1945

J.W. McCaig and his partner Al Cameron establish
Macccam Transport in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

1954

Jack McCaig and his three sons establish a new company,
Redi-Mix Concrete Limited.  The company opens plants in
Moose Jaw, Regina and Saskatoon during the next five years.

1960

A new holding company, Trimac Limited, is formed and named for the three McCaig sons, Bud, Roger and Maurice.

1961

Trimac purchases Calgary based H.M. Trimble & Sons, an established trucking company with operations in Alberta and British Columbia.  Bud McCaig becomes president of Trimble and moves to Calgary to manage the expanded trucking operations.

1964

Trimac purchases Winnipeg based Oil and Industry Suppliers Limited.

1967

Trimac purchases Municipal Tank Lines Limited of Ontario.  That same year, the various trucking companies begin operating under the name Trimac Transportation.

1968

The company is granted Interstate Commerce Commission authority to operate between Canada and the U.S.

1969

Trimac acquires Adby Transport Company of Edmonton and J. Kearns Transport of Regina.

1970

MBI Data Services, an information systems group, is formed to serve the information technology needs of the Trimac Group of companies.

1971

In November, Trimac Limited becomes a public company with the issuance of 400,000 common shares. During that year, Trimac acquires Rentway, a Calgary based truck rental and leasing company. Rentway operates branches in Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto.  In December, Trimac purchases Dominion Waste Management.

1973

Trimac and Canadian Industries Limited (CIL) of Montreal merge their waste disposal business as Tricil.

1976

Trimac expands into the energy services, purchasing a 48 percent interest in drilling contractor Kenting Limited, the remainder of the company is acquired in 1977.

1978

Trimac begins investing in the exploration for, and development of, oil and gas reserves with the formation of Tripet Resources.

1980

Energy services expand into the U.S. with Trimac’s acquisition of the Cactus group of drilling companies.  In the same year, the trucking operations also expand south of the border with the purchase of Liquid Transporters of Kentucky.

1982

Purchase of Quality Service Tank Lines of San Antonio, Texas.

1986

Trimac Transportation, in partnership with Saskatchewan’s Lac la Ronge Indian band, creates Northern Resource Trucking.

1988

Universal Transport Inc., of South Dakota and its subsidiary, Les Calkins Trucking of California, are added to Trimac’s U.S. operations.

1989

Trimac acquires BOVAR Inc. as well as, acquiring BOVAR’s three drilling companies, Hi-Tower, Sedco and Apollo Drilling.

1990

The purchase of CP Bulk Transport makes Trimac Transportation the #1 bulk carrier in North America. Acquisition of Alabama based Ryder bulk Transportation.

1993

Purchase of Pacific Trucking of Seattle, Washington.

1996

Purchase of Bartlett Transport Limited, Rathwell Transportation Inc.

1997

Purchase of Coastal Bulk Transport Limited, Brunswick Bulk Transport Limited, Quinnsway Bulk Transport Limited, Brunswick Bulk U.S.A., L & R Transport Limited, Richardson Transport Limited.
Kenting Energy Services spun out in February 1997, allowing Trimac Limited to focus on the growth of our core transportation businesses.

1998

Trimac Logistics purchase of SAI Consulting, based in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

2000

Purchase of DSI Transports Inc. based in Houston, TX (closed January 17, 2000).

Rentway sold to Penske Truck Leasing (September 1, 2000).

After nearly 30 years of being a public company, Trimac goes private (November 24, 2000).

2001

Combined Chemical Division and DSI Transports into one Division, U.S. Chemicals (April 9, 2001).

2002

Purchase of Ellsworth Motor Freight, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2002

Changed name of logistics company to Bulk Plus Logistics.

2004

Sold Cage Logistics, Calgary, Alberta.

2005

Formation of the Trimac Income Fund.

Re-organization into Canadian and US operating entities.

2006

Trimac Canada purchased JeffBrett Enterprises (JBE) based in Dundas, ON (October 1, 2006).

Trimac reorganizes US operations under one business unit titled Trimac USA.

2007

Trimac USA purchased KFJ Trucking, based in Cleveland Utah (April 1, 2007).

Trimac Canada purchased Ken Angeli Trucking (KAT) based in Kamloops, BC (April 30, 2007).

Trimac USA repurchased all outstanding shares from the equity investor Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.

Trimac USA purchased Logistics Express, based in Orange, California (June 1, 2007).

Trimac Canada purchased Logistics Express located in Edmonton, AB (June 1, 2007).