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by several acquisitions including Speedy Indus-
trial Door in Hamilton and the Richards-Wilcox
operations in Mississauga, ON. Their locations
in Mississauga, Hamilton and Cambridge pro-
vide products and services across Ontario.
“We’re a very, very large distributor of hi-
speed rubber doors and rolling steel doors.
We’re doing one for Viva right now,” Mr. Stew-
art said. “…we jumped on the rubber door
product before anyone else did and became
the largest dealer in North America for rubber
doors.”
In fact, their products are almost everywhere
you turn. At Toronto Pearson Airport, most of
the hangar doors were built by Wilcox Door.
And then there are the retail, condominium
and parking garage customers across Ontar-
io. Industrial organizations turn to Wilcox not
only for doors, but dock equipment, cranes,
heavy-duty fans, energy-efficient lighting and
security products such as gates and fencing.
The client list goes on and on, everything from
long-term private business contracts to gov-
ernment tenders.
It’s the way they operate that has led to Wil-
cox Door’s success, Mr. Stewart explained.
“I think it’s probably our processes, how we
get return business by doing the jobs prop-
