Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Gananoque Steel Forging, 1993



Commemorative casting celebrating the renaming of the Stelco plant to Gananoque Steel Forging. The plant was then acquired by Mahle Engine Components in 1997 and was closed without warning in mid-December 2005. (Merry Christmas, employees!) 
 The usual corporate musical chairs game, the factory had started as Byers Manufacturing in 1865, in 1960, now named Stelco, it produced engine parts for Ford and Chrysler. There was a significant strike in 1990, then renamed GSF in 1993.  Bought by Brockhaus (Mahle) in 1997, the company continued to make engine components, towards the end it specialized in "cracked" connecting rods.  

 

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  1. AnonymousJune 21, 2023 at 12:43 PM

    My dad worked for Stelco and used to have to go down to Gananoque once a quarter for inventories. An interesting pices of history!

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