van lines type private industry moving and storage predecessor mj campbell moving and storage founded toronto canada 1977 headquarters canada area served global key people ceo bruce bowser website amj campbell website amj campbell van lines is a canadian moving company based in toronto canada . it is canada s largest residential and commercial mover . 1 contents 1 founding 2 history 3 partnerships 4 references 5 external links founding edit the company was originally named mj campbell moving and storage a family owned enterprise founded forty years beforehand . it began with two offices one in toronto and the other in barrie ontario and was licensed to move clients both interprovincially and between the us and canada . the name of the company was changed to amj campbell van lines in 1977 . one of the reasons for this was to move the company to nearer the top of the list of moving companies in the phone book . in its first year the company s revenues were 250 000 . history edit by 1983 the revenues of the company had reached 3 million . 2 during the 1980s the company expanded to include offices in ottawa montreal edmonton calgary and vancouver . the company also ended its relationship with north american van lines and became an agent of atlas van lines . in 1988 vector a venture capital company purchased 70 % of the company for 10.5 million however 30 % ownership of the company and day to day operations remained with amj s management team . vector took the company public in 1992 on the toronto stock exchange under the ticker symbol camvec . in the late 1990s the company purchased the agricultural products company kord products . in 1997 bruce bowser was named the president of the company and became the largest single shareholder having served as executive vice president since 1992 . bowser had previously worked in an executive capacity for the bank of nova scotia . 3 by 2002 the company had revenues of 110 million per year . 4 that year the company was taken private . after the move bowser became the ceo of amj . 3 as of the 2010s amj had become the largest moving company in canada . 1 partnerships edit the company has sponsored canadian athletes and athletic associations including curler russ howard 5 the amj campbell shorty jenkins classic 6 and the canadian olympic association . 7 it is also an official mover for several canadian sports franchises such as the toronto maple leafs the calgary flames 8 and the winnipeg blue bombers 9 as well as canadian college sports teams . 10 the company has also organized philanthropic efforts such as the collecting of tents for use in international disaster zones in need emergency housing 11 as well as local community campaigns . 12 13 references edit a b people and accounts of note in advertising . new york times . april 19 2010 . retrieved july 2 2013 . allan gould 1986 . the new entrepreneurs 80 canadian success stories . mcclelland and stewart bantam . p. 187 . retrieved july 2 2013 . a b gyle konotopetz march 2 2006 . moving company natural fit for go getter . business edge . retrieved july 2 2013 . mark kearney and randy ray 2002 . i know that name the people behind canada s best known brand names from elizabeth arden to walter zeller . dundurn . p. 276 . retrieved july 2 2013 . russ howard and bob weeks 2009 . hurry hard the russ howard story . john wiley and sons . p. 167 . retrieved july 2 2013 . darcy cheek september 15 2011 . team gushue rebuilding . london free press . retrieved july 2 2013 . ntn entertainment network signs new advertisers . clickz . august 14 1998 . retrieved july 2 2013 . mobile messaging . today s trucking . august 30 2005 . retrieved july 2 2013 . bombers prepare to tackle the lions . our sports central . october 1 2007 . retrieved july 2 2013 . western mustangs hopes to raise weight of every o lineman in annual food drive . box score news . september 9 2010 . retrieved july 2 2013 . marika motiwalla january 30 2010 . shelter over haitians may be novack s tent . london free press . retrieved july 2 2013 . 2008 times colonist book drive and sale . canada.com . february 20 2008 . retrieved july 2 2013 . hank daniszewski may 30 2011 . business buzz . london free press . retrieved july 2 2013 . external links edit amj campbell website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amj campbell van lines & oldid 714543772 categories 1977 establishments in ontariocompanies based in torontomoving companieshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 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