City Welding's mission statement is uncomplicated.

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This vision articulated by General Manager Robert Brouillette is the foundation of success in providing quality welding repairs and service to countless Sudbury businesses and individuals. Celebrating 35 years of continuous growth and innovation, City Welding salutes its legion of employees, past and present, and its innumerable clients--all instrumental in expanding City Welding from a one-man operation into a burgeoning establishment of 37 employees.

"We appreciate our clients' business and our employees' devotion," says Robert, who exchanged his prosperous career in law to help run the family business started by his father, Georges Brouillette, in June 1972.

Many employees have worked more than 25 years for City Welding. It's a level of commitment that underscores shared values between employees and their employer, Georges, who is still known to work into the wee hours alongside his fellow welders to ensure orders are completed on time.

City Welding is known in the industry for its 'out-of-the-box' thinking. Innovative solutions are applied to the myriad challenges the company negotiates on a daily basis. "What we do best here is solve problems, so customers entrust us to find the right solutions," Robert adds.

Faith in the company's work is demonstrated by the fact that no salesmen are employed. All orders come into the shop unsolicited, testifying to City Welding's stellar reputation in the community. The shop located at 939 Elisabella Street houses a fleet of state-of-the-art equipment.

With sophisticated machinery on hand, metals are cut, or 'profiled', according to blueprints that are programmed into a computer. Industrial grade sheers, drills and presses cut, bend, and shape various metals, steel and aluminum materials into exacting specifications determined by customers, earning the company a distinguished reputation that attracts customers, both large and small. Service trucks, for example, regularly handle on-site repairs to heavy equipment currently used to expand Highway 69. And Hydro One depends on City Welding's team to repair rigs, trucks, and fabricate guards for machinery.

City Welding's insistence on being able to handle any challenge is crucial to its success, Robert says. "We do not have one service and income stream. Instead, we'll do whatever our client asks us. This has allowed our business to flourish."

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