Elka Industries, Incorporated

Elka Industries, Incorporated

Scarborough, ON

Company Overview

  • Started in Scarborough in 1962 as a plastic injection moulder.
  • Manufacturer of consumer items.
  • Early 1980's began moulding parts for the Toilet Manufacturing

industry.

  • Competition from foreign markets lowered sales due strictly to

price.

  • Needed to find market we could concentrate on rather than have

a variety of products with low margins and very little volume.

  • The initial thought was to offer our product to the retail

market by packaging a complete line of related hardware and plumbing merchandise, however we found that a large number of packagers were already years ahead of our production levels.

  • In April 1990 the Mantia family purchased from the Ott family

it's 50% of Elka shares.

  • A decision was made to become a specialty manufacture of Toilet

Tank Trip Levels to the OEM market.

  • We decided to condense our product line and discontinue custom

moulding as a whole.

  • Knowing that the 6 toilet manufacturers (at that time) were

based in North America, we geared our production to meet the needs of 9, 000, 000 toilets manufactured year after year.

  • We focused on the many changes in styles and colours of

toilets.

  • We presently offer over 30 different styles of Toilet Handles,

in over a 150 different colours.

  • We manufacture a product that is durable and meets the

demanding needs of the large Toilet manufactures such as American Standard, Inc., Kohler Co., and Eljer Plumbingware.

  • We supply approximately 6, 500, 000 toilet handles to the OEM

North American market with our Plastic Toilet Trip Levers. Another 2, 000, 000 toilet handles to the aftermarket.

  • Several reasons for our success, is we employ an aggressive

sales agency based in Central U. S. A.

  • Offer a variety of Toilet Handle configurations with little or

no tooling cost to the Toilet manufacturer.

  • Fast and accurate shipments to accommodate the demand flow that

in incorporated in any form of manufacturing.

  • A knowledgeable and attentive workstaff (both in office and out

in the manufacturing plant) that works together to complete all orders on time.

  • An organized workstaff outside of the office (such as freight

forwarders and custom brokers).

  • We never leave a customer on the hook. Return all calls

promptly and answer without hesitation.

  • To further our growth along with the Toilet manufacturing

industry, we have constructed a 36, 000 square foot expansion to our existing building.

  • This expansion will accommodate a larger tonnage of injection

moulding machinery which in turn will allow us to manufacture a variety of plastic components for the Toilet Manufacturing industry.

We have won an award from the city of Scarborough for export development in 1997.

We are exporting to China.

We export over 90% of our products.

As of October 1999, we are an ISO 9001 Registered Company.

Company Information

Physical Address

155 Nantucket Blvd.
Scarborough, ON M1P 2P2
CA

Mailing Address

155 Nantucket Blvd.
Scarborough, ON M1P 2P2
CA

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Elka Industries, Incorporated

Number of Employees: 41

Country of Ownership:

CA

Contacts

Joseph Mantia

Title: General Manager

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Tony Mantia

Title: Manager

Area of Responsibility: Management Executive

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Gus Mantia

Title: Vice President

Area of Responsibility: Management Executive

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Products

  • Distribute Imported Plumbing Products
  • Plastic Toilet Trip Levers, Bolt Caps

NAICS Categories

Additional Information

NAICS:

326191

Export Experience:

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin