Solid Ally since 1895
Since 1895, Garant has been manufacturing quality tools in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec. Today, we're proud to be Canada's leading manufacturer of non-powered tools for gardening, construction, percussion and snow removal.
More than 350 dedicated employees work in our two facilities today, manufacturing, assembling and distributing Garant products for sale in garden centres, specialty hardware stores and home building centres across Canada.
2 Factories in Canada
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Factory - St-François, QCOur furnaces are still firing in Saint-François, where our employees manufacture more than 11 million tools each year.
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Saw mill - Woodstock, NBOur saws are still running in Woodstock, New Brunswick, where our wooden handles are milled.
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+ 4,800 points of sale in Canada
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+ 2000 products
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+ 350 employees
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+ 125 years of history
Management Team
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Pierre-Yves MartinGeneral Manager
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Roland DoréVice President Operations
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Julie PotvinVice President Finance and Administration
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Jonathan ColeVice President Sales and Customer Service
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Isabelle LeclercVice President of Human Resources and Communications
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David BoiesInnovation Director
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Benoit DespatisIT Director
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Éric JenkinsProcurement & Planning Director
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Patrick JulienEngineering Director
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Alexandre LafranceNational Director of Business Development
The Ames Family
In January 1991, Garant Inc. is sold to Hanson, PLC, a multinational building materials company that owns AMES, a major U.S. manufacturer of lawn and garden tools with product lines similar to Garant’s. AMES invests more than $3.5 million in the modernization of the factory and the Woodstock mill. Shortly after, Garant invests in plastic injection molding presses and brings plastic production in-house.