January 1st, 2019

Employee engagement isn't just a buzzword - it's a competitive advantage

Your employees are one of your biggest upfront expenses. But they are also one of your greatest long-term investments.

CRAIG RICHARDSON

CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL

PUBLISHED JANUARY 1, 2019 UPDATED JANUARY 2, 2019

CGT employee in New Braunfels, Texas plant

August 29th, 2019

Cambridge’s CGT poised for European growth with acquisition of French firms

Cambridge-based manufacturer buys two French companies out of bankruptcy

BRENT DAVIS

WATERLOO REGION RECORD

PUBLISHED AUGUST 29, 2019

Inside the CGT plant in Cambridge. The company celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. - Brent Davis , Waterloo Region Record

February 12th, 2019

Canadian General-Tower celebrates 150 years in Cambridge

Tracing its roots back 150 years to a Galt business that made wagon wheels and axe handles, CGT now employs more than 1,200 people around the world. 

BRENT DAVIS

WATERLOO REGION RECORD

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Inside the CGT plant in Cambridge. The company celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. - Brent Davis , Waterloo Region Record

September 21st, 2017

Cambridge businessman Rick Chaplin continued family legacy

When Jim Chaplin was forced to step back from the company he built into a $300-million enterprise, the late Cambridge industrialist turned to the only person he could trust - his son.  

GREG MERCER

WATERLOO REGION RECORD

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2017

Rick Chaplin explains the process for making vinyl film for pool liners in this photo taken at Canadian General-Tower in 2007. - Nick Iwanyshyn,Record staff file photo

June 30th, 2017

Several Waterloo Region companies predate Confederate

There are a number of businesses in Waterloo Region that can trace their roots back to the days before Canada became a country.

BRENT DAVIS

WATERLOO REGION RECORD

PUBLISHED JUNE 30, 2017

This photo shows the former home of the Gore Mutual Insurance Co. on Main Street in downtown Galt. The company's roots go back to 1837. - David Bebee,Record staff file photo

January 13th, 2016

Cambridge-based CGT building plant in Texas

Cambridge is building a new plant in Texas that is expected to employ 275 people by 2025

BRENT DAVIS

WATERLOO REGION RECORD

PUBLISHED JANUARY 13TH, 2016

CGT Plant - New Braunfels, TX

January 8th, 2016

Canadian General-Tower to build $80 million manufacturing plant in Texas

Canadian General-Tower Ltd., a Cambridge, Ont. - based producer of thermoplastic sheeting for automotive and industrial applications, has announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in New Braunfels, Tex.

CANADIAN PLASTICS

PUBLISHED JANUARY 8TH, 2016

CGT New Braunfels, Texas facility. 

October 2nd, 2019

UX Innovations Around the Next Corner

Concepts such as 3D imaging and touch-sensitive interior surfaces are on the leading edge of UX ideas that seek to assist drivers and enhance comfort.

BOB GRITZINGER

2018 WARDSAUTO INTERIORS CONFERENCE

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 3RD, 2018

Harman CGT concept IP

October 3rd, 2018

Smart Surfaces Can Simplify Interiors, Improve Safety

Morphing controls, 3D touchscreens and secretly lit materials to be the next wave in interior advancement, say panelists.

CHRISTIE SCHWEINSBURG

2018 WARDSAUTO INTERIORS CONFERENCE

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 3RD, 2018

Harman CGT concept IP

June 20th, 2018

Versatile materials called key to vehicle interiors

Sustainability, light-weighting and consumer preference are among the OEM priorities suppliers are trying to address, company representatives say during a panel discussion at the recent WardsAuto Interiors Conference.

JIM IRWIN

2018 WARDSAUTO INTERIORS CONFERENCE

PUBLISHED JUNE 20TH, 2018

Spectalite’s Guenther discusses bamboo’s advantages as Lear’s Bott (far left) and CGT’s Vaughan listen at WardsAuto Interiors Conference.

June 20th, 2018

Inside Story One of Comfort, Flexability

Panel moderator Richard Vaughan, creative director-CGT and an industrial design consultant, notes his company is developing anti-microbial surfaces particularly suited to shared vehicles.

JIM IRWIN

2019 WARDSAUTO INTERIORS CONFERENCE

PUBLISHED MAY 13TH, 2019

August 26th, 2019

Canadian General Tower raises the bar with Backpack Project

COMMUNITY

CAMBRIDGE TIMES

PUBLISHED AUGUST 26TH, 2019

CGT backpacks ready to be delivered. 

June 18th, 2019

Cambridge's Canadian General-Tower Celebrates 150 Years

New Waterworks Park opens officially Saturday.

RAY MARTIN

CAMBRIDGE TIMES

PUBLISHED JUNE 18TH, 2019

Company chief executive officer Craig Richardson stands next to the improved ball diamonds at Waterworks Park. - Ray Martin/Torstar

Canadian General Tower (CGT) CEO Craig Richardson (right) gives Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank executive director Pat Singleton some help in making donations grow at the company’s kickoff for the food bank’s spring food drive, dubbed Shower them with our donations. - Bill Doucet, Times Staff

April 10th, 2014

Cambridge Food Bank kicks off spring drive

Canadian General Tower provided some help in making donations grow at the company’s kickoff for the food bank’s spring food drive, dubbed Shower them with our donations.

BILL JACKSON

REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

KITCHENER POST

PUBLISHED APRIL 10TH, 2014

November 16th, 2016

Your 2016 Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Award nominees are... 

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce officials have announced the nominees for its fourth annual Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Awards.

CAMBRIDGE TIMES

PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 16TH, 2016

Regional Coun. Helen Jowett stands with Jennifer Fallows of CGT, which received the Best Corporate/Not-for-Profit Partnership award along with Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank, along with Nicole Pereira of Cambridge Centre Honda and Stephen Witteveen of Pavey, Law & Witteveen LLP and Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chair. - Tomasz Adamski Photography

March, 2019

Canadian General-Tower 2019 Collection

150 years of industry-leading innovation and design, Canadian General-Tower is kicking off the 2019 pool season with fresh new designs, featuring premium Aquashimmer inks and Aquasense emboss textures as well as additions to its popular Essential Pool Collection: Hamlin (pictured) and Modstone. 

AQUA EDITORS

PUBLISHED MARCH 2019

CGT's Hamlin liner. 

August 27th, 2019

Canada's CGT builds business in Europe with Acquisitions

CATHERINE KAVANAUGH

PUBLISHED AUGUST 27TH, 2019

Canadian General-Tower Ltd.'s New Braunfels, Texas, plant opened in 2017.

May, 2019

CGT working on new plasticizers at age 150

Even after 150 years in business, Canadian General-Tower isn't afraid to try new things.

FRANK ESPOSITO

PUBLISHED MAY 16TH, 2019

CGT's New Braunfels, TX plant exterior. 

May, 2019

With 'improvement in her title, no interior can be inferior

Margaret Soares: Continuous Improvement ensures top quality

JIL McINTOSH

PUBLISHED MAY, 2019

Margaret Soares \ Photo by: David Sones

July 22nd, 2019

How one Canadian company twisted and turned, but couldn’t escape Trump's tariff crossfire

Strain on businesses entangled in a global web of trade offensives and retaliations is unprecedented

NAOMI POWELL

PUBLISHED JANUARY 1, 2019 UPDATED JULY 22ND, 2019

September, 2019

CGT at 150

Lots of competitive pep as it looks to the future.

PLANT Magazine

SEPTEMBER ISSUE

September, 2019

CGT Fields Grand Opening

SNAPD CAMBRIDGE