Continuous service for 75 years...
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 10 consecutive years (2011-2021).
In Western Canada, we proudly represent equipment and parts lines from a full range of original equipment manufacturers including Link-Belt Cranes, LBX, and Terex trucks to serve the construction, mining, and forestry industries.
In Central Canada, ESS is the full-line distributor for Komatsu equipment, Link-Belt Cranes, and Soilmec foundation drill rigs, 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 facility provides the best in aftermarket parts & services to the customers in the Montreal region.
Equipment Sales & Service 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.
Our History
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Founded by Bill Willis
Started on Queen Street
Became Lima Distributor
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Bill Fox Started
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Moved to Lawrence Avenue
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Recession
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WM Deuel hired
Became Link-Belt Distributor
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Became Let. Westinghouse
Distributor for scrapers
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Dan Wood hired
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Orv Elliot hired
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Moved to 1030 Martin Grove Road
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Michael Willis hired
Became Eaton Yale & Towne Distributor
Trojan Loaders
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Became Wabco Distributor
Off-Highway Trucks
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32 Truck Order at INCO
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Peter Willis hired
Vic Boyd hired
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New Company Logo
Became Dynahoe Distributor
Opened Sudbury branch
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Became Adams Grader Distributor
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Rene Noel hired
Jim Ellsmere hired
Became AGL Distributor
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Bill Willis dies
Wm. Deuel President
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Jim Walsh hired
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New Computer system started
Peter Willis Parts/Service VP
Opened Ottawa Branch
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Purchase of W.E. Bolts assets (Alberta)
Opened branch in Calgary & Edmonton
Became ESCO (Alberta & BC) distributor
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New addition to 1030 Martin Grove Road
Recession West National Energy Policy
Purchase of W.J. Knox Assets (Esco)
Workshare Program
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Became a Barber Greene distributor
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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
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New Edmonton Branch built
Rene Noel Hired
Mike Smith Hired
Large Link-Belt order Pakistan
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Policy changes from rental business to outright sales
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Opened Tumbler Ridge branch
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Edmonton Tornado
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Bryan Hardman Hired
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Acquired assets of Dow Equipment (Buffalo)
Opened Branches: Buffalo, Rochester & Olean
1990 Recession
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Built Rochester building
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Opened Branch: Sparwood BC
Wm. Deuel becomes Chair of Board
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George Parps hired
Became Berco distributor
Opened branch in Montreal
Acquired assets of Les Equipment Chouinard
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Roger Short Hired
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Acquired assets of ITT Ltd (Stoney Creek)
Open Service Branch in Stoney Creek, ON
Became Kawasaki Distributor
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Acquired assets of Trakmaster Ltd. (Vancouver)
Open branch in Surrey BC
50th Anniversary Party
Michael Willis became President
Peter Willis became Chair of Board
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50% partnership in Carwil LLC Nevada
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Jodie Willis Hired
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Became Komatsu distributor. Branches: Toronto, Ottawa, London, & Sudbury
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Mark Finkelstein Hired - CFO
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Meghan (Willis) Paton hired
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Acquired 1032 Martin Grove Rd
Hired Mike Kashty - CFO
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Hired Drew Paton
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Hired Simon Willis
Winner of Canada's 50 Best Co. Award
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Hired Paul Dingley
Hired Morgan Cronin - President
Winner of Canada's 50 Best Co. Award
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Became MAEDA Cranes distributor
Winner of Canada's 50 Best Managed Company Award
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Winner of Canada's Best Managed Co. Award
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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
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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
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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
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Winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies Platinum Club designation
Ottawa branch expansion
Appointed distribution rights for Link-Belt Excavators in Southern Alberta
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Best Managed Companies - Platinum Member
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Best Managed Companies - Platinum Member
