To celebrate the 40 year milestone, the worldwide staff and their spouses enjoyed a "Thank you" dinner boat cruise in the Toronto harbor last week.
Enjoying Toronto before the dinner cruise
The Cravo group boarding the cruise ship
During the celebration, Cravo President and CEO Richard Vollebregt summarized how the product has changed over the last 40 years:
- 40 years ago: developed and manufactured retractable tarping systems for dump trucks
- 36 years ago: diversified into designing and manufacturing retractable shading and energy curtains for inside greenhouses
- 34 years ago: developed the first retractable roof curtain system for protecting outdoor crops
- 25 years ago: developed the world's first retractable roof greenhouse
- 12 years ago: developed the sensors and computer control system to optimize the control of the retractable roof and walls
- 8 years ago: developed the retractable roof production system and protocols for vegetables, cherries and berries
- Listen to the problems that your customer has. The opportunities lie in determining solutions to your customers' problems
- Always look for opportunities to innovate
- Create a strong engineering department since that is the only way you have a chance to manufacture things repeatedly
- Nobody gets a job that they are not qualified for
- Learn how to make decisions. Along the way you will make mistakes. Once somebody made a $1,000 mistake.... he said " I just invested $1,000 in you, please learn from your mistake and don't make this mistake again"
- Give and you will receive
For more information
Cravo Equipment Ltd.
30 White Swan Road
Brantford, Ontario
Canada
T: (1) 519-759-8226
Brantford, Ontario
Canada
T: (1) 519-759-8226
F: (1) 519-752-0082