A family and industry success story Yes, Unigraph International Incorporated is one of the largest, most respected North American manufacturers of chemicals for the printing industry. Yes, Unigraph has been a Canadian leader for the past 25 years in terms of innovation and quality. And yes, Unigraph is committed to the development of new products that meet all current technical and environmental standards. But it is the human side of this enormously successful family-run business that makes their story all the more fascinating, compelling and heart-warming. And it all began, simply and surprisingly, in the 1920 s with a hard-working stone polisher named Wilbert Thibault. He was a stone polisher by trade and honed his skills at Montreal Litho for 10 years. In those days, stones, not plates, were used to do printing. He likely didn t realize it at the time, but he and his family would eventually become pioneers and key players in the evolution of the Canadian printing industry. In 1933 Wilbert founded his own company, Commercial Litho Plate Graining Limited A visionary, he realized the potential for metal plates in the printing process and developed an innovative graining method that led to the development of the first aluminum-grained plates in Canada. Wilbert Thibault (right) with his son Leo, demonstrates his innovative coating machine for wipe-on plates circa 1952. The shift in the 1950 s to offset printing using aluminum plates as opposed to zinc, was a major turning point in the industry, and Wilbert, along with his son Leo (CEO and Chairman of Unigraph today) who joined the company in 1951, played a key role in this transformation. Then came another breakthrough. They devised an exclusive processing method that made the company s wipe-on plates the most successful in North America. New ideas were plentiful and further expansion resulted. In the early 1960 s, led by his son Leo, the company went international and signed an agreement with Harry H. Rogers of Chicago obtaining the right to manufacture the then world famous line of Rogersol pressroom chemicals in Canada. Leo also licensed Sun Chemical Corp. of New York to produce EEZY-KOTE, a line of chemicals for litho. By the late 1960 s, Leo Thibault had inked dealer agreements in more than 25 countries "“ an astounding feat! Leo Thibault (left) with his mentor Mike Bruno. Bruno collaborated with Leo s father Wilbert to standardize graining procedures and passed along valuable information to Leo regarding plate chemistry. Determined to continue the family tradition, Léo founded Unigraph International Incorporated in 1982 and brought his sons John and Mike, and daughter Susan, into the company, making it three generations of success and innovation. His wife Ann Louise has also been instrumental in the company s success. "The last three generations of Thibaults have seen virtually every technological change in the printing industry," says John Thibault, President of Unigraph. "My grandfather Wilbert brought the wipe-on plate to the Canadian market, my father Leo lived through the golden years of aluminum plates, and we re now living in the challenging CTP age.
Unigraph is Delson-based company (Quebec, Canada) with a phone number 4506325871. Our data show that the company is located at the address: 51 rue Beauvais. The company has a web site: www.unigraphinternational.com.
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