engineered lifting systems & equipment inc. type private industry manufacturing founded waterloo ontario 1971 founder jim muir headquarters elmira ontario key people paul whittaker owner ceo revenue unknown cad 2009 net income unknown cad 2009 total assets unknown at this point cad number of employees 35 2010 1 website els engineered lifting systems & equipment inc els is a canadian manufacturing company specializing in standard and custom overhead material lifting systems and equipment . els was founded in by jim muir in waterloo ontario and its headquarters is currently located in elmira ontario . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references history edit els was founded under the name mentor dynamics in 1971 by jim muir . 2 the primary focus of the business was related to structural steel fabrications . a significant customer at the time was kraus carpets as mentor dynamics helped construct the building storage hoppers and an extensive carpet handling system that is still in use today . in the mid 1970s jim muir started working with the ship building industry to develop a low friction lining system to facilitate the movement of bulk materials in the holds of self unloading ships . after the fastening process was patented mentor dynamics eventually lined dozens of ships . most of the original liners are still in place . in the early 1980s mentor dynamics was presented with a few additional business opportunities . one came in the form of an overhead conveyor system which still provides a steady stream of business . the other opportunity was the manufacturing of overhead cranes as another manufacturer moved out of ontario leaving mentor to serve their established customer base . the crane business grew steadily through the 80 s ; eventually developing into jib cranes monorails and wide spans double girder cranes . carl young purchased the company in april 1989 . he incorporated it as mentor dynequip inc. but kept mentor dynamics as the operating name . the focus was on designing and making small to mid sized overhead cranes and gantry cranes . mentor was also a distributor for hoist and specialty crane manufactures . in early 1992 the business was restructured this time without the ship liner business or the 36 000 square foot 3 300 m2 company owned factory . the company was sold again in august 1998 this time to paul whittaker p.eng . it was operated as mentor dynamics with the corporate name registered as engineered lifting systems & equipment inc. as of january 1 2008 mentor dynamics moved to its own property and building in elmira ontario . coinciding with the move the company also changed its name from mentor dynamics to engineered lifting systems & equipment inc. to better communicate the essence of its business endeavors . in 2015 els opened a second manufacturing plant dedicated to the production of the destuff it product line . this 9 300 square foot facility is located near the main plant in elmira on canada . products edit a lifting device from els engineered lifting systems & equipment inc still manufactures its products under the brand name mentor dynamics as well as acting as a distributor for such companies gorbel anver schlumpf columbus mckinnon industrial products stahl crane systems kito hoists lift tech budgit and shaw box hoists . some of the products that els manufactures include overhead cranes below the crane hooks intelligent devices hoists trolleys balancers destuff it unloaders and restuff it bi directionals and transfer carts . 3 see also edit professional engineers of ontario american society of mechanical engineers crane manufacturers association of america references edit els profile industry canada els report engineered lifting systems complete profile official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title engineered lifting systems % 26 equipment & oldid 709824935 categories companies based in waterloo regionmanufacturing companies established in 1971manufacturing companies of canadaengineering companies of canadacanadian companies established in 19711971 establishments in ontario 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 13 march 2016 at 08 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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