Crane Supply, Woodbridge, ON

TORONTO, ONTARIO - April 11th, 2006 - Crane Supply, a Crane Co. Company, today announced the launch of its 100th anniversary celebrations. Founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1906, Crane Supply will turn 100 years old this year. Throughout its initial 70 years, the Crane name in Canada grew to include numerous plants and potteries, manufacturing everything mechanical, from boilers and radiators, to valves and pumps. By the mid-1960s, the distribution arm had grown to 16 Canadian branches, and lead to a re-organization of subsidiary companies. In 1964 Crane Supply emerged as its own operating division, focusing on the needs of mechanical customers, including refineries, pulp mills, nuclear stations, mines, railroads, even military vessels.