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‘Made in Canada’ Tour
Eldale Machine & Tool Putting the spin into agricultural machinery Eldale Machine & Tool sits right in the heart of the Waterloo County agricultural community, in Elmira, Ontario. For more than 40 years, Eldale has been manufacturing a full line of hubs and spindles from 1,000 lb to 40,000 lb capacity. Their spindles are used on everything from grain and turnip carts, farm wagons, manure handling equipment and mining and forestry equipment, right down to small utility trailers. Their capabilities extend to modifying their hubs for custom applications such as turntables, coulter hubs, pivot points and other industrial applications. The company also offers custom repairs and tractor spindle repairs on site. ‘Made in Canada’ President of Eldale Machine & Tool, Randy Bauman spoke of the importance of ‘Made in Canada’: “‘Made in Canada’ has helped our business in terms of export as other countries look to Canada for superior workmanship and high standards. When they see 'Made in Canada' they are confident they will be receiving a very high-quality product."
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Eldale is feeling the supply chain squeeze as many other manufacturers are. “Lead times and costs have skyrocketed and it is difficult to source the items we need. We have the orders and could ship more product if we had what we required.”
“'Made in Canada' has helped our business in terms of export as other countries look to Canada for superior workmanship and high standards.” Second location in 2022 Despite the challenges supply chain issues are causing the company, Bauman predicts steady growth over the next three years. They have added a second shift, are now at capacity in their current facility and are excited to be opening a second location in the new year. Says Bauman, “This will give us much needed space, making it possible for us to expand and to continue to increase sales.”
Innovation When asked about the most important innovation that Eldale has seen over the past few years, Bauman says that the installation of new state-of-the-art pieces of equipment have helped the company grow. “We have been investing heavily in technology and this has made it possible for us to be far more efficient and in turn produce more product with less labour.”
Horst/HLA Horst Welding has 300 employees. Located in Listowel, Ontario, the company manufactures farm wagons, loader attachments and snow blades. In the early 1990s, the HLA line of Horst Loader Attachments was conceived. The HLA brand of attachments includes adaptors, buckets, grapples, hydraulic rotary brooms, spears and more. In the mid-1990s HLA Snow was added. Today, it is an integral piece of the HLA product line. HLA Snow is committed to providing customers with innovative snow and ice handling blades, buckets, and spreaders. Horst Wagons is Horst Welding’s line of top-quality farm wagons that farmers can trust for reliability and durability.
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