Continual research, engineering, design applications and production techniques producing aerodynamically styled component automobiles, wind tunnel tested under critical quality and stress specifications. Our Key Personnel represent over 120 collective years in glass fiber automotive technology and market experience. manufactures glass fiber replacement auto body panels.
1957-63... Goodwin designs
& builds several kit car models under the Fiberfab trade name thereby founding the kit car industry.
1964........ Fiberfab becomes a division of Design Concept America Ltd.
1964-69... Goodwin developes & markets the Jamaican product line with peak sales volume approaching $2,000,000.
1968........ Goodwin appoints Don Entwistle as exclusive Canadian dealer.
1969....... Fiberfab Canada Limited (FCL) established in Daughin, Manitoba with Don Entwistle as President. FCL manufactures & markets the Avenger & Jamaican product lineup.
1969....... SEPTEMBER: W.G. Goodwin dies from a heart attack.
1969-71... Design Concept closes to settle the Goodwin estate.
1971........ Fiberfab Canada relocates to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1971-74... Former Design Concept plant manager and U.S. Eastern Distributor combine forces to salvage Design Concepts key molds and start up Fiberfab, Inc.
1974........ MAY: FCL is reorganized and moved to Toronto, Ontario under new ownership of BSI Limited.
1974........ NOVEMBER: Fiberfab, Inc. is purchased by A.T.R., Inc. and Aris V.C. Valli becomes new president.
1974........ SEPTEMBER: FCL acquires 6,000 sqft facilities in Oakville, Ontario to continue production, assembly & marketing; plus signs new exclusive distributorship with Fiberfab, Inc. Barry Stasiewicz takes over as President & General Manager.
1976........ AUGUST: Aris Valli dies from a heart attack. Fiberfab, Inc. approaching $8 million sales mark; FCL approaching $2 million sales mark.
1976-77... Fiberfab, Inc. coasts into a transitional period awaiting new reorganization under acting president Robert F. Valli.
1977........ APRIL: FCL begins production of the new MiGi-II MG-TD replicar with 180+ units over the next 18 months.
1978........ MAY: FCL retires the Avenger & Jamaican production.
1978........ OCTOBER: Fiberfab, Inc. receives new marketing/management team with Robert F. Valli as new President. US product line up reduced from seven body styles to three.
1978....... NOVEMBER: B. Stasiewicz begins to train key personnel at Fiberfab, Inc. and oversee show tours, 580 salesmen/dealers in North America, additional developments in product design & production; logistics; customs brokerage & warehousing, and extending distributorships overseas.
1979....... FEBRUARY: All business realations between Fiberfab, Inc. and FCL are severed due to Fiberfab, Inc. internal re-organization & direction.
1979 to 1984....... FCL establishes independent operations of five inland customs transfer warehouses in Canada & USA, including on-site security & staffing; customs border brokerage; and trans-border truck/rail shipments of auto parts.
1979....... MARCH: BSI Limited is terminated due to empasse with Fiberfab, Inc. FCL re-organizes & re-locates to Burlington, Ontario with the MiGi-II production, the Jamaican re-design concept model, and the Bugpack parts distributorship.
1979....... JUNE: FCL purchased by Glastech Automotive Design Corp. and begins development of the Jamaican SKR and other models.
1979....... SEPTEMBER: FCL contracts P.F. Fiber-Design for new molds and production of the Migi-II, and for additional design and engineering research & development.
1979....... NOVEMBER: FCL opens export office in Niagara Falls, NY and begins production of MiGi-II's for Fiberfab, Inc. northeast under new agreement.
1980....... Fiberfab, Inc. management changes focus of operations with re-organization into Fiberfab International Inc.
1980....... MARCH: MiGi-II production sold to Lakeshore Plastics Ltd. with ex-FCL VP Donald C. Bradshaw as new president.
1980....... JUNE: Lakeshore Plastics registers trade name 'Burlington MiGi' to continue MiGi-II production.
1980....... SEPTEMBER: Burlington MiGi moves MiGi-II production to larger facilities in Burlington, Ontario.
1980....... Fiberfab International Inc. is dissolved. FCL management continues Canadian operations and manufacturing of rolling chassis and production vehicles.
1981....... New Jamaican re-design completed in Turin with prototype built in Milano. German V6 front engine blueprinted completed in Montreal. Prototype designated "Jamaican SKR".
1984 to 1992....... FCL developes risk management, policy directives & accounting services to local business enterprises.
1987 to 1991....... FCL provides contract services to Mack Truck Canada, Oakville, Ontario, hiring, training & supervising 64 nation-wide staff, for vehicle detailing, logistics, sales support, and security services for Mack's Canadian truck & trade show schedules.
1989....... FCL extends trade show services, with two new project managers to include Paccar, Navistar and Volvo GM heavy truck divisions.
1992....... FCL focuses on new R&D model designs.
2004....... FCL introduces a limited production run of a 1966 427 Cobra S/C in kit, rolling chassis and turn-key offerings using U.K. sourced component accessories and details. Currently developing technology and research into new production carbon based vehicle designs. More to follow....
