Thor Aggregate Equipment is the primary operating division of Thor Global Enterprises Ltd. and has been satisfying customers in the bulk material handling industry since 1969. With a strong steel fabricating background, the company founder and president, Thor Johannsen, began his business by manufacturing and distributing tower cranes in North America. He soon recognized a need for material handling solutions, and began designing conveyors for the aggregate and mining industries. This endeavor spurred the development of the patented side fold conveyor system in 1975. At the time this was a much more cost-effective method of making conveyors transport-ready than the classic top fold designs being employed by other manufacturers. This early success spurred the development of other rugged products such as the Viking series of screeners, and many turnkey load-out operations that are still operating smoothly today, over 30 years later.
With an innovative focus and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, the company quickly became a leader in the production of bulk material handling solutions. As increasingly stringent requirements to supply in-spec aggregate material had emerged, Thor developed the first telescopic conveyor ever to be used in bulk material stockpile creation in 1992. This had been the first true advancement in the battle against material segregation since the advent of the conveyor decades earlier, and has since revolutionized the way producers worldwide create aggregate stockpiles. Material could now be built in small concentric layers, thus ultimately reducing segregation. The demand for this product became so intense that the company decided to shift its primary focus towards developing Telescopic Conveyors, and have since been joined by other colleagues in the equipment manufacturing business.
Thor Global Enterprises Ltd. continues to lead the competition in terms of continued innovation to their telescopic concept, advanced technology, more standard features than any other manufacturer, the only comprehensive warranty policy, and the most telescopic experience. Thor has provided hundreds of their Thorstack2 telescopic machines in the most demanding environments throughout North America, and worldwide (Europe, Africa, Australia and the Middle East).
Thor Global Enterprises continues their quest to develop innovative solutions, and will soon be announcing the launch of a completely new concept, that promises to revolutionize material handling yet again.
