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CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - APRIL 2012
The company’s products have
a typical lifespan of about 10 years.
However, it is common for customers
to switch out trailer parts more
frequently. “We build a 20-year
trailer with the right maintenance,”
saysBouchard. “InWesternCanada,
and typically in the North, there is
very rough terrain that the trailers
have to deal with. Working in areas
where a shop isn’t around the corner,
the trailers have to be built well.”
Business
for
Arne’s was very slow
in 2009 and most
of 2010, but started
seeing improvements
in market conditions
in the final months of
2010, and 2011 was a pivotal year.
“There are strong signs that we were
going to climb out of this thing,” says
Bouchard. “Projects are ramping
back up because they
were stalled in bad years,
so that reflects on what
our year looks like. ”
Goals for the year ahead
include an increase in
production, a continued program
of development, and a business
plan that aims at getting more
competitive. Things have changed
greatly over nearly 60 years.
Bouchard adds: “More new people
now than old, but it is a great place
to work – everybody’s engaged.”
“
WE BU I LD’ EM
B E T T ER has
been the mot to and
focus of Arne’s for 58
years.”
ARNE’S