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5977 Trans Canada Highway West
H9R 1C1, Montreal, Qc
Phone: (514) 630-2800
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WHY CHOOSE WALTER?
The beginning
At the end of the 19th century the Somers family founded their company in Germany, their native country. In 1939, Walter J. Somers emigrated to Canada and in 1952, the J. Walter Company is established as an importer of high-quality European power tools and abrasives for metalworking applications.
The key periods of transformation and growth
There are four key periods in Walter’s history. The 1950s and 1960s were the founding years, when Walter J. Somers established the company’s direction. With a focus on “Total Performance”, he brought the best high-performance tools to the Canadian market, first as an importer, then as a manufacturer of its own products within a few years.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Walter Surface Technologies added another dimension to its company philosophy: worker safety for both its own employees and customers. New products were developed with a renewed purpose: not just to help improve work processes, but to improve health and safety in the workplace as well.
The 1990s and 2000s saw an ambitious international expansion that started when Pierre Somers took over the business from his father in 1989. Walter Surface Technologies reached into the South American and European markets, significantly increasing its sales and profitability. This period also saw the launch of the company’s first environmentally-friendly products, long before the public heard about ‘sustainability’.
Today, Walter’s corporate values remain unchanged. Walter’s future technical innovations will evolve from the desire to increase efficiency, lower costs and improve processes for workers. During the last ten years the company has made sustainability more than a priority, it’s a core business value, and future research and development will be conducted within this key environmental paradigm.
Other milestones in the history of Walter :
- 1999 : Walter obtains the ISO 9001 certification.
- 2001: Walter develops a new environmental solution : the Bio-Circle parts cleaning system.
- 2001: Walter creates WalterShare!, an intranet that will allow sharing of knowledge used to encourage and promote the transfer of information between the various stakeholders of the company.
- 2006: Walter gets an award from the Wall Street Journal: The "Technology Innovation Award".
- 2010: Walter opens its new Headquarters built according to LEED environmental standards.
- 2011: Walter expands its operations by creating a support to the existing sales force by establishing a Call Center dedicated to prospecting new customers.
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