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CONTINUOUS SERVICE FOR 75 YEARS...

Equipment Sales & Service Limited was founded in 1946, ranking it with Canada's oldest and most established equipment companies. Now in our third generation as a private family-owned business, ESS retains the flexibility to respond to customer needs quickly and to keep pace with our rapidly changing global economy. ESS takes pride in delivering a personal standard of service to customers based on our traditional values of hard work, integrity, and shared responsibility. In addition to our sales of heavy equipment, ESS is one of Canada's largest national service providers, supporting all makes of machinery with factory-trained service technicians and the nation's largest inventory of OEM, wear parts, and aftermarket parts. Our commitment to customer service is matched by our commitment to ESS employees. Our safety policy and staff training programs are designed to keep ESS personnel healthy, productive, and at the top of the equipment service professions.

In Western Canada, we proudly represent equipment and parts lines from a full range of original equipment manufacturers including Link-Belt Cranes, and Link-Belt Excavators to serve the construction, mining, and forestry industries.

In Central Canada, ESS is the full-line distributor for Komatsu equipment, Link-Belt Cranes, Soilmec Foundation drill rigs, Sandvik, and Geax serving construction, infrastructure, and demolition contractors throughout Ontario. We also meet our customers' needs with complete lines of parts suited to any application and any make or model.

In Quebec, our ESStrac facilities provides the best in aftermarket parts & services to customers in the Montreal & Quebec City region.

Equipment Sales & Service Limited has been keeping Canada's heavy equipment up & running for more than 75 years. Every day, we prove our commitment to maximizing uptime and productivity for customers at work in construction, demolition, road building, mining, aggregates, forestry, and more. In addition to being the authorized dealer for many of today's most respected equipment brands in the equipment industry, ESS is renowned as Canada's largest supplier of aftermarket equipment parts and as an experienced specialist in undercarriage service. We have won Canada's Best Managed Companies award for 12 consecutive years (2011-2023).

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1946

  • Founded by Bill Willis
  • Started on Queen Street
  • Became Lima Distributor

1947

  • Bill Fox Started

1948

  • Moved to Lawrence Avenue

1950

  • Recession

1951

  • WM Deuel hired
  • Became Link-Belt Distributor

1953

  • Became Let. Westinghouse
  • Distributor for scrapers

1960

  • Dan Wood hired

1961

  • Orv Elliot hired

1962

  • Moved to 1030 Martin Grove Road

1963

  • Michael Willis hired
  • Became Eaton Yale & Towne Distributor
  • Trojan Loaders

1966

  • Became Wabco Distributor
  • Off-Highway Trucks

1968

  • 32 Truck Order at INCO

1969

  • Peter Willis hired
  • Vic Boyd hired

1970

  • New Company Logo
  • Became Dynahoe Distributor
  • Opened Sudbury branch

1971

  • Became Adams Grader Distributor

1972

  • Rene Noel hired
  • Jim Ellsmere hired
  • Became AGL Distributor

1973

  • Bill Willis dies
  • Wm. Deuel President

1974

  • Jim Walsh hired

1977

  • New Computer system started
  • Peter Willis Parts/Service VP
  • Opened Ottawa Branch

1978

  • Purchase of W.E. Bolts assets (Alberta)
  • Opened branch in Calgary & Edmonton
  • Became ESCO (Alberta & BC) distributor

1980

  • New addition to 1030 Martin Grove Road
  • Recession West National Energy Policy
  • Purchase of W.J. Knox Assets (Esco)
  • Workshare Program

1981

  • Became a Barber Greene distributor

1982

  • Became International Harvester distributor
  • Open House & auction at Martin Grove Rd. Large truck orders. Tunisia/Sira Lanka
  • Purchases assets of Fedquip
  • Branches Timmins Sudbury SSM

1984

  • New Edmonton Branch built
  • Rene Noel Hired
  • Mike Smith Hired
  • Large Link-Belt order Pakistan

1985

  • Policy changes from rental business to outright sales

1986

  • Opened Tumbler Ridge branch

1987

  • Edmonton Tornado

1989

  • Bryan Hardman Hired

1990

  • Acquired assets of Dow Equipment (Buffalo)
  • Opened Branches: Buffalo, Rochester & Olean
  • 1990 Recession

1991

  • Built Rochester building

1994

  • Roger Short Hired

1995

  • Acquired assets of ITT Ltd (Stoney Creek)
  • Open Service Branch in Stoney Creek, ON
  • Became Kawasaki Distributor

1996

  • Acquired assets of Trakmaster Ltd. (Vancouver)
  • Open branch in Surrey BC
  • 50th Anniversary Party
  • Michael Willis became President

1998

  • 50 partnership in Carwil LLC Nevada

1999

  • Jodie Willis Hired

2001

  • Became Komatsu distributor. Branches: Toronto, Ottawa, London, & Sudbury

2003

  • Mark Finkelstein Hired - CFO

2004

  • Meghan (Willis) Paton hired

2007

  • Acquired 1032 Martin Grove Rd
  • Hired Mike Kashty - CFO

2010

  • Hired Drew Paton

2011

  • Hired Simon Willis
  • Winner of Canada's 50 Best Co. Award

2012

  • Hired Paul Dingley
  • Hired Morgan Cronin - President
  • Winner of Canada's 50 Best Co. Award

2013

  • Became MAEDA Cranes distributor
  • Winner of Canada's 50 Best Managed Company Award

2014

  • Winner of Canada's Best Managed Co. Award

2015

  • Winner of Canada's Best Managed Co. Award - Gold Standard
  • Acquired Adjacent Property for Edmonton Branch
  • Became Terex Truck Distributor - Alberta, NWT
  • Became Morbark Distributor: Alberta

2016

  • Winner of Canada's Best Managed Co. Award - Gold Standard
  • Became distributor: TEI rock drill
  • Became Soilmec distributor at multiple locations
  • ESS Appointed Berco Distributor for Alberta & BC

2017

  • Platinum Club winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies
  • Expands drilling and foundation business with Selix acquisition
  • ESS adds Link-Belt Cranes distribution to British Columbia
  • Edmonton branch expansion
  • Appointed National distribution rights for ITM Undercarriage Mining & Construction products

2018

  • Winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies Platinum Club designation
  • Ottawa branch expansion
  • Appointed distribution rights for Link-Belt Excavators in Southern Alberta

2019

  • Best Managed Companies - Platinum Member

2020

  • Best Managed Companies - Platinum Member

2021

  • Best Managed Companies - Platinum Member
  • ESS celebrates 75th Anniversary, serving Canada’s construction, mining, and forestry industries since 1946
  • ESS acquires Belcher Machinery Parts in Quebec