The story
Earl B. Finning started the Finning business in 1933 in western Canada. The business expanded, and by 1965, the company had more than one thousand employees and annual revenues of up to $78 million. In 1969, Finning went public, with its common shares trading on the Vancouver and Toronto stock exchanges under the symbol FTT. Finning remains one of only a handful of publicly traded Caterpillar dealers. In 1983, Finning acquired the right to represent Caterpillar in western England, Wales and Scotland. Then in 1989, Finning expanded into Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
By 2003, Finning was operating as the sole dealer of Caterpillar equipment in England, Scotland, Wales, as well as in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. In 2004, Finning invested in OEM Remanufacturing, a component rebuild facility in Edmonton, Alberta. Finning was appointed dealer in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 2010. In 2015 Finning expanded to Saskatchewan, acquiring Regina based Kramer Caterpillar for $230 million CAD.
Today, Finning operates in six countries, with annual revenues of $6.2 billion (2017), and is the largest Caterpillar dealer in the world.
From Wikipedia’s article on Finning, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4