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President
Armo And AbumA
Ben Whitney
For the interview, see page 42
How is your organization cHanging
tHe game witHin your industry
sector?
In 1969, my father George and grandfather Ross
started Armo-Tool. Despite the defence sound-
ing name they were focused on automation and
tooling for the automotive industry. In 2017,
Armo acquired Abuma Manufacturing, which is
also located in London, Ontario. Abuma has 20
years of experience in solutions for the defence
"it is amazing what you
can accomplish if you
do not care who gets the
credit." harry s. truman,
the 33rd President of
the united states.
industry. We have spent the last two years learn-
ing to leverage the design for manufacturing,
machining, integration and automation skillsets
from Armo with the high-quality fabrication and
defence experience of Abuma. Now we offer
prototyping and production of parts and assem-
blies with attention to detail and creative man-
ufacturing ideas. The two teams are working
together smoothly and I am excited about the
larger opportunities that customers are trusting
us with.
wHat is tHe best
advice you received?
