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Gerald Cadorath plating in 1954
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A Timeline
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1954 -
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Gerald Cadorath rents the plating facility of
a local lamp company with the deal that he would do all their plating, but be able to do
his own as well. This is the beginning of Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. Approximately 3 months later, he moved Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. into it's first
official site on Higgins Avenue, in an old livery stable. It is in this location
where he finally hires his first employee
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1957 -
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Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. moves to a new 2
storey location on Ellen Street - this is the building where the company began to perform
hard chrome plating. |
1959 -
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A second employee is hired - Albert Turkula started with
the company and is still a loyal and valued employee today. |
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Picture of 1438 Church Avenue in 2001
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1964 -
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Gerald and Blanche Cadorath purchase their 1st building.
Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. moves to 1438 Church Avenue. At that time, this
building was 4,000 square feet - and the company barely filled one corner of the building. |
1976 -
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Gerald Cadorath sold shares of his company to Wilf Piche
and retired, leaving Wilf Piche at the helm. |
1977 -
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After 10 months of retirement, Gerald Cadorath returns to
the company he had started and nurtured throughout the years of growth and instability. Gerald and Wilf now find that Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. is too small for two
people to run. Together, they came across the making of auger flighting. In
order for them to see how this product was made, they found that they had to go to
England. In England and Sweden, they found some machines working and also found a
supplier of these machines. They purchased a machine and so began Uniflyte Co. Ltd.
Uniflyte now boasts a total of 10 flighting machines.
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1979 -
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1438 Church Avenue is now too small even
after 5 additions. What was once too big at it's original 4,000 sq. ft., is now
13,000 sq. ft. and still not big enough. A new 10,000 sq.
ft. building was built at 2150 Logan Avenue, however, 1438 Church Avenue is still open and
functioning, even today.
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Picture of The Cadorath Group Head Offices in
2001
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1990 -
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Uniflyte Inc. is created in Orion, Illinois to more
effectively supply the mid-western United States with Uniflyte's products. Uniflyte
now has two large facilities that are geographically positioned to serve it's markets in
Canada and the USA better and faster than ever before. 
Cadorath Aerospace Inc. was born to overhaul aircraft turbine engine
parts. Cadorath Aerospace supports the following aircraft engines, parts and
accessories:
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Pratt & Whitney - Sikorsky
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Lycoming
- Turbomeca
- General
Electric - Eurocopter
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Bell
- Honeywell
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Rolls-Royce -
Airbus
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and more...
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1995 -
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The Cadorath Group acquired it's distribution company,
Cadorath Aerospace Distribution Inc. (formerly Northern Turbine Services Inc.), which is
now one of the leading Rolls-Royce Model 250 distributors in the world. |
2001 -
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Cadorath Aerospace Inc. receives Rolls-Royce Approval -
Rolls-Royce has chosen Cadorath Aerospace as one of only four companies world wide to be
an "Approved Repair Facility" for the Model 250 Series Engine. We are
proud to be on this exclusive list. |
2002 -
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As of this year, The Cadorath Group of Companies are
growing and thriving. We now operate with over 140,000 sq. ft. of combined
manufacturing and office space, with just over 150 employees. |
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The Cadorath Group of Companies Management 2003
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