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1945
Higginson Equipment Sales was founded by Bob Higginson.
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1947
Higginson Equipment Sales became one of the first distributors for Deublin rotating unions.
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1952
Bob built a 4,200 sq. ft. facility in Burlington, Ontario.
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1954
Higginson Equipment Sales always had a hard-working team, but was never too proud to celebrate a sale.
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1956
Higginson Equipment Sales purchased Docylco cylinder company and began manufacturing air cylinders in Burlington, rebranded as HES.
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1962
Bob designed and built the first ever Higginson Equipment Sales NFPA cylinder.
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1972
Higginson Equipment Sales expanded facility to 7,500 sq. ft.
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1978
Higginson Equipment Sales begins manufacturing custom pneumatic cylinders.
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1988
Higginson Equipment Sales expanded their hydraulic cylinder line to include all NFPA mounts and bores up to 8 inch.
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1995
After Bob Higginson’s passing, Bill Allan (second from left) and Jim Eames (second from right) purchased the company.
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1998
Higginson Equipment Sales implemented an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning software system.
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2002
Higginson Equipment Sales develops the EconoMAX heavy duty truck and trailer cylinder.
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2003
Higginson Equipment Sales moved into custom 12,500 sq. ft. building in Burlington, Ontario’s East end.
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2008
Bill Allan assumes full ownership of Higginson Equipment Inc.
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2010
Continued growth leads to expansion into a 15,000 sq. ft. building at 1175 Corporate Drive, in Burlington.
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2013
Higginson Equipment Inc. acquires Amtec Hydraclamp, manufacturer of hydraulic nuts.
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2015
Higginson Equipment Inc. embraces the Lean Six Sigma method of project management and continuous improvement.
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2016
In May, Higginson Equipment Inc. sets a company record of over 800 cylinders in one month.
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2017
Higginson was awarded Gold level distributorship of Hengli America fluid power components.
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2018
Steed Machinery Inc. was added to compliment Higginson’s growing portfolio of fluid power products.
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2019
Higginson is named Pressure Accumulator Approved Distributor for all of Canada by Freudenberg Sealing Technologies.