Our History
In 1968, John A. Skeans opened his first business at 1475 Howe St., Vancouver, B.C. with his operating partner Mr. Cliff Moore and an investor Mr. Robert Crosby. His vision was to provide total compressed air products supply for customers in British Columbia. Having sold locally manufactured sawmill equipment, he saw the need for local cylinder manufacturing and product distribution through sub-distributors in ten cities throughout B.C.
His motto was:
“Make it easy for the customer to do business”
Where we Are Today
Today, over 50 years later, this same motto continues to ring true for our seven branches across Western Canada. With three generations of the Skeans family and over 50 team members, we strive to live up to Mr. Skeans’ legacy daily. We are proud to serve our customers with three main product groups, Rotating Equipment Solutions, Pneumatic Automation Solutions, and Electric Automation Solutions. We connect Automation with Customer driven Innovation.
We are here to help you find a Solution!
Our VIsion
“To be an integral partner, by sharing knowledge and supplying industry leading pneumatic and automation solutions.”
We consider ourselves as our customers’ partners, we’re always listening and looking for different ways we can share our knowledge and expertise to help our customers find solutions and solve their problems.
Our Mission
“From Generation to Actuation - utilizing our team’s collective experience to provide our customers with confidence to make informed decisions.”
We consider ourselves as our customers’ partners, we’re always listening and looking for different ways we can share our knowledge and expertise to help our customers find solutions and solve their problems.
Chad Skeans
President
Shane Simard
Vice-President
Message from the President and Vice President
To our valued Customers and Partners,
In 1968, Chad’s grandfather John A. Skeans had a dream to provide “total compressed air products supply” in Western Canada. He partnered up with the best pneumatic product manufacturers, and we still foster many of those valued partnerships today. Mr. Skeans built the SKEANS legacy with his three sons Chris, Tony, and Tim, who joined and grew the business through the years. They added their unique talents and experience to help grow the company to seven branches across Western Canada. With our committed team, we’re providing compressed air and automation solutions for industry by offering exceptional customer service and using a systems approach, from generation to actuation.
Today, over 50 years later, we’re very proud to continue this family business as a third-generation owner and a 20+ year SKEANS veteran. With our solid leadership team and loyal SKEANS teammates, we will continue supporting our customers offering unique products and solutions to a wide range of industries from our three product groups: Rotating Equipment, Pneumatic Automation, and Electric Automation Solutions.
We’re ready for this next chapter in SKEANS’ history.
‘We connect Automation with Customer driven Innovation’, and we look forward to connecting for decades to come.
Thank you for your past, present, and future business!
With gratitude,
Chad A. Skeans – President
&
Shane D. Simard – Vice-President.
