Last week Truck Parts & Service announced its finalists for the 2016 Distributor of the Year award. We are now taking a brief look at each nominated distributor.
For information on Harman HVS, we turn to Vice President of Operations and Marketing Ian Johnston.
When was your business founded, and by whom?
Harman Supply Company was founded in 1938 by Roy Harman and over the next two decades grew into a brake and spring shop. In 1955 ownership and direction at Harman’s changed, with the Johnston and Everett families buying the business from Roy and transitioning it into Harman Automotive Supply.
Another transition followed in 1984, with the business becoming Harman Heavy Vehicle Specialists, Ltd., under the second generation of Johnston and Everett leadership. Harman HVS has since grown into a heavy-duty warehouse distributor with three locations including a service division and custom driveline manufacturing. We are now in our 78th year of operations, with both Jay and Ian Johnston owning and running the company, making Harman a fourth-generation family business.
How many locations do you have?
We have three locations in southern Ontario, Canada. Our main warehouse and office is in Cambridge, we have a warehouse branch in Woodstock which is moving to a brand new facility in 2017, and our heavy-duty vehicle service division and driveline manufacturing division in Ayr.
