verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message princess auto ltd. type private industry retail founded 1933 headquarters winnipeg manitoba canada key people harvey tallman founder larry tallman former ceo bob tallman owner former ceo geoff frodsham ceo harold romanychyn coo products farm industrial hobby number of employees 2200 slogan make it work website official website english princess auto ltd. is a canadian retail chain specializing in farm industrial garage hydraulics and surplus items . it was started in winnipeg manitoba in 1942 by harvey tallman who sold his truck and bought the business then called princess auto wrecking . 1 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 stores 4 references 5 external links overview edit princess auto is a canadian retailer with its headquarters in winnipeg manitoba . 2 as of july 2016 the company owns and operates 43 stores in nine provinces an electronic fulfillment centre efc clarification needed and three distribution centres dc one dc in winnipeg one dc in calgary and the other dc and the efc in milton ontario . in 2015 a manufacturing division in winnipeg was closed clarification needed . 3 4 princess auto also offers online sales a national call centre and mail order service . 5 various items are sold under its powerfist and pro.point brands . princess auto sells many brand name tools however powerfist tools tend to be lower cost tools when compared to mid price professional brands such as pro.point ultrapro napa craftsman sears or westward . shur lift industries formerly known as princess auto manufacturing pam builds hydraulic cylinders under the shur lift brand 6 and assembles items such as air compressors chemical sprayers and log splitters that are distributed and sold through its retail locations . the manufacturing division also made products for some original equipment manufacturers oem including the canadian forces and zamboni . history edit princess auto wrecking the predecessor to princess auto was started in 1933 on princess street in winnipeg . in 1942 harvey tallman who had sold his truck purchased the company . originally the business was entirely local and involved dismantling used cars and selling parts to garages . after world war ii the business expanded to selling army surplus items and producing various products . 7 8 in 1951 princess auto produced their first mail order catalogue ; by the middle of the 1960s the catalogue was available throughout canada . as the company grew it was moved to fort street and later to panet road the current site of princess auto s headquarters and one of the company s two winnipeg stores . 4 7 8 in 1976 harvey tallman retired and passed the business on to his sons larry and bob tallman . they continued to expand the company and in 1977 opened a store in edmonton alberta . this was followed in 1980 by the construction of a factory to manufacture products . 8 in 1989 larry retired and bob became president sole owner and ceo of the company . as of 2010 bob continues as president and along with chief operating officer harold romanychyn is coo of princess auto . 8 9 in 2007 the company helped raise 88 000 to assist the canadian museum for human rights . also in 2007 the company established the princess auto foundation which provides endowment bursaries to students of several technical colleges throughout canada . 10 11 stores edit as of 2015 princess auto has stores in the following locations 4 alberta calgary north calgary south edmonton west edmonton south grande prairie lethbridge lloydminster medicine hat red deer british columbia coquitlam kamloops kelowna langley prince george victoria manitoba brandon winnipeg panet winnipeg portage newfoundland and labrador st. john s prince edward island charlottetown new brunswick moncton saint john nova scotia dartmouth ontario barrie bolton hamilton kingston kitchener london mississauga markham newmarket ottawa owen sound sarnia sudbury whitby windsor scarborough saskatchewan regina saskatoon references edit 75 years of princess auto princess auto princess auto careers a b c princess auto locations about princess auto shur lift hydraulic cylinders a b the burnside news a b c d princess auto history princess auto foundation people princess auto foundation about why invest in the canadian museum for human rights external links edit princess auto official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title princess auto & oldid 741836231 categories hardware stores of canadaindustrial supply companiesprivately held companies of canada1933 establishments in manitobacompanies based in winnipeghidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2010all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles needing clarification from february 2014wikipedia articles needing clarification from june 2015 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 29 september 2016 at 23 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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