How Did It Start?
It all began in1986 in a textile recycling facility in Montreal. Concentrating on one true passion, wiping cloths, our reputation for servicing the market with premium products quickly spread. Today, Wi-Supply is proud to be a leading manufacturer of wiping cloths in North America and also offer hundreds of complementary products for industrial, automotive, hospitality, and retail markets.
- Allied Textile and Refuse: Where it all began. Refuse and textile waste collection and sorting.
- Wipeco Industries is incorporated as a separate company from Allied Textile and Refuse. A wiping cloth company is born!
- Wipeco acquires Textilco a company specialized in washing and treating new textile materials.
- Wipeco installs its industrial laundry. Performance wiping cloths are now available.
- Wipeco acquires Standard Wipers a well established wiping cloth company in Montréal.
- Wipeco acquires Spillcon a Montreal based wiping cloth company with a 10lb bagging press, a market innovation in packaging.
- Wipeco installs 10 lb bagging press a market innovation in packaging.
- Wipeco launches its first website.
- Wipeco acquires Chiffons Utilitès a Quebec based wiping cloth company.
- Wipeco launches its work glove product line.
- Wipeco acquires Red Tag Distribution a Toronto based foodservice wiping cloth company.
- Wipeco launches a foodservice towel product line.
- Wipeco acquires Copnick Corporation a Montréal based Canadian supplier of wiping cloths and related products.
- Wipeco installs metal detectors.
- Wipeco acquires Ontario Wipers a Toronto based Canadian supplier of wiping cloths and related products.
- Wipeco opens a sales and distribution office in Toronto.
- Wipeco launches its sorbent product line.
- Wipeco acquires American Textile Mills a Kansas City based supplier of wiping cloths and industrial paper wipers.
- Wipeco opens a sales and distribution office in Kansas City.
- Wipeco launches its industrial paper wiper product line.
- Wipeco’s Montreal team moves into its new sales and distribution center.
- Wipeco installs the first double chamber 25lb bagging packaging line in North America.
- Wipeco acquires Ebco Absorbents, a wiping cloth and sorbent company based in the Boston area the newest member of our American Textile Mills expansion.
- Wipeco changes its corporate image to Wi-Supply to enhance its companies recognition across North America.
- A year we won’t forget as Covid-19 negatively impacts so many businesses and families around the world. Wi-Supply helps provide desperately needed PPE to both healthcare and essential service companies struggling to maintain safety protocols.
- Wipeco acquires Fonora Textiles the leading supplier of textile products distributed in Canada’s retail paint departments.
- Wi-Supply is thrilled to announce the development of our personalized catalog. Now at the click of a button you can create something that is relevant to you!
Our History
Over three decades, Wipeco Industries and its associated companies have operated under many company logos and product brand identities.
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT ALL OF THIS COMPANY HISTORY UNDER ONE COHESIVE BRAND IDENTITY
Wi symbolizes not only our parent company’s name Wipeco Industries but it also captures our corporate objective of supplying quality products and exceptional customer service through our online presence at wi-supply.com
We at Wi-Supply are committed to delivering a better and more diverse product line through our carefully selected business partners, creating an ever-improving customer-focused experience.
A CUT ABOVE THE REST
SERVICE
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Some companies will follow while others will lead. There will always be “me too” products that industry demands, but sometimes products can be improved upon. Working with our suppliers we are always investigating new ways to improve our existing product offering.
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Everyone is trying to shrink their inventory and work with just in time stock. Everyone who is trying to do this also understands that in our global supply chain unplanned inventory shortages will occur. With distribution centers in multiple locations in North America, we are better suited than our competition to resupply either our own regional inventory shortage or yours
COMMITMENT
Being committed to both suppliers and customers is a proven business virtue. Issues will occur over time but long term relationships will ensure that quality product and competitive pricing will always be the overall experience. With over 30 years of business relationships, we appreciate everyone’s commitment to success.