History of ANDRITZ Hydro Canada
1892 | Canadian General Electric Company Limited is created from the merger of Edison Light Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Light Company of Canada. 500 employees in Peterborough already manufactured generators, transformers, motors, wire and lamps |
1920 | Dominion Engineering Works (DEW) is created |
1932 | Construction of Hydraulic Lab in Lachine, Quebec |
1962 | GE Canada acquires Dominion Engineering Works in Montreal |
1980 | Dominion Bridge-Sulzer joint venture created between Sulzer Brothers Inc. from Zurich and AMCA (parent company of Dominion Bridge) with its own workshops in Canada |
1998 | GE Hydro and Inepar are associated in Joint Venture in Brazil |
1999 | GE Hydro acquires Kvaerner from Norway including its technology |
| 2000 | VA Tech Hydro from Austria acquires Dominion Bridge-Sulzer. VA Tech Hydro Bouvier was already active in Compact Hydro market in Canada |
2006 | ANDRITZ acquires VA Tech Hydro. VA Tech Hydro Canada Inc. is created |
2008 | ANDRITZ completes the acquisition and integration of GE Hydro. ANDRITZ VA Tech Hydro Ltd is created. Only remaining Canadian manufacturing facility is the Bar Plant in Lachine, Quebec |
2009 | Company names change to ANDRITZ HYDRO Ltd and ANDRITZ HYDRO Canada Inc. |
2011 | Hemi Controls Inc (the Chambly office) was acquired by HCA in June 22, 2011 |
2014 | AFI Hydro Inc. (Paris) was acquired by HCA on April 30, 2014 |
2015 | ANDRITZ HYDRO Ltd is merged into ANDRITZ HYDRO Canada Inc. as of January 1, 2015 |
2018 | HMI Construction Inc, HMI Canada Inc. and HME Consultants Inc.( Boucherville, Quebec and Langley) were acquired by HCA on November 30, 2018 |
