Home Products Services About Blending Distributors Careers Contact History Timeline 1911-1935 1936-1954 1955-1962 1963-1969 1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1994 1995-2000 2001-2010 1911-1933 In 1911, Chester Goring saw an opportunity. The Steel Company of Canada had just been established in Hamilton, Ontario and would need a supplier of industrial lubricants. Chester’s background working at an industrial oil company in Buffalo, New York provided him the experience he needed to establish his own lubricant manufacturing business, “The Ontario Lubrication Company Limited”. The site he chose was 120 Chatham Street, Hamilton, Ontario, a piece of land approximately 4 acres in size, with the Canadian Pacific Rail siding, and proximity approximately 10 kilometers from The Steel Company. There was a small house on the property that he used as an office, as well as a large out building where a basic line of industrial lubricants including hydraulic and gear oils, as well as various greases were made. Primitive testing methods at that time were to view a sample of the lubricant up to a light looking for particulates and colour, as well as a visual and pour test performed for viscosity. Chester hired two men for manufacturing, and a secretary. Business grew due to increasing industrial business in the Hamilton area for several decades. Ontario Lubrication Established Purchase of 120 Chatham Street Hamilton, Ontario Focus on industrial lubricants being sold to steel mills, processors, and local heavy industry Expanded business during WWI supplying industrial and metalworking lubricants into Canadian and US Military Forsythe Lubrication Associates Ltd. 120 Chatham St. Hamilton, ON L8P 2B5 Canada Phone: 1-800-363-2759 Copyright 2021 Forsythe | All Rights Reserved | Powered by Kre[8]it