W ajax acquired Cypress Equipment Co. Ltd. in 1993 which brought it the British Columbia distribution rights to Hitachi. The following year , the Hitachi distribution rights for Alberta and Saskatchewan were also acquired. Hydrofor Inc., a forestry equipment distributor and JCB dealer for Quebec, was acquired in 1995. In the 1996 acquisition of Lounsbury Industrial, rights were acquired to distribute Komatsu and T imberjack equipment in the Maritimes, JCB products inNew Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and Simon T elelect aerial devices and digger -derricks for utility and construction markets across Canada. 1951 W atson Jack acquired controlling interest in F .H. Hopkins 1952 Benoit Montreuil acquired Quebec Detroit Diesel franchise as distributor for the eastern part of the Province of Quebec 1954 B.J. Coghlin Co. Ltd. acquired W atson Jack & Co. Ltd. and its subsidiary F .H. Hopkins, which amalgamated into W atson Jack Hopkins Ltd. 1956 B.J. Coghlin Co. Ltd. acquired Canadian Lift T ruck Co. 1959 W atson Jack Hopkins Co. Ltd. was renamed W ajax Equipment Ltd. 1962 Canadian Lift T ruck Co. merged with W ajax Equipment Ltd. ~ 8 ~ W ajax T imeline En 1993, W ajax se porte acquereur de la societe Cypress Equipment Co. Ltd. et obtient dans la foulee les droits de distribution des produits Hitachi pour la Colombie-Britannique. L ’annee suivante, elle acquiert egalement les droits de distribution d’Hitachi pour l’Alberta et la Saskatchewan. La societe Hydrofor Inc., specialisee dans la distribution d’equipement forestier et concessionnaire JCB pour le Quebec, est achetee en 1995. L ’acquisition de la societe Lounsbury Industrial en 1996 procure a W ajax les droits de distribution de l’equipement Komatsu et T imberjack dans les Maritimes, des produits JCB au Nouveau-Brunswick et en Nouvelle-Ecosse, de meme que des nacelles et tarieres Simon T elelect destinees aux secteurs des travaux publics et de la construction dans tout le Canada.