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Company Overview

For over 30 years, Arpac’s three divisions, Storage Products, Lift Trucks and Dock Equipment, have distributed a broad range of material handling equipment in Western Canada and the North Western United States.

We offer innovative, cost effective and fully integrated material handling solutions for commercial, industrial and institutional customers.

Our team, over 200 strong, is guided by a unified corporate vision that puts our customers and their needs first. Our goal is to offer quality products and services that will help them run their businesses better, today and in the future.

Our processes are streamlined by Lean Principles and our drive for superior service, customer focus, quality, innovation and growth keeps us continuously improving and offering value to those we do business with.

In addition to our head office and storage products manufacturing plant in Delta, BC, we maintain sales and service facilities in Delta and Langley, BC, and Calgary and Edmonton, AB.

Key Points in History

1973 - Arpac formed as distributor of storage products

1979 - New plant in Delta, BC, constructed and we began manufacturing our own product lines

1983 - First expansion of manufacturing plant

1984 - Established Lift Truck division to represent Crown in BC

1989 - Constructed second building in Delta to accommodate our growing Lift Truck division

1990 - Established sales and service offices in Calgary and Edmonton, AB

1990 - Crown expanded Arpac’s market area to include AB

1994 - Nissan appointed Arpac to represent their forklift line in BC and AB

1998 - Rite-Hite and Frommelt appointed Arpac to sell and service dock and door products in BC and AB

2003 - Constructed third building in Delta to accommodate our expanding business

2003 - Expanded manufacturing operations in Delta

2003 - AB focuses solely on the sale of lift trucks and the service of lift trucks and dock equipment

2003 - Celebrated our 30th year providing innovative and cost-effective material handling solutions

2004 - Arpac adopted Lean Principles to ensure processes are streamlined and efficient

2005 - Arpac increased its lift truck rental units to include 13 different lines in BC and AB

2005 - Edmonton branch relocated to larger premises

2006 - Edmonton branch expanded again

2009 - Calgary branch relocated to larger premises