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Apex Industries Inc.
In 1961, the roots of the Apex group of companies began in a small machine shop on Pacific Ave. in Moncton. Over the years, constant growth and change has resulted in today’s four main divisions with several subdivisions.
The Apex fabrication shops, machine shops and offices are located at 120 Millennium Blvd. in Moncton, New Brunswick. The adjoining shops are housed in an approximately 30,000 square feet facility serviced by overhead cranes and jib cranes of various capacities.
The 50 – 75 staff at the Apex Custom Fabrication/Machining Division is a group of well-qualified, experienced and motivated marketers, estimators, technicians, fitters, welders, machinists, and support people. We produce ideas as well as machinery. Constant improvement in methods, processes and service are part of our corporate culture. Problem solving is our strength and we draw upon the depth of expertise and experience from all of our staff when challenges are encountered both through solving our customers needs and in the execution of a project.
This division provides custom fabrication, manufacturing, machining and repairs or reconstruction of structures and machinery. We market to construction, mines, mills, power plants and the transportation industry.
A sampling of products on our floor today includes underground continuous miner parts, material handling cranes, airport walkways and architectural structural steel.
Our primary market area is North America but we regularly ship product abroad to customers in the Caribbean and our products can be found in the UK, China, and some of the Pacific islands. We have observed that our organization and, in general, companies from Maritime Canada receive an excellent reception in the Global Marketplace. The work ethic, corporate culture and just plain old likeability of our people serve us well. Customers like to do business with us!
At Apex, Marketing is a long term investment. We concentrate on developing an ever-widening range of contacts which, in the fullness of time, become relationships that develop into long term partnerships.
At present, our biggest challenge is to maintain a constant workload in the face of the downturn in the North American Market and the weak U. S. dollar. We are obliged to look at a larger market area and to find customers/partners that can take advantage of our capacity to provide the products and services they require. Another challenge is to maintain a vision of what we want to do within the area of our strengths while remaining open to new opportunities.
Our almost daily use of various modes of transportation for both inbound raw materials and outbound product underlies our interest in The Transportation Club of Moncton. Most members have delivered something to us or transported finished product. For example, in 2001/2002, one project resulted in over 150 low bed trailer loads to Dallas, TX, many of them dimensional. In 2003, a similar project required over 30 dimensional, escorted loads to Chicago, IL. Another customer in New Jersey has had shipments on standard flat bed trailers on a regular basis for over four years. A significant percentage of our operation involves logistics and we are able to take advantage of the broad range of available service in the Moncton area.
For Apex, this reliable, versatile service is a key advantage in the marketplace.
In 1961, the roots of the Apex group of companies began in a small machine shop on Pacific Ave. in Moncton. Over the years, constant growth and change has resulted in today’s four main divisions with several subdivisions.
- Fabrication/Machine Shop
- Door Centre
- Door & Frame Manufacturing
- Contract Hardware-International
- Atlantic Door Division
- Contract Hardware-Regional
- Dartmouth Division
- Fredericton Division
- Overhead Door Division
- Technologies
The Apex fabrication shops, machine shops and offices are located at 120 Millennium Blvd. in Moncton, New Brunswick. The adjoining shops are housed in an approximately 30,000 square feet facility serviced by overhead cranes and jib cranes of various capacities.
The 50 – 75 staff at the Apex Custom Fabrication/Machining Division is a group of well-qualified, experienced and motivated marketers, estimators, technicians, fitters, welders, machinists, and support people. We produce ideas as well as machinery. Constant improvement in methods, processes and service are part of our corporate culture. Problem solving is our strength and we draw upon the depth of expertise and experience from all of our staff when challenges are encountered both through solving our customers needs and in the execution of a project.
This division provides custom fabrication, manufacturing, machining and repairs or reconstruction of structures and machinery. We market to construction, mines, mills, power plants and the transportation industry.
A sampling of products on our floor today includes underground continuous miner parts, material handling cranes, airport walkways and architectural structural steel.
Our primary market area is North America but we regularly ship product abroad to customers in the Caribbean and our products can be found in the UK, China, and some of the Pacific islands. We have observed that our organization and, in general, companies from Maritime Canada receive an excellent reception in the Global Marketplace. The work ethic, corporate culture and just plain old likeability of our people serve us well. Customers like to do business with us!
At Apex, Marketing is a long term investment. We concentrate on developing an ever-widening range of contacts which, in the fullness of time, become relationships that develop into long term partnerships.
At present, our biggest challenge is to maintain a constant workload in the face of the downturn in the North American Market and the weak U. S. dollar. We are obliged to look at a larger market area and to find customers/partners that can take advantage of our capacity to provide the products and services they require. Another challenge is to maintain a vision of what we want to do within the area of our strengths while remaining open to new opportunities.
Our almost daily use of various modes of transportation for both inbound raw materials and outbound product underlies our interest in The Transportation Club of Moncton. Most members have delivered something to us or transported finished product. For example, in 2001/2002, one project resulted in over 150 low bed trailer loads to Dallas, TX, many of them dimensional. In 2003, a similar project required over 30 dimensional, escorted loads to Chicago, IL. Another customer in New Jersey has had shipments on standard flat bed trailers on a regular basis for over four years. A significant percentage of our operation involves logistics and we are able to take advantage of the broad range of available service in the Moncton area.
For Apex, this reliable, versatile service is a key advantage in the marketplace.