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MacKellar Associates, Inc. was
founded in 1923 when Malcolm MacKellar began his agency representing two woolen mills
selling woolen body cloth, upholstery and headliners to the Automotive Industry, which
included Packard Motor Company,  Studebaker and the "Big Three". The original corporate offices
were located in the historical General Motors Building in Detroit, Michigan. |
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At that
time MacKellar Associates was a one-man sales operation backed up
by one secretary. This small but efficient operation continued for
over 20 years and developed a reputation of honesty, integrity and
excellent service. In the mid 1940's Malcolm's two sons joined the
organization. As the company grew, MacKellar Associates'
reputation in the Automotive Industry allowed for expansion into injection molded plastics and decorative
metal parts for the Automotive Industry. Larger quarters were required to handle the
larger staff and the offices were moved from Detroit to the Congress Building in Southfield.
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 After several years passed, the third generation joined the family business.
Again, expansion was required and offices were moved to Birmingham, MI.
Through out the early 80's the company continued to grow to about 10
employees.In 1988 the offices were
moved once again to the now corporate headquarters in Bloomfield Hills, MI. MacKellar Associates' coverage continued to expand
and offices in Grand Rapids, MI and Columbus, OH were added. |
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In the late 80's an Electronics Division was introduced which
represented Test Equipment and Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers
and offices were opened in Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN and
Cleveland, OH.
To compliment some of the products that
MacKellar was representing, Burro Graphics was purchased in 1987.
Burro Graphics is a screen printer plant located in Rochester Hills,
MI launching MacKellar owned manufacturing and a new division in the
Point of Purchase and Corporate Incentive Market called "MacKellar
Incentive Marketing".
With the globalization of the
Automotive Industry in the 90's, it became necessary to include
coverage in Mexico and Europe making MacKellar Associates a global
company.
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In 1999 MacKellar started the MacKellar Automotive Division offering automotive embroidery and screen printing on seat backs,
head rests, floor mats and door panels. To ensure the best quality product produced from our manufacturing facility, in 2003 MacKellar Automotive and MacKellar Incentive Marketing became ISO 9001 Registered!
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2005, MacKellar expanded the MacKellar Automotive Division with a
new embroidery facility in Juarez, Mexico in an effort to support
the logistics requirements of its major leather and cut and sew
customers.
From a one sales person agency to over thirty five employees and
now four generations, with manufacturing capabilities, three offices and several diverse divisions, we are committed to servicing both our principals and our customers while continuing to expand the company into future generations.
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