Home About Us Board of Directors Nomination Criteria Nomination Form Contact Us Joseph-Armand Bombardier 1907-1964 Founder, Bombardier Inc. Montreal, QC You must have Windows Media 9 or above to see the video above. Click here to download the free player. Self-taught mechanic Joseph-Armand Bombardier is best-known for developing the snowmobile. More than a recreational vehicle, his invention helped end the isolation of winter that plagued areas of the world's northern regions, including Bombardier's native Quebec. The prototype, in 1935, was a modified car equipped with his greatest invention the "wheel/track system". The snowmobile gave birth to a variety of emergency rescue vehicles and eventually led to the famous Ski-Doo brand. Bombardier died in February 1964, but by 1994, Bombardier Inc. had recorded two million snowmobile sales and emerged as one of the world's leading manufacturers for the transportation industry. Today, the company is renowned for its aircraft and rail transportation systems, employing some 59,000 people worldwide. Induction Category: Founder 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