The origins of CIA date back to 1959 when the company began operations as a machine tool distributor. Mr. Walter Haas, its founder, immigrated from Czechoslovakia and grew the business into one of Eastern Canada’s largest machine tool distributors and importers of new and used metalworking equipment.

 

In the late 60’s, Michael Haas joined the firm and 10 years later, a new division “Canadian Industrial Auctioneers” was incorporated to serve the growing market demand for an efficient, effective asset disposition method. During the 80’s and 90’s, CIA continued to service private and public companies, banks and trustees’ asset disposition needs.

 

In the mid-90’s, the company expanded operations to the United States. CIA works in conjunction with affiliated offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Boston.

 

For the past 40 years, the foundation of this company was built on solid business principles and ethics.

Michael Haas - President

Michael has spent the past 40 years buying and selling industrial machinery. He grew up working in the family’s industrial machinery business, “Walter Haas Machinery”, buying and selling industrial metal, wood and plastic machinery. Michael is revered as one of North America most knowledgeable “industrial machinery experts.” He has used his expertise to help business owners, bankers and trustees refinance and reorganize over leveraged companies.

 

Gisele Hinnekens - Controller

Gisele has been with CIA for the past 26 years.  She is a McGill University Accounting Graduate.

 

Nicolas St-Germain - Operation Manager

Nicolas is responsible for all online and off-line advertising and marketing communications.