This company was founded in 1942 to manufacture forestry equipment. They bought out shingle-machine maker Webb & Gifford at some point. Sometime after 1982 they became Valon Kone Brunette Ltd.
Information Sources
- The VKB website provided the 1942 date. We are guessing that it refers to the founding of Brunette Machine Works.
- This manufacturer was mentioned in the scholarly journal Material History Bulletin, in an article entitled "The shingle sawing machine in British Columbia, 1901 to 1925", by Robert B. Griffin.
- Dino Vinti pointed us to the current incarnation, VKB Ltd.