Tom Parkes

President at Kel-Gor Limited

Tom joined Kel-Gor Limited in 1981 as a 1st Year Apprentice Pipefitter, working for his father, Ron Parkes, a supervisor with Kel-Gor Limited for over 20 years. Tom has worked for the company as a Journeyman, Foreman, Area Foreman, Planner, Coordinator, Site Manager, Estimator, Project Manager, Senior Project Manager and Vice President of Operations. In December 2017, Tom was named President of Kel-Gor Limited, with a focus on the company’s Health & Safety and Quality Assurance programs, as well as providing oversight and direction for the company’s strategic growth initiatives.

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Sombra, Canada

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Kel-Gor Limited

Kel-Gor Limited was incorporated in 1969 with it's primary focus to serve the major companies in the petro-chemical industry in Ontario. The services include engineering, project management, mechanical contracting, pipeline construction, plant maintenance, and custom fabricating of industrial process equipment such as pressure vessels, fired heaters, heat recovery units, packaged units, piping , tanks, and furnace/boiler ducts. The Sarnia-based manufacturing facility includes 65,000 sq.ft. of fabrication and assembly area with multiple heavy cranes and automated/semi-automated welding equipment, on 15 acres of land. The shops are certified to: ASME Section I Power Boilers (ASME 'S' Stamp) ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 Pressure Vessels (ASME 'U' Stamp) CSA Standard W47.1, Div. 1 Structural Steel Welding procedures cover various metallurgies for services ranging from cryogenic (aluminium, stainless steel) to high- temperature high-pressure (chrome-moly, nickel alloys). The company has an enviable reputation for excellence in produc- tion and service which is backed up by a long list of satisfied international clients such as M.W. Kellogg, Stone and Webster, Foster Wheeler, Bayer, Imperial Oil, Shell, Dow, Dupont, Novacor, Praxair, BOC Cryo-plants, Air Products, and Ontario Hydro. Kel-Gor's large industrial products have been shipped via road, rail, or water across Canada, all over the USA, to Europe, to South America, and to the Far East.


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Sarnia, Canada

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1,001-5,000

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