Gremada Industries Inc. celebrates 55 years of a proud history of serving its customers, employees and the community. It all started in...
1955
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Long before “Green” was popular; Gremada Industries has a vision of becoming the leader in salvage, repair, and remanufacturing.
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| 1962 |
Gremada Industries Inc. is incorporated providing rebuilding and welding services to Caterpillar distributors throughout North America.
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| 1975 |
Sales growth leads to the opening of a state of the art remanufacturing center in West Fargo, ND. By this time Gremada is refurbishing parts for over 90% of the Caterpillar dealers in the US.
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| 1981 |
Greg Butler takes over as CEO of Gremada Industries Inc.
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| 1985 |
Caterpillar and Gremada begin negotiations to remanufacture final drive hubs.
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| 1988 |
Gremada begins to remanufacture Caterpillar final drive groups.
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| 1990 |
Gremada begins to remanufacture Caterpillar brake bands and shoes.
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| 1993 |
Gremada begins to remanufacture Caterpillar torque converters and transmissions.
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| 1994 |
The Fargo Moorhead Chamber of Commerce honors Gremada as one of the 10 fastest growing companies in the area.
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| 1995 |
Facilities are further expanded to provide manufacturing and warehouse space totaling 88,000 square feet in West Fargo and 92,000 square feet in Fargo.
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| 1996 |
Gremada receives the Triumph award for excellence in the field of remanufacturing.
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| 1996 |
Gremada becomes one of the first companies in North America to utilize laser technology in the remanufacturing process, adding services such as laser heat treating and laser cladding.
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| 2000 |
Gremada goes live with the SAP software application.
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| 2001 |
Gremada opens Laser Cladding Services in Houston, Texas to provide protective coatings that increase product lifespan for customers primarily in the oil and gas industry.
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| 2007 |
After again expanding beyond its facilities, Gremada adds a 36,000 square foot addition to West Fargo and leases a 20,000 square foot facility in Harwood, North Dakota.
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| 2008 |
Gremada sells most of its North Dakota assets to Caterpillar. Laser Cladding Services is purposefully excluded from this transaction.
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| 2009 |
Steven F. Walker named President and CEO of Gremada Industries Inc. |
