Class 1 Inc. started in 1995 with one employee, Barry Hunt, selling medical gas equipment from a home office. In 1999 the company began to manufacture headwalls and other products.
Today, Class 1 serves Mechanical, Architectural, Electrical and Respiratory markets in hospitals, labs, universities and specialty industries from coast-to-coast in Canada and internationally. We are a leading Canadian manufacturer of medical vacuum and medical air systems, medical supply units, isolated power centres and medical gas pipeline components. We also distribute respiratory equipment related to medical gas systems. Our Class 1 Medical Gas Systems Division performs complete turnkey, design-build, and subcontract medical gas pipeline installations for hospitals. Our Service group provides preventive maintenance and emergency service for all makes of Medical Vacuum and Medical Air Systems including SIHI, Busch, Riestchle, Becker, Ingersoll-Rand, Powerex and Quincy.
Class 1’s head office and manufacturing plant is located in Cambridge, Ontario.
The company currently has 70 direct employees as well as a network of OEM manufacturers, distributors, dealers, installers and service persons.
Class 1 is 100% Canadian owned and operated.