tornado HYDROVAC
FROM HUMBLE local BEGININGS…to global markets
There’s Pride
for Our History
With humble beginnings, emerged what has now become, a global player in the HVAC industry.
Our new “top gun” boom design replaces side boom design. This offers greatly improved mobility of the boom for increased operational efficiencies.
We standardize builds for optimal production to meet market demands and transitioned from roots blowers to the Robushi product line.
The Eco tank design, lighter than the previous truck designs to offer greater fuel-economy and on site performance.
New tank improves weight distribution. Cyclone v3 design increases efficiencies. A curved tank floor improves load dumping.
New eco-lite tank, now 4000lbs lighter. New boom design replaces “top gun”. New rear door locking design.
TGHL acquires a new production facility in Red Deer AB, Canada. This move, dramatically scales production to meet market demand.
A Customer-centric Strategy
Sets Us Apart
Continue advancing the Hydrovac industry by way of superior product design, advanced manufacturing capabilities and robust distribution networks. Nurture and grow the long-term customer, partner and distributor relationships that we’ve established over decades of operation, by delivering of unparalleled service-level quality that to this day, remains the gold standard of the Hydrovac industry.
Integral to our business and the future of Tornado Global Hydrovacs, is a digital strategy which will revolutionize our operations through process automation. In a rapidly evolving world, this digital transformation is critical to streamlining business operation, while establishing data driven intelligence systems, capable of informing our business strategy into the future.
Engage in relentless collaboration with customers and partners to identify and solve industry challenges impacting everyday operations. Lead the charge in delivering improved feature implementations and measurable performance enhancements that directly affect the bottom line of our valued members in the Hydrovac community.
Our Team
Is What Makes Us
Brett is the President & Chief Executive Officer joining Tornado in June 2021. Brett is a hydrovac industry leader; he was the Vice President of Operations and Fleet Manager for Badger franchises in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara. He started a successful hydrovac service operation in Ontario using Tornado trucks and, from 2016 to 2021, was a co-founding partner of Rival Hydrovac Inc.
Derek Li has spent over 18 years in finance positions at businesses in the manufacturing and oil & gas industries. For the last 6 years he has been overseeing finance at Tornado. Prior to this he was Regional Finance Manager for Clean Harbors, a North America’s leading provider of environmental and industrial services. From 2011 to 2015, he was Assistant Controller for Superior Gas Liquids, a division of Superior Plus, a leading North American distributor and marketer of propane and distillates and related products and services. Mr. Li is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and an Executive MBA Candidate at the Haskayne School of Business.
Chief Financial Officer of Tornado since July 2017. Prior to this he was Chief Financial Officer of CYGAM Energy Inc., a TSX Venture Exchange listed oil and gas company with operations in Tunisia and Italy. From 1982 to 1996, he had a 14-year career culminating as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nowsco Well Service Ltd., a TSX and NASDAQ listed oilfield service company with operations in Canada, the US and internationally. He is also a former Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Wentworth Resources Ltd (formerly Artumas Group Inc.), an Oslo listed public company involved in oil and gas and power generation, with operations in East Africa. Mr. Robertson is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Brett is the President & Chief Executive Officer joining Tornado in June 2021. Brett is a hydrovac industry leader; he was the Vice President of Operations and Fleet Manager for Badger franchises in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara. He started a successful hydrovac service operation in Ontario using Tornado trucks and, from 2016 to 2021, was a co-founding partner of Rival Hydrovac Inc.
Derek Li has spent over 18 years in finance positions at businesses in the manufacturing and oil & gas industries. For the last 6 years he has been overseeing finance at Tornado. Prior to this he was Regional Finance Manager for Clean Harbors, a North America’s leading provider of environmental and industrial services. From 2011 to 2015, he was Assistant Controller for Superior Gas Liquids, a division of Superior Plus, a leading North American distributor and marketer of propane and distillates and related products and services. Mr. Li is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and an Executive MBA Candidate at the Haskayne School of Business.
Chief Financial Officer of Tornado since July 2017. Prior to this he was Chief Financial Officer of CYGAM Energy Inc., a TSX Venture Exchange listed oil and gas company with operations in Tunisia and Italy. From 1982 to 1996, he had a 14-year career culminating as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nowsco Well Service Ltd., a TSX and NASDAQ listed oilfield service company with operations in Canada, the US and internationally. He is also a former Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Wentworth Resources Ltd (formerly Artumas Group Inc.), an Oslo listed public company involved in oil and gas and power generation, with operations in East Africa. Mr. Robertson is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
