Legacy BUSINESSES
50
MORE THAN
YEARS
Front row left to right: Jerry Ranson, Tim Lewis, Cris Finley, Carol Robinson, Lon Canada Back row left to right: Michael McChesney, Linda Grant, Ron Banks, Brett Dalman, Todd Nelson
since 1947
The canada company What began in 1947 with H.W. Arduser as the Arduser & Company continues to serve the oil and gas industry with the priority being serving its customers. In 1967, Lon Canada joined the company and bought it in 1974. Two years later the company’s name changed to the Canada Company. Steve Curley and Carol Robinson bought the company in 2000, but after Curley suffered a life-altering accident in 2001, Robinson has since been the sole owner. The Canada Company prides itself on customer service, says Robinson. “We are the ‘small guy’ that interfaces between the customer and the ‘large corporation,’” she says. “We provide that close, hands-on relationship to the customer on our manufacturer’s behalf.” The Canada Company is the manufacturers’ representative and distributor selling process control instrumentation such as vibration monitoring, pressure/temperature/differential pressure transmitters, flow meters, tank gauging, and flame and gas detection industry, as well as general industry. The company is committed to quality processes and services, and continuously works to improve procedures. Its current area of sales responsibility includes
4141 South 87th East Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145 (918) 622-5400 www.canadaco.com
the Oklahoma, Kansas, southern Nebraska, the Texas panhandle and western Arkansas. Throughout the decades, the company has committed itself to the community by donating to several area nonprofits as well as dedicating itself to providing quality products for the community. When Mr. Canada bought the company there were four employees. With the advent of the oil shale plays in Oklahoma and Texas, it grew to nine employees, including an office in the Oklahoma City area. In 2008, CanServ LLC formed as a ‘sister’ company providing service and support for Canada Company products. The business model hasn’t changed much since the founding of the company and even relationships that were forged by Arduser remain intact. “We believe customer service and quality products are still the No. 1 goal,” Robinson adds. “With our lives so entangled in electronics, a real body and voice is most important.”