By Anna Guy
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I
t is a Canadian success story; for more
than a century, Ironside has been a
mainstay for metal work in Chilliwack.
Every week, trucks leave Ironside Design
Manufacturing’s 70,000-square-foot facil-
ity in Chilliwack, B.C. carrying products
destined to be shipped around the world.
The company has evolved over the years—
Ironside was initially a Blacksmith Shop
and a general manufacturer of farm equip-
ment—with the focus on CSP going back
to the 1960s.
Today, Ironside designs and makes Corru-
gated Steel Pipe manufacturing machines
for a global market. FromAustralia to North
and South America, Asia, Europe, and Af-
rica—many of the corrugated steel pipes
in the world are made with Ironside ma-
chinery.
REVOLUTIONARY
MACHINERY
In 1965, under the leadership of Jim Nys-
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