| 1954 |
Daam Galvanizing
was started by I.D. Daam specializing in hot dip galvanizing
small steel fabrications. The original premise was
a small shed rented from Tartan Chemicals, Edmonton.
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| 1956 |
A small
plant was built on the same premises.
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| 1959 |
The plant was
moved to property purchased at 8409 - 50th Street, Edmonton.
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| 1962 |
A new larger facility was built on the same premises
which was expanded and modernized in 1978.
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| 1974 |
Dolf Daam, P.Eng. and Paul Daam, MBA took over the active
operation of the business.
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| 1979 |
The operation was moved to 9390 - 48 Street, Edmonton.
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| 1985 |
Completely rebuilt the"Pickle Line" and modernized
the entire materials handling system.
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| 1993 |
Dolf Daam, P.Eng. bought all the Company's shares.
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| 1997 |
Installed a 12.6m x 1.0m x 1.9m galvanizing kettle.
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| 1998 |
Employee Share Ownership Plan commenced.
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| 2000 |
Expanded pickle
line pit and added 2 - 10' deep acid tanks and second caustic
tank.
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| 2006 |
Dolf Daam
retires and sells company to a group of four long-term employees.
Darcy Pretula, Dale Butterworth, Ian Stevens, and Kamal
Elzein.
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| 2008 |
Daam Galvanizing
Co. Ltd. acquires a controlling interest in Provincial Galvanizing
Ltd. Saskatoon, SK
Installed a 12.6m
x 1.0m x 2.4m galvanizing kettle complete with state of
the art furnace. |
Since our founding, we have continued our philosophy of continuously
improving our operations to maintain world class facilities in
terms of quality, efficiency, capacity, and service.
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