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About Us Our History A. B. Warehouse: A passion passed down from father to children
With the growing success of his business, he constructed a mini storage on his land and in 1986, he bought his first 6,000 square-foot warehouse on de la Seigneurie blvd in Blainville. With this expansion, the company took off the ground and its progress has been ongoing. His greatest passion, selling, quickly motivated him to take up greater challenges and for many years, he succeeded in developing his product offerings and his territory. Once the distribution network and his company’s reputation were established, he went on a quest for new goals and he helped his business line thrive and shine more and more across the province.
In 1998, just 5 years after being nominated as president, the company’s excellent results and its constant progress helped him decide to construct a new 24,000 square-foot warehouse on Industriel blvd in Blainville and new employees joined the team.
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A. B. Warehouse Inc. is a family business that was created by André Bertrand in 1979. Originally owner of a fruit and vegetable business and tired of this business, he decided to exploit his passion, selling, to develop a new company in the basement of his family home. Everything started when he bought his first batch of sanding paper that he then intended to sell directly to autobody shops in his area, buyers for this type of products, but also seduced by the services André offered. A visionary, full of energy and gifted with an innate business sense, he quickly and successfully developed what would become a genuine distribution network under the name Distributions A. B.
From the start, his children, Nathalie and Patrick were involved in this venture at the administrative and management level as well as in the development of the business. Patrick who was 16 at the time, was offered is first territory along with an associate; he brilliantly took up the challenge and went on to develop his own territory in the Sherbrooke region. In 1990, André invited Patrick to come and join him in the restructuration of the company, which had become the A. B. Warehouse Enriched with new shareholders, including his children, some employees and some front-line distributors, André established his winning team to help give a new dimension to his company. For the next 2 years, father and son worked hand in hand; Patrick had the opportunity to benefit from his father’s sound advice and business teachings until André’s untimely death in 1993 who was only 51 at the time.
Patrick, who was only 23 at the time, was suddenly propelled to the head of the family business and of a team of 8 employees. Stimulated by his sisters’, Josée’s and Nathalie’s, unconditional support, as well as Dominicke Bilodeau’s and John Nobile’s dedication in response to ferocious and relentless competition, he proceeded to carry on with his father’s work. Armed with his father’s teachings, this young man would quickly prove that he had the shoulders, the qualifications, the character and a strong team to overcome this difficult time. 
Today, A. B. Warehouse’s top management, comprised of Patrick, Josée, Nathalie and Dominicke, as well as their team, is proud of the accomplished work and the progress they have made. The company has become a leader in autobody material sales in Quebec, far ahead if its competitors. Its storage capacity has expanded to more than 55,000 square feet and a future company placement planned will allow them to build a 100,000 square-foot warehouse. With more and more clients, suppliers and referenced products, and having conquered Quebec, since 2002, Patrick and his team have been working on making the A. B. Warehouse the number one company in the field across Canada.
» Read : A. B. Warehouse: From a son to a father
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