The story of Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc.
75 Years of unwavering service and customer support in the Canadian manufacturing industry
1905
Legend has it that one hundred and twenty years ago, in the summer of 1905, Hugo Frye, a German engineer vacationing in England, met and fell in love with a young lady named Beatrice Elliott. Hugo married Beatrice, moved to London and started an import business. Using his continental relations, he brought to the UK precision machine tools and accessories made in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
During World War I, to avoid restrictions imposed on a business owned by a German National (Hugo was still a German citizen), he transferred the ownership of the company to his wife, Beatrice – and changed the company name to the later famous, B. Elliott Group (BEG). After WW1 ended, Hugo, now an English citizen, expanded his business and started to manufacture machine tools under brand names which later became famous – Progress drills, Victoria milling machine, and many others.
1950
B. Elliott (Canada) Ltd. opened in 1950 in Port Hope, Ontario.
After a slow start, its newly appointed president, Erwin Fischer, moved the company to Toronto and rapidly expanded across Canada by purchasing established distribution companies (such as Miller Machinery in Toronto, Levine Machine Tools in Montreal, and International Equipment in Hamilton). In addition to machines manufactured by UK based sister group companies, B. Elliott Canada started to import and distribute machine tools made in East and West Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland. In 1973, Elliott was one of the first Canadian companies to sell NC machines.
1981
In September 1981, Michael Carr was named President. A short time later Frank Haydar came on board as V.P. Finance and Administration and Yves Juvet became V.P. Engineering. Vince D’Alessio completed the new management team in 1986.
Slowly, Elliott’s range of machine tool products expanded to CNC Metal Cutting Machinery, Metal Fabricating, Metrology, Electrical Discharge Machines and CAD/CAM software.
1988
In 1988, BEG sold its Canadian subsidiary to two of its main suppliers: Matsuura Machinery Corporation became Elliott’s majority shareholder, while Nakamura Tome Precision took a small minority position. The new owners encouraged Elliott’s quest for customer satisfaction through quality products and innovative services.
1992
Elliott purchased three acres of land in Oakville, Ontario and in October 1993 moved into its new,
employee-designed facility: 32,000sq.ft. of show rooms, plant, offices, training facilities, meeting rooms and metrology lab.
1997
Elliott changed its name to Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc.
2009
Michael Carr retired after 35 years of service, and Frank Haydar was named President. Elliott Matsuura continued on a growth trajectory, investing in W-Canada by hiring sales, service and applications engineers. In addition, Elliott Matsuura partnered with other complementary machine tool suppliers to meet the needs of the various markets across Canada.
2019
Vince D’Alessio became President of Elliott Matsuura Canada. Additional and strategic machine suppliers were added to Elliott’s portfolio to support Canadian manufacturing. Elliott Matsuura is now organized to be a total solution partner encompassing automation, engineering, start-up services, offering solutions in metal cutting, metal fabrication, EDM, additive manufacturing, and metrology.
Today
Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc. is an industry-leading supplier of quality machine tools coast to coast in Canada. Since 1950, Elliott has provided complex manufacturing solutions to meet the challenges of aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, and other industries.
Elliott’s portfolio includes products from Matsuura, Nakamura, Fanuc, Hurco, LVD, Hexagon, Correa, Tacchi and other suppliers of complementary products on an exclusive basis. Our machine technologies comprise of; Additive Manufacturing, Automation, Metal Cutting, EDM, Fabricating, and Metrology solutions.
As an organization of 95 employees, Elliott offers a multitude of services. Your business is unique and the issues you deal with every day are complex. That is why Elliott offers not only the best equipment in its class, but also a number of services including machine installation, preventative maintenance, training, full automated turnkey solutions, and spare parts availability. Elliott Matsuura has set the standard for the sales, applications, and service support. We make it easy to buy from Elliott with our special financing programs in Canada.
Celebrating 75 years in business!
Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc
2120 Buckingham Road, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6H 5X2
Website: www.elliottmachinery.com
Email: info@elliottmachinery.com
Tel: 905-829-221
