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Over 60 years of being the go-to wholesaler for industrial goods in Canada.
At A.C.T. Equipment Sales Ltd., we offer an extensive product line of industrial goods, specializing in abrasives, cutting tools, pneumatic accessories, and measuring and machine tool accessories. Currently, we own and operate five locations across Canada, including Calgary, AB., Edmonton, AB., Winnipeg, MB., and Saskatoon, SK., with our Head Office in Surrey, BC. We have a team of over 150+ skilled employees with extensive experience in the industrial market, all of whom our customers and suppliers can count on.
Where we began
After 17 years of combined experience as a machinist and industrial product/tool salesman, Alf Barbour decided to strike out independently. Alf started A.C.T. Equipment Sales Ltd. with the help of his wife Jean on January 2, 1961, working in the basement of their home. For many years Alf and Jean found they often had to work more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week, to grow the business, all while raising five children, of whom all but one still work for the company today.
In 1996, Scott Barbour, Alf and Jean's youngest child was appointed President, working closely with his sister and Vice President, Sharyl Graham and two brothers, Glen and Ross.
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1962
Alf and Jean purchased a small house on Dawson St. in Burnaby, BC and moved the company there.
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1971
8 years later, the original structure was replaced with a new 5,000-square-foot building on the same property.
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1991
Over two decades later, A.C.T. was moved to a 30,000-square-foot building on Dawson, St. in Burnaby, BC.
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2019
In 2019, our Head Office was moved to a newly renovated building in Surrey, BC.
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Our approach to the future is both global and long-term.
The company has succeeded as an industry leader and consistently works towards being the most trusted distributor in North America. We will continue our efforts to maintain steady incremental growth while expanding our major product lines with the help of our ever-growing team.
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