Gen-Tec

Gen-Tec

Lab-Volt

Gentec

Company

1964-01-01

Québec, QC

Charlesbough, QC

Optics

Teaching equipment/Matériel technico-pédagogique

Lasers

Manufacturing

Designing

Related: Lumonics

Acquired by: Festo Didactic, Germany

- 1959 – Founded by Théodore Wildi, a professor of Electrical Engineering at Université Laval. (“Usine à Charlesbourg: les Allemands achètent Lab-Volt”)

- 1970, May – Active as Gen-Tec (1969), opening sales offices in the US and a new factory in Sainte-Foy, QC, likely at 2625 rue Dalton, Parc Colbert, Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC. (“Inauguration de la nouvelle usine de Gen-Tech (1969) Inc.”)

- 1970 – Awarded contract to produce TEA Lasers alongside company Lumonics (“2 Canadian firms get laser contracts”; “Review 1970”)

- 1983 – Active as Gen-Tec at 2650 [possible error, could mean 2625] rue Dalton, Sainte-Foy, QC. (“Syndicat des employés de Gen-Tec Inc.”)

- 2014 – Acquired by German company Festo Didactic (“Usine à Charlesbourg: les Allemands achètent Lab-Volt”)

“2 Canadian firms get laser contracts". The Globe and Mail. 23 July 1970. p. B11.

DoND - Defence Research Board of Canada “Review 1970” (1970): 9–10

Genois, J-M “Usine à Charlesbourg: les Allemands achètent Lab-Volt” La Soleil (June 27, 2024)

“Inauguration de la nouvelle usine de Gen-Tech (1969) Inc.” La Soleil (Québec), May 16, 1970. (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3128953)

“Syndicat des employés de Gen-Tec Inc.” Bureau du commissaire general du travail, Gouvernement du Québec (September 21, 1983) https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4772860)