Gray Tools
| Gray Tools logo 2011 | |
| Private | |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | Toronto, Ontario, Canada (September 12, 1912) |
| Founder | Alex Gray |
| Headquarters | Brampton, Ontario[1], Canada |
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Number of locations
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2 |
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Number of employees
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100 (2011) |
| Divisions | Dynamic Tools |
| Website | www.graytools.com |
Gray Tools is a Canadian professional tool company based in Brampton, Ontario. Founded in 1912 by Alex Gray, Gray Tools is Canada's largest professional tool manufacturing company, with 4000 industrial products available.[2]
History
Gray Tools Canada was founded in 1912 by Alex Gray as a machinery equipment supplier.[3] As the automobile industry was starting up, Gray began making automobile manufacturing tools and tool kits specific to the automobile companies in nearby Detroit.[citation needed] In May 2012, President and owner Alex Gray III sold the company to Garry Nuttall and Frank Dominguez. Alex Gray III remains with the company as chairman.[citation needed]
As of 2013, the company employed 60 people[4] at its head office in Brampton, Ontario, where all manufacturing is done.[5] Company warehouses are located in Brampton and Edmonton, Alberta.[6]
Gray Tools celebrated its 100th birthday by making a large donation of tools and equipment to local schools and by initiating the Gray Tools Canada Highest Standard Achievement Award, presented to a student with exceptional success in vocational education.[5][7][8]
Products
The main focus at Gray tools is the professional hand tool line. Tool storage and organization is a subsidiary product line. A cheaper line of foreign-made tools sold as Dynamic are made to compete with the middle range tool marketplace.[3]
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. Industry Canada web site.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bitti, Mary Theresa. Video: Gray Tools twists what it means to go offshore. Financial Post, 12 December 2003.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gray Tools brightens school programs. Brampton Guardian, 6 March 2013.
- ↑ Treble, Patricia. Tool geeks only have eyes for Grays. McLean's magazine, 29 September 2012.
- ↑ Gray Tools launches achievement award. Woodworking.
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