We are a high precision supply chain partner for CNC machined components.  Our aim is to create long term partnerships with a book of repeat or long running parts.  We turn difficult jobs into repeatable and dependable processes. 

Brotech offers CNC machining services since 1995. Whether the job has called for exacting tolerances that stretch industry standards or working with difficult and exotic materials, Brotech has been able to deliver precision CNC machining where others could not.

Since the beginning, we have been machining excellence into each and every product that leaves our premises. From materials and tolerances to finishes and packaging, excellence is always our target output.

Brotech Precision CNC

We have earned a reputation for excellence in precision CNC machining

Albarrie is a company of highly skilled professionals. We’re engineers, designers, fabricators and technical support people, united in a single mission: to partner and solve problems.

A brief history of textiles

They’re not just for clothing and carpets anymore. Textiles have been with us for a long time, and their uses have evolved significantly.

No one is certain when exactly humans started making and using textiles, but it’s sure been a while. The earliest sewing needles and dyed fibers ever discovered (in Europe) are almost 40,000 years old.

Since then the textile industry has seen many significant developments. Fabrics began to be made in factories during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In fact, the textile industry was the first ever to use modern factory production methods, and employed more people than any other sector during the Industrial Revolution.

In the mid-20th century, as demand for new applications grew, synthetic fibers were invented. Polyester, one of the more well-known such fibers, first arrived on the scene in 1953.

Naturally, new manufacturing and material innovations meant that textiles could be used in new ways. Albarrie has been at the forefront of this innovation ever since our beginnings in 1981. Our advanced technical textiles, which we design and manufacture in our 79,000 square foot North American facility, are used all over the world to keep dust and particulates out of the air, to contain oil spills and to make industrial processes safer and more efficient.

Who would have thought that textiles could serve such an important role in making our lives, and our planet, better?

Albarrie Canada Limited

The company originated in 1945 from humble beginnings as a three man team working out of an old horse barn in the community of Barrie, Ontario. In 1955, a new industrial location was purchased and outfitted with more modern equipment to meet the needs of a growing city and area. By 1974, the original owners were ready for retirement and sold the business to four current employees. By that time, the shop had grown tenfold and employed 30 staff members. The new ownership group envisioned the company as a unique “one-stop-shop” and set about making that vision a reality. Today, Barrie Welding & Machine (1974) Ltd facilities cover an entire city block, roughly 250,000 square feet, and employs a team of over 230 extremely skilled staff. These skills, combined with the cutting edge equipment found within our shops, has permitted the company to reach the goal of being one of the most well rounded jobbing shops in North America. We now service a diverse range of clientele from almost all sectors of the economy and on a global scale.
Originating as a partnership spun out of Barrie Welding & Machine in 1979, our sister companies Western Mechanical and Western Hydraulics have grown to be leading suppliers of industrial services. Offerings include mechanical, electrical, and civil contracting, heavy lifts and transportation, millwrighting, and hydraulic services

Barrie Welding & Machine

Glueckler Metal Inc. (GMI) was first established through trial and error in a family-owned garage in 1985 and has evolved over the past 30+ years to be a corporation that currently employs 100+ people on Canadian soil. A key component to our success has been our underlying objective to always thoroughly understand our customers' requests. If we can understand the objective, we can meet the requirement and more often than not, exceed the expectation.

Since 1987, GMI has been a world-class precision machining, high volume, Safety Related Components (SRC) turned parts supplier. The strength of our team to continuously overcome the challenges of our ever-changing industry forms the backbone of our organization. Through our use of low cost raw materials, high volume process's and our unique supplier relationships, GMI has established a business that goes beyond manufacturing. Our capabilities have stretched from basic bar stock made with a range of mild carbon, to heat treated cold and hot rolled steel, in addition to both hot and cold forgings and in some cases pre-hardened, to ductile castings. Our history in SRC parts range from Jacks, Brakes, Steering, Engine and Hydraulics, most of which remain in our present day production.

In one of our first operating facilities, which was located in Barrie, ON, we used single & multi spindle screw machines with bar stock diameters ranging from .250" to 4.00". Housing a stable of over 50 multi-spindle screw machines, GMI was one of the largest machine shops in North America. To support high tolerance parts, we also held a bank of 10 centerless grinders. Due to our extremely large steel requirements, we also housed our own steel processing equipment, including bar straighteners, peelers and saws.

As time progressed, and our requirement to run more advanced SRC parts with restricted tolerances grew, as well as continuous improvement initiatives for our existing products, GMI added over 30 multi spindle, multi-axis CNC machining centers. In house, we have a fully autonomous scrap system that requires zero manual labor, capable of returning over 5,000 tons of scrap per year. Supporting our customers' needs for high quality with low cost, we have a central coolant system that is chilled and pressurized to maximize product quality and tool life. We've also added an extensive array of robotics to our current facility, located in Elmvale, ON, as our primary purpose in their use is to deliver enhanced quality as their consistency and repeatability is undeniably unmatched by human capability.

In the Company's history, we have exported to customers in various countries, on 3 different continents, with the majority of our production today bound for Global destinations. When developing a new process or family of products, we do so keeping in mind where the product(s) or task(s) are required on a global level. We've continuously supported our customers with their global growth through supplying many of their using facilities in the regions they have expanded too. Although our primary focus has been to service the transport industry on a global scale, including Heavy Truck & Trailer as well as Light Vehicle Passenger Car & Pick-up, we continue to produce for various industries, including but not limited to, Hydraulic, Construction, Agricultural and Commercial.

With Health & Safety taking the forefront of our planning process, and being of primary concern, we are constantly seeking out ways to improve this area to eventually reach a goal of zero incidents or injuries. We train our personnel to understand the level in which safety plays in our complex world of production, but also how it plays into the stringent requirements of the finished product. At GMI, we exercise best Safety practices to ensure personnel are never in harm's way, allowing them to produce to the best of their ability.

With 30+ years of production and more than 750 million machined parts (mostly made of SRC's), our quality speaks for itself. We have yet to experience a product recall or any major product failure. GMI has been an ISO/QS accredited supplier for over 25 years and maintains a zero PPM's philosophy. We credit ourselves with having a strong understanding of what zero defects really requires, with many of our machining cell's using 100% post process measurement for critical safety or production related criteria.

At GMI, we believe it is everyone's responsibility to protect and to exercise due diligence when it comes to the environment. We pride ourselves in our environmentally conscious practices, but are continuously seeking out improvement in elimination of environmentally harsh content with the introduction of more harmonious materials and process's. The desired result is to provide the most efficient and effective working environment possible to deliver our customers the highest value at the lowest cost, meanwhile ensuring that we remain not only an environmentally conscious company, but continue to implement change that best serves the global environment.

Glueckler Metal Inc. (GMI) is committed to preventing and removing barriers and addressing current and future requirements.

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