Garaga Garage Doors

Founded in 1983, Garaga is one of the leading manufacturers of garage doors and overhead doors in Canada. Garaga designs and manufactures superior garage doors for the residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial markets. Garaga's distribution network spans across Canada, the United States, Central & South America and the Middle East.

1983

In 1983, at the age of 26, the opportunity for Michel Gendreau to realize his dream presents itself. He discovers that he can purchase the assets of a garage door manufacturing company located in Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada. Garaga is born.

Michel Gendreau pledges to offer a higher quality product and better customer service than what exists at the time. The first product from Garaga, previously unknown in Canada, is a light insulated aluminum garage door in a choice of six colors.

1983 - The first plant of Garaga

1983 - Michel Gendreau at the age of 26

1986 - Garaga plant in 1986

1990 - The hardware section

1995 - Plant in Barrie

2000 - The new plant construction

2011 - The new Cambridge garage door

1986

Garaga invests $1.2 million (USD) in the construction of a new plant in St-Georges.

1990

Garaga launches its own production line for residential and commercial garage door hardware.

1991

Garaga lands a $2.5 million contract to produce insulated panels used for thermal reinforcement of a hydroelectric dam in Northern Quebec. The project pushes Garaga into developing higher production standards that will later be used to meet ISO requirements.

1993

Garaga launches the first steel doors, the Standard+ (residential) and the G-5000 (commercial). Both doors combine galvanized steel with five coats of polyester paint and polyurethane foam insulation.

1995

With the development of markets in Ontario, western Canada, and the U.S. Great Lakes region, Garaga opens a new 40,000-sq-ft. manufacturing plant in Barrie, Ontario.

1996

The company develops a network of distributor specializing in sales, installation and repair of garage door system called Garaga Experts. The goal is to provide its end users an unlimited peace of mind.

Garaga is among the first garage door manufacturers to launch a fully functional Web site, www.garaga.com. 

1997

Garaga becomes the first manufacturer of garage doors in Canada to achieve ISO 9002 certification for its manufacturing process.

1999

As the year 2000 approaches, Garaga changes its name from Garaga Doors (2000) to Garaga, Inc.

2000

Garaga builds a new 128,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant in St-Georges to add a second production line for two new 26-gauge steel doors, the Standard+ MIX and the Standard+ XL.

2003

Garaga's garage door manufacturing operations in St. Georges, QC and Barrie, ON are both certified under the 2000 version of the ISO-9001 standard . By successfully completing the transition from the ISO 9002 standard to the latest ISO 9001 standard in November 2003, Garaga reaches another milestone, demonstrating its commitment to the continuous improvement of its quality system as well as its garage door systems and services.

Garaga launched a very useful tool for his client, an extranet, which is named GaragaNet. This system is an extended online support for its clients.

2005

Garaga invests in new equipment at its St-Georges plant to produce the North Hatley, the first new carriage-style steel door for its Township Collection.

2006

Garaga adds 30,000 sq. ft. to its Barrie plant (total: 75,000 sq.ft.) to produce the Alterna series of 24-gauge steel doors. The commercial version is the G-8000 or the G-8500.

2007

Garaga launches the Eastman Estate, the first Canadian-made garage door with decorative PVC overlays.

2011

Garaga launches the Cambridge which blends vintage urban styling with Garaga’s highest standards for quality, energy efficiency, and durability.