Samco Machinery celebrates 50th anniversary

Samco's Joe and Bob Repovs.

Samco Machinery, Toronto, Ont.-based roll forming equipment manufacturer, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

“I had no idea that Samco would ever evolve into what it has become,” says Joe Repovs, Samco founder. "You start out with a bit of a dream and your goal is to have a small shop where you employ five to 10 people. What I learned is that, if you do a decent job, the customer forces you to go bigger. You will grow with your customers. That is what happened with us. The customers forced us to go bigger and it rolled like a snowball.”

A world-class 164,000-square-foot manufacturing facility has been assembled to simulate a real working environment much like many customer plants. This allows Samco to produce the quality equipment, create maximum flexibility, and engineer products with the smallest possible footprint.

The Machinery division provides complete turnkey roll forming systems including uncoilers, coil cars, flatteners, roll form dies, roll formers, presses and material handling solutions for its global customers. The Rolling Division provides custom roll forming production services through its in-house rolling mills. The company’s Fabrication Division is a CWB-certified precision fabricator offering engineering solutions, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing services to multiple industries.

“The celebration of our 50-year milestone would not be possible without the dedicated employees, vendors and customers that have supported Samco all these years,” says Bob Repovs, president and CEO. “People, products, passion. These are the main driving forces at Samco Machinery and have been behind everything the company has done for the past 50 years. We’re a global exporter that believes in embracing innovation and in engineering solutions for our customers.”