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Beau-Roc Inc.
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MANUFACTURING • Beau-Roc Inc.
MAY 2013 • The Canadian Business Journal
Canada’s own Beau-Roc builds efficient truck
bodies with customized care
A homegrown company’s keen attention to detail provides the ultimate solution to Canada’s rugged haulage
requirements today.
Beau-Roc Inc. manufactures dump bodies for a wide range
of carriers, customers and applications, uniquely combining
efficient processes for fast order turnaround with the use of topof-the-line materials for products customized to meet specific
requirements. At Beau-Roc, the integration from engineering to
computer-assisted production is seamless.
“We are not a price point company; we are a product
company,” explains Glenn Coffin, Regional Sales Manager.
“We are committed toward building a high-quality product. If
you buy a dump truck chassis expecting it to last 15 years,
our goal is to build a dump body that will match it.”
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MANUFACTURING • Beau-Roc Inc.
With its popular Diamond product line first
hydraulic high lift, automatic opening gates, pre-
introduced in 2004, Beau-Roc leverages the two
installed cradles and cylinders, and the option of
folds in the truck body’s diamond shape without
a pin-to-pin cylinder among many others.
compromising the one large plate of HARDOX
450 steel. Offering optimum resistance to wear
Solid history, great future
and impact, the HARDOX material manufactured
The Beau-Roc commitment to quality dates
to a 450 Brinell standard is three times as hard
back to 1985, when the founders opened the
as regular high-tensile steel and will increase
doors to a steel dump body manufacturing
wear life by 2.5 to 7.5 times depending on the
company in rural Saint-Damien-de-Brandon,
material being hauled. The Diamond line’s
Quebec, west of Trois-Rivières.
unique folded side profile is resistant to warp-
Just two years later, based on immediate
ing, is easy to maintain and endures. It has also
growth, Beau-Roc shifted its operations to a larger
proven to be an excellent location for the custom-
facility in St. Gabriel-de-Brandon, Quebec. In 1996,
ers’ signs and decals!
production was moved to the eastern Ontario town
“We sell based on value and you’re getting
of Vars, just east of Ottawa. The new site supports
the best quality product that is on the market,”
the growing demands of the custom manufacturer,
says Nathalie St-Pierre, General Manager. “No
which has today expanded its primary markets into
matter what a person buys – from work boots to
Ontario, the Maritime Provinces, Western Canada,
dump trucks – wear and tear is natural through
and the United States.
regular usage. Part of our overall quality design
Backed by the significant investment in
and manufacturing process is to build in the abil-
engineering and manufacturing, a key focus for
ity to withstand the ‘wear and tear’ factor.”
the company today is on building strong relation-
“Our Diamond DL and DH models are backed
ships. Beau-Roc’s employees, managers and
by a two-year warranty,” says Jeremy D’Brox,
representatives subscribe to the importance of
Regional Sales Manager. “As each unit is custom-
quality, and recognize this as the critical element
built, our clients can order them with a complete
in relationships with customers and suppliers
range of options and features geared to that
alike. These working partnerships ensure suc-
application”. For example, Beau-Roc’s Diamond
cess in the marketplace for all involved.
truck bodies can feature a side opening tailgate,
Continually striving to improve on haulage
MAY 2013 • The Canadian Business Journal
solutions for North America’s contractors, Beau-
product for the end users,” summarizes Mr. Cof-
Roc is working on developing more aerodynamic
fin. “It’s what we do that separates ourselves
and lighter dump truck bodies using new materials
from the competition.”
to efficiently combat the fuel consumption. Ms.
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In addition to Class 8 dump truck bodies,
St-Pierre and the team of engineers at Beau-Roc
Beau-Roc builds custom builds contractor bod-
are also confident that they can reduce the weight
ies, landscaper bodies, tree service bodies, chip-
of steel and material used in its dump body builds
per bodies, stainless steel bodies (SS201 and
while still achieving the same product strength and
SS304) and combination multi-purpose bodies
mobility. “Reduced weight means more payload
– each heavy-duty for strength but lightweight for
and more payload means increased productivity.
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This all translates into increased profitability for our
customers,” she concluded.
“Being an engineering driven organization,
we’re constantly examining and enhancing our
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