A Guelph manufacturing company celebrated 50 years in business with a splash on Friday.
Trimaster employees marked a half-century by taking turns trying to knock senior leadership in a dunk tank, while raising funds for Guelph Food Bank.
Donations of $5 gave a shot at the production manager, $10 for the general manager, $20 for the president, and $50 for the COO, with Trimaster matching donations to the charity.
The event raised a total of $4,110.
Trimaster specializes in precision machining, elastomer moulding and grinding and more, manufacturing parts for other industries like aerospace, automation and medical. For instance, bone screws and implants.
“Our strategy as a group is to go after markets or products that are essential to the world,” said president Enrico Innocende, adding they hope to grow in the medical sector in the coming years.
The company started 50 years ago as a small start-up in a garage and grew from there. It was founded by three people 50 years ago, which is why it’s called Trimaster, Stacey said.
However, one dropped out, leaving founders George Robertson and Dave Marshall to run the business for the next decade or two.
The company was sold several times over the years, and in the 1990s expanded to its current location on 95 Curtis Dr. It’s continued to expand ever since, he said.
Stacey attributes the company’s longevity to its customer service – “giving customers what they want on time” – and its ability to adapt to new industries, most recently the aerospace and medical industries.
For Innocende, it’s the people themselves.
“They really make or break (it),” he said.
He said it’s also important to focus on reliability and doing things the right way, rather than shooting for perfection.
“If you can just be good enough, you will be great. A lot of people don't don't understand, they think you have to be perfect to be successful. You just need to be a little bit better than everybody else. You don't need to be the best. Just do whatever you know how to do, do it right, be reliable, and you will be successful.”
