Company History

In 1930 Norval Orser had a vision! It was to establish an electric motor rewinding shop in Orillia. After training in Chicago at the Coyne Electrical School, he opened a small shop on West Street in 1934. The company soon realized a significant growth with the use of electricity becoming more and more popular.

By 1952 the company had outgrown its' small premises and moved to a larger location on West Street. In 1974, moving to 301 Forest Avenue, the electrical contracting division, the motor repair and rewind division were expanded. Along with this came the establishment of the retail and wholesale industrial electrical supply store. William Bundy purchased Orser in 1977 and new premises, on the same property, were acquired.

In 1995 the company was purchased by three employees and is currently owned and operated by A.R. (Tony) Telford and Elizabeth (Liz) Dunn. In early 2004, we moved to our present location: 655 Harvie Settlement Road. Stop by and see us on the hill behind the Home Depot overlooking Orillia.

Again the company is growing but in a new way. A change in thinking to a more environmentally friendly greener way of doing business. The future is green technologies and with that in mind Orser Technical has moved into e-cycling equipment and electronics instead of them just ending up in our landfills. Micro-generation and new Solar technologies are on the leading edge of the future for new energy generation and potential profit centres for landowners.

Come in and talk to us about our new Green Go initiative.