Sadler Conveyor
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| Robin & Sadler - 1881 print |
1881: Barry, Smith & Co. purchased the firm and in turn sold it to two employees - Robin & Sadler.
1884: George Walter Sadler acquired ownership of the firm. Since then, the Sadler family has owned and operated the business.
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| Montreal's 250th anniversary - 1892 print |
1892: G.W.Sadler received this commemorative souvenir plaque on the occasion of the City of Montreal's 250th anniversary - 1642 to 1892.
1895: Four storey plant built in Montreal at our present address, 1845 William St. Part ownership purchased in The Dunn Brothers Tannery of Stanbridge East in Quebec's Eastern Townships. In the early 1900s, G.F. Haworth Co., a Toronto belting mfg., was purchased and the name changed to Sadler & Haworth.
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| George W. Sadler - 1924 caricature |
1924: Presented to G.W. Sadler at Canadian. Manufacturers Association. annual convention by caricaturist Norman Holland. Recognized Sadler as one of the largest leather belting manufacturers in Canada. G.W. Sadler became the sole owner of the tannery and both manufacturing plants
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| George Sadler, an associate and Albert Sadler |
1925: George Sadler, an associate and Albert Sadler pose in front of their "modern car" and an ancient tree in Stanley Park, during a business trip to Vancouver B.C. Canada.
1926: G.W. Sadler Co. incorporated as G.W. Sadler Belting Co. Ltd.
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| George W. Sadler - painting of founder |
1932: G.W. Sadler died . His 26 year old grand-nephew, A.C. Sadler, became president.
1936: Company name changed to G.W. Sadler Co. Ltd. to reflect a wider range of manufacturing, including gloves.
1930 & 1940’s: Several firms acquired:- J.L. Goodhue & Co., W. Linton Belting Co. Ltd., Industrial Leather Products Ltd. and Mechanical Leather Products Co. Offices opened in Hamilton and Windsor, Ont. The post war years saw the rapid development of unit drives and increased mechanization. Sales of leather belting, gloves and leather specialties decreased.
1947: J.L. Goodhue & Co. became the parent company as part of a reorganization to expand into power transmission, conveyors and materials handling equipment. By the late 1950s these accounted for 80% of sales.
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| Albert C. Sadler - 1950's portrait |
1955: Manufacture of conveyors began in the Montreal plant. By 1957 an office in Winnipeg was opened. It was closed in the early 1960s because of the economic slowdown and the Hamilton office was consolidated with the Toronto office.
1959: J.L. Goodhue & Co. name was changed to Sadler Conveyor & Equipment Ltd. which was more in keeping with the products lines. Conveyor sales were 25%, power transmission 70% and leather belting, a lowly 5%.
1967: A.C. Sadler retired. The two older sons and great grand-nephews of the founder took over the management. Both were in their late 20s: Steve Sadler, Pres. & Mktg Mgr. and Neil Sadler, VP-Operations, began implementing plans for expansion which had evolved since they joined the firm in the early 1960s.
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| Steve and Neil Sadler in discussion |
1968: 73 year old plant was renovated and additional manufacturing space was added with new overhead traveling bridge cranes, production equipment and tooling.
1970: After 2 years of extensive redesign and marketing promotion of the Uni-Flo conveyor product line, 2 divisions were created - Sadler Conveyor Systems & Sadler Power Transmission. Steve Sadler relocated to Toronto office to boost market position. Neil Sadler remained in charge of the Montreal operation.
1972: Steve returned to Montreal. During the 1970s Sadler concentrated on specialized conveyor systems.
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| Sadler's 1968 plant addition |
1976: Our Centennial year. Name changed to Sadler Ltd/Ltee in keeping with the bilingual nature of Canada. Purchased 2 acres of land adjacent to the Toronto airport for the sight of a future facility.
1980: Capacity increased once again with the addition of a new building with overhead traveling bridge cranes to house the raw material and shipping/ receiving operations. Name changed once again to Sadler Inc. With the economic slowdown of early 1980s, plans for manufacturing facility in Toronto were deferred and land was sold.
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| Another plant addition - 1980 |
1980's: Sadler positioned solidly in the Canadian market as the largest Canadian-owned manufacturer of package handling conveyors. Continued to distribute a complete line of power transmission equipment.
1990: Beginning an economic slowdown and world recession of unequaled severity since the Great Depression.
1995: Established a sales office in Hartford CT. Began expansion in USA, Mexico and Central America.
1998: The realization of 2 years of development of our Solutions Photo Database of conveyor systems and special conveying equipment. Sadler web site went on line as:- http://www.sadler-conveyor.com
2001: Celebrated our 125th year during difficult economic times for capital equipment manufacturers.
