Donald :
Since
March 22, 1945 Mr. Lapierre has led an impressive life from avionics to maple
syrup. After sixteen years of education, two of which were spent at Dorval
aeronautical institute, his two first employers were Air Canada in Dorval and
United Aircraft in Longueuil. From 1969-1971, he worked at “Veilleux Auto”
as an automobile mechanic, from which he left to become an automobile mechanic
professor at Polyvalente d’Abenakis in St-Prosper until 1976. He left his
job teaching to concentrate only on the fabrication of sugarhouse equipment.
Buildings : Mr.
Lapierre began fabricating, collection, filtration and concentration equipment
for maple sap in his 12’ x 16’ shop in St-Georges between 1972 and 1976.
Quickly running out of space, he built a 28’ x 30’ shop connected directly
to his house in St-Georges. In 1978, he made the decision to form a
corporation because of the evolution equipment fabrication, in 1979 he
acquired his father’s barn32’ x 96’ situated in St-Ludger.
In
1988 it became necessary to construct yet another shop. This time 60’ x
100’ with a 36’ x 30’ office section to conceptualise a new machine, the
reverse osmosis. As the years went by the new shop became too small for this
growing enterprise needs. This led to the purchase in 1995 of the old 75’ x
200’ Northwire shop situated along side the Chaudière river in St-Ludger,
which became a second fabrication and storage space.
In 1997 Mr. Lapierre added an extra 35’ x 60’ space to the already
existing shop. He also modified the barn which gave him 65’ x 96’ on two
floors. In 1998, he renovated the exterior of the barn giving it the
appearance you see today.
Personal
:In the beginning the business consisted of two employees being Mr. Donald
Lapierre and his wife Mrs Paule Lapierre. Over the years the business expanded
and more and more employees were hired. Today we are more than 30 employees.
Aside from his business Mr. Lapierre is the owner of a 125,000 taps sugarhouse,
that he uses as an experimental research center to develop new equipment. This
also permits him to guarantee the quality and trustworthiness of his
inventions.
