manufacturing founded quebec city quebec 1946 headquarters quebec city quebec canada key people l o t. julien founder gilles st pierre president and ceo products stainless steel subcontracting and parts residential products sinks custom professional kitchen equipment revenue private website www.julien.ca julien inc. is a stainless steel fabrication company . through its residential commercial and industrial subcontracting divisions julien has completed projects in 13 countries in a wide range of sectors including transport electrical and household appliances agrifood and the medical and food processing equipment industries . julien inc. has over 300 employees at its headquarters and 170 000 square foot 16 000 m2 production facility in quebec city . contents 1 history 2 current markets 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1946 by l o t. julien under the name accessoires de cuisine lt e the company began by selling kitchen accessories to restaurant owners in the quebec city area . noting his customers needs for custom equipment mr. julien opened a factory and managed it until his death in 1973 . in 1974 somesco inc. acquired accessoires de cuisine lt e which became les entreprises julien inc. management then focused on institutional commercial and industrial markets and began handling turnkey kitchen equipment contracts . the company grew quickly and in 1978 management decided to build a new 40 000 square foot 3 700 m2 plant . by the early 80s the company was active throughout quebec and began development of new geographic markets first in ontario then in the maritimes . in 1986 berthier ch nard one of the firm s shareholders teamed up with three company executives including current president and ceo gilles st pierre to buy out les entreprises julien inc. their goal was to take the company in a new direction by developing the subcontracting market . the following year they computerized the firm s design and management operations and completely automated production . in 1989 les entreprises julien inc. acquired its own building and enlarged and modernized its plant . the following years were marked by the computerization of production and the use of more advanced technology including modernized management processes design and manufacturing facilities digitally controlled equipment and a laser cutter . everything was put in place to begin exploring the new industrial subcontracting market . in 1995 gilles st pierre and other company executives acquired les entreprises julien inc. the new management team turned its attention to developing its areas of expertise and markets . in 1998 the company changed its name to julien inc. the following year sales reached 36 million cad before jumping to 45 million cad in 2000 . current markets edit julien s main customer base is in the united states and canada . however it has done contracts in north africa the middle east and europe . references edit industry canada profile external links edit corporate site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title julien inc. & oldid 717165820 categories steel companies of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 april 2016 at 03 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view