Timeline
1947 Art Simpson begins a printing equipment repair business in 225 feet of rented space in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
1969 Art Simpson moved the business to Progress Avenue and built the Scarborough plant, a 264,700 square foot facility.
1974 A.G. Simpson made its first bumper for General Motors. Added a new state-of-the-art electrostatic paint line. Purchased a plant in Windsor, Ontario.
1977 Completely modernized the Scarborough plant adding all new presses with automated controls. Expanded the operation for first trials of aluminum bumpers. Opened a plant on Ellesmere Avenue in Scarborough, which had railway facilities to supply Ford Motor Company.
1980 Purchased a plant in Oshawa, Ontario, which increased A.G. Simpson's bumper capacity and plating capability.
1981 Developed the first E-coat line in the automotive supply industry. Acquired a plant in Port Perry, Ontario.
1987 Purchased a plant in Cambridge, Ontario.
1989 Expanded the Cambridge plant as a $100 million dollar state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
1991 Expanded the Windsor plant and opened a plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, to secure new bumper business and increase chrome plating capacity.
1993 Increased production in the Cambridge plant and added two additional presslines in Sterling Heights.
1994 Opened a plant in Dickson, Tennessee, to supply and service local OEMs.
1995 Moved sales force from Scarborough to Detroit and opened the Southfield Sales & Technology Center. Established a batch assembly facility in Earth City, Missouri.
1996 Established sequencing center in Hazel Park, Michigan.
1997 A.G. Simpson celebrates its 50th anniversary.
1999 Sales and Technology Center moves to new location in Troy, Michigan and shares facilities with an expanded sequencing operation relocated from Hazel Park. Launches industry's first robotic sun roof preparation process in Dickson plant. Partners with Tiercon Plastics and brings injection molding operation into Oshawa plant.
2000 A.G. Simpson completes large scale automation upgrade of pressline in Cambridge plant. Completes sale of Dickson plant. Launches assembly operation in Oshawa plant.
2002 A.G.Simpson becomes acquired by J2 Management Corp in a
restructuring exercise.
2003 A.G Simpson initiates re-branding to AGS Automotive Systems.
2003 AGS Automotive Systems opens new sequencing facility in Shreveport, Louisiana

 

 

   
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