The manufacturing company celebrated with a dunk tank fundraiser, raising more than $4,100 for the Guelph Food Bank.
A Guelph manufacturing company celebrated its 50th anniversary in style Friday.
Tri-Master employees marked their 50th anniversary by taking turns submerging senior management in water while raising funds for the Guelph Food Bank.
A donation of $5 offered the chance to become production manager, $10 for general manager, $20 for president and $50 for COO, all of which were matched by Trimaster and donated to charity.
The event raised a total of $4,110.
Trimaster specializes in precision machining, elastomer molding, grinding, and more, and produces parts for other industries such as aerospace, automation, and medical, such as bone screws and implants.
“Our group's strategy is to go after markets and products that are essential to the world,” President Enrico Innocende said, adding that the company wanted to grow in the medical sector in the coming years.
The company started 50 years ago as a small start-up in a garage and has grown from there — it's called Trimaster because it was founded 50 years ago by three people, Stacey said.
However, one of them left and founders George Robertson and Dave Marshall ended up running the business for the next 10 to 20 years.
The company was sold several times over the years and expanded in the 1990s to its current location at 95 Curtis St. Since then, the company has continued to expand, he said.
Stacey attributes the company's longevity to customer service — “giving the customer what they want, on time” — and its ability to adapt to new industries, most recently aerospace and medical.
For Inocende, it is the people themselves.
“They really can make or break things,” he said.
He also said it's important not to strive for perfection, but to focus on reliability and doing things the right way.
“If you're good enough, you'll be great. A lot of people don't understand that. They think you have to be perfect to be successful. You just have to be a little better than other people. You don't have to be the best. Just do whatever you can, do it right, be reliable and you'll be successful.”
