Kris Fewster, President.
GREAT PEOPLE, BETTER SOLUTIONS, BEST COMPANY by Rennay Craats with photos by Riverwood Photography
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PS West is a group of curious thinkers who are relentless in their pursuit to provide better solutions — no matter what. They don’t conform to the everyday or do what’s easy to get out of work on time; it is just not part of their makeup. SPS West’s consultative approach means they work harder to learn about their customers’ businesses and earn their trust. What started as Sarnia Piping Specialties (SPS) in Ontario in 1974 has grown into a network of privately-owned companies across Canada. SPS West, with a head office in Calgary, opened in 1996 and while it operates independent of the eastern companies, they continue to collaborate and support each other as they carry on the SPS legacy of integrity, quality and service.
“It’s the same three original partners and now we all own our individual shops, but we still go to market together and share a lot of the same products across the country,” says Kris Fewster, president of SPS West. SPS West exclusively represents some of the bestin-class manufacturers in industrial safety such as Hughes Safety Showers, ThermOmegaTech and Drake Specialties. SPS West’s expertise in providing fluid handling solutions has spanned decades. Baum is the world’s largest lined pipe manufacturer and the company is the exclusive Canadian distributor/fabricator for Baum plastic-lined steel pipe. It also offers a great selection of ThermOmegaTech self-actuating
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