Home About Us Board of Directors Nomination Criteria Nomination Form Contact Us Peter Lymburner Robertson* Robertson Inc. Milton, Ontario P. L. Robertson was an innovator, an industrialist and an astute businessman. He was known throughout Canada as the inventor of the Robertson screw. At the turn of the century Robertson, then a traveling salesman, applied for and patented numerous items but it was his 1906 patent that would make him famous - a screw with a square pyramid socket punched in the centre of its head. He began production of the screw in 1908, using machinery mostly of his own design. His products became widely used, from the wooden bodyworks of Henry Ford's model T to ships built by the British Navy in WWII. Robertson would also become one of the first firms in the fastener business to pre-package screws and nails. His 40-year career transformed the Haldimand Country farm boy into a millionaire-philanthropist. Robertson remained in control of his company until his death in 1951. Robertson's socket head screw revolutionized the industry. With the accuracy of one one-thousandth of an inch, the square headed screwdriver has a tighter fit than a slot screwdriver and rarely slipped. Fully 85% of the screws sold in Canada use the Robertson head. About 10% of the screws sold in the U.S. are Robertson. * Deceased Home | About Us | Board of Directors | Nomination Criteria | Nomination Form | Contact Us © Canadian Manufacturing Hall of Fame: 2000 Talbot Road W.- Box 43, Windsor, ON N9A 6S4 Phone: 519-972-2382 - Fax: 519-972-2733 - E-mail info@cmhof.ca Premier Sponsors: Cocktail Sponsor:

Announcing the 2009 Canadian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Inductees: (click the names below for their biographies) John L. Bragg Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd. Oxford, Nova Scotia Steve F. Krar Educator, Trainer, Author Welland, Ontario Dr. John S. MacDonald MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Burnaby, British Columbia Placide Poulin MAAX Inc. Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Quebec Peter Lymburner Robertson* Robertson Inc. Milton, Ontario * Deceased Gavin Semple Brandt Group of Companies Regina, Saskatchewan An induction ceremony and dinner will be held Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor, Ontario Click here for 2006 & 2007 Inductees