Since 1969, our company has grown from a one-man operation to an international corporation. As such, our history is marked by several important milestones.
| 1969 | Ali Fire Door Repairs Reg’d is born and operates out of the family home garage in LaSalle, Quebec, Canada. |
| 1975 | The company purchases and moves into a 1,000 sq.ft. industrial building in Montreal-North, Quebec, Canada. It purchases its first piece of equipment to commence manufacturing door frames in a small scale. |
| 1980 | The company’s growth forces it to relocate into a 2,000 sq.ft. building also located in Montreal-North. |
| 1982 | Ali Fire Door Reg’d forms a corporation and continues to do business under its new identity as Ali-Porte Inc. It acquiries more equipment to expand it production of door frames. |
| 1984 | The company’s rapid growth surpasses expectations and forces it to move into another larger industrial building, a 4,000 sq.ft. in Montreal-North. |
| 1986 | Ali-Porte Inc experiences exponential growth and builds a new 12,000 sq.ft. facility in Anjou, Quebec, Canada. New equipment is purchased and Ali-Porte completes its full manufacturing line for door frame products. |
| 1988 | In only its second year at its new facility, Ali-Porte Inc is once again expanding. It constructs an additional 12,000 sq.ft. to its existing building and now under a 24,000 sq.ft. facility combined with the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment Ali-Porte commences its full production line of hollow metal doors. |
| 1991 | Ali-Porte Inc opens a 10,000 sq.ft. manufacturing plant in the United States and operates under the name of North American Door Corp better known as Nadcor. |
| 1995 | Montreal head office relocates from Anjou to a 73,000 sq.ft. building in Saint-Laurent, Quebec and additional state-of-the-art automated equipment is purchased and several pieces of existing equipment is updated. |
| 1996 | The US manufacturing plant expands to 20,000 sq.ft. combined with automation of the US plant’s manufacturing process. |
| 2001 | Construction of a new 66,000 sq.ft. plant in Cornwall, Ontario. |
| 2008 | Gensteel Doors relocates its US manufacturing facility into a modern 35,000 sq.ft. building equipped with major equipment improvements and new equipment investment. |
| 2011 | Gensteel Doors opens a new warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 2017 | Gensteel Doors opens a new manufacturing facility in Madison, Georgia. |
Today, Gensteel Doors has three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in North America and has a world-wide distribution network:
Saint-Laurent, Québec
Cornwall, Ontario
Madison, Georgia
Together, over 225,000 sq. ft. and over 150 employees that are proud in providing the construction industry with their quality products.
