Our Story
From humble beginnings to building a trend-setting business from scratch.
Welcome to East & West Alum Craft Ltd.
Back in the 1960’s, we pioneered welding aluminum railings in Canada. Making the railings quicker to cut, faster to weld and much lighter to hoist than steel.
We have core values you can see in our quality craftsmanship.
1960’s – Joe Zen started to weld Aluminum as railings.
1960’s – Pacific Iron Works ( now East & West) was founded by Joe Zen and Aluminum railings were pioneered by East & West Alum Craft Ltd.
1970’s – Joe & East & West Alum Craft Ltd. became an industry leader creating Canada’s first powder paint shop in 1977.
1980’s – East & West created the Star system, a snap-together railing product sold in lineal lengths to distributors that enabled the company to gain a foothold in Eastern Canada and the U.S. Yet another service developed by East & West is custom manufacturing and installing, which was used recently when the company was tagged to supply railings for new additions at the Atlantis Hotel in the Bahamas and a similar project in Miami.
A tribute to Joe Zen :
“We’ve been pioneers and trendsetters, but we’ve also experienced hard times and learned from our mistakes. This business was built because Joe was a risk-taker,”
– Paul Zen
Vancouver
Architect
Philip Larson
Interior Designer
Jean Scott
Account Manager
Miguel Anders
Comunications
Evelyn Grant
Calgary
Architect
Philip Larson
Interior Designer
Jean Scott
Account Manager
Miguel Anders
Comunications
Evelyn Grant
San Diego
Architect
Philip Larson
Interior Designer
Jean Scott
Account Manager
Miguel Anders
Comunications
Evelyn Grant
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