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Policy,
Tradition, Commitment...
Since 1961, A.C.T. Equipment Sales
Ltd. has been dedicated to helping
industries in Canada grow.
A.C.T. can always be counted on.
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A.C.T. takes pride in offering an extensive
product line geared towards the industrial
market, specializing in abrasives, cutting
tools, pneumatic tools and accessories,
measuring tools and machine tool accessories.
With over 500 years of combined knowledge
and experience, our team is staffed with
skilled people that our customers and suppliers
can count on.
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17 years combined experience as a
machinist and industrial products/tool
salesman, Mr. Alf Barbour decided
to strike out on his own.
Alf
started A.C.T. Equipment Sales Ltd.
with the help of his wife on January
2, 1961, working out of the basement
of his home.
For many years Alf found that he
had to work more than 12 hours a
day, 7 days a week in order to help
the business to grow.
Alf
often travels to Europe and the
Pacific Rim, especially Taiwan and
Japan in order to maintain contact
with new and existing suppliers.
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Alf Barbour was one of the finalists in
the Master Entrepreneur category for Master
Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999.
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1962
A year after starting the company,
Alf purchased a small house on Dawson
St. in Burnaby and moved the company
there.
During these first five years, the
company staff grew to a total of
6
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1970
The original structure was replaced
with a new 5,000 square foot building
on the same property.
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1991
A.C.T. Head Office was moved to
its present location, a 30,000 square
foot building at 4455 Alaska Street
in Burnaby.
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Since the
inception of the company, Alf Barbour
and his wife have continued to re-invest
the company’s earnings into future
growth.
Rather than personal wealth, the Barbour's
financial priority is helping the company
to grow and prosper.
Plans
for the Future
A.C.T.
has a great team and will continue to
hire highly qualified people, as well
as training its own team members, so that
it can continue to grow throughout Western
Canada.
A.C.T’s approach to the future is
both global and long-term; it maintains
steady incremental growth and continues
to expand its major product lines.
The company has achieved success as an
industry leader, and consistently outperforms
other distributors in the industry.
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