professional, long serving and dedicated staff that has ensured Houghton's success in its quest to solve today's problems, while planning for tomorrow's solutions.
Houghton Canada Inc.'s reputation for integrity, quality and performance is a source of pride and motivation.
Houghton Canada Inc.
Celebrating its 80 th anniversary in 2001, Houghton Canada Inc. is an independent manufacturer and supplier of specialty processing chemicals and lubricants. As an integral member of the Houghton International family of company's, Houghton Canada Inc. can also draw on the more than 130 years of Houghton's worldwide experience and quality products. Industry, especially today, demands innovation, and Houghton has a long history of quick response and leadership.
Houghton Canada Inc. first began in 1921, as British American Fuels & Metals Ltd. in Toronto. The purpose of the company, as stated in its incorporation papers, was to " produce, procure, sell, manufacture, and manage coal, coke, peat, wood, mines, mining, and tramways. Changing its name to Production Materials Ltd. in 1924, the company continued to grow and expand, and in 1947, relocated to its present three-acre site on Symes Rd. in Toronto. Becoming E. F. Houghton & Company of Canada Ltd., the facility has undergone five major expansions and modernization to meet the ever-increasing demand for its products and services. In 1993, it adopted its current name, Houghton Canada Inc., in Keeping with its parent company's change from E.F. Houghton & Co., to better reflect its worldwide scope.
In addition to its manufacturing plant, laboratories and offices in Toronto, Houghton Canada Inc. also has warehouses in Montreal and Vancouver. Internationally, Houghton has multiple locations in 28 countries, including the United States, Mexico, South America, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India, Pakistan, Australia and Africa, supplying manufacturing industries around the globe.
The Houghton product line is continuously expanded and renewed through its worldwide development effort to provide safe, effective fluids for industry. Produced through years of research and testing, each product is designed to increase production. Improve safety, reduce cost, be environmentally friendly and improve the quality of their customer's products.
Serving a wide gamut of industries, Houghton's customers are among the key manufacturers in the automotive, steel making, aluminum processing, die casting, off-shore oil and appliance sectors. The Houghton Line of products, especially formulated for these industries, includes all types of fire resistant hydraulic fluids, water soluble and straight cutting oils and coolants, rolling oils, wire drawing and press forming lubricants, cleaners, rust preventatives, polymer and oil based quenchants and other process aids.
But Houghton goes beyond manufacturing and supplying products: its mission is to provide innovative and reliable solutions to industry's challenges. The solutions include advice, testing, information, product research and rapid service.
"Houghton has always been customer focussed and heavily involved in technical service--- not willing to end the sale without full support. We go on-site to provide that essential back up. Further more. Houghton is adaptable with its ever-changing technology, reflecting a wider range of products to suit industry's changing needs. "
It is precisely this continual innovative response by a highly trained, professional, long serving and dedicated staff that has ensured Houghton's success in its quest to solve today's problems, while planning for tomorrow's solutions.
Houghton Canada Inc.'s reputation for integrity, quality and performance is a source of pride and motivation.
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