That long-term plan included being the best it could be at manufacturing and selling pumps, which Quinn feels many U.S. competitors don’t make their highest priority.    

“We did business a little differently,” Quinn says. “A lot of our competitors are small independents. They’re good people, but all they have is their own knowledge base.

“They get work because of the social side of things, or they do a lot of wining and dining,” he adds. “Or, some huge supply companies just sell multiple products, pumps being one of many they sell. I specialize in one [kind of product].

“It took people awhile to realize the value we could bring,” Quinn adds. He says that in addition to providing a quality product, the company’s ability to work directly with customers and adapt its products for different situations sets it apart.

This is made possible by long-term employees who know the business, he explains. “We do a lot of internal training,” Quinn says. “I believe strongly in promoting from within.

“I think you get a lot of companies, where they’re trying to go hire someone, and trying to steal some of your top people. I just believe that you should develop a long-term loyalty.

“I try to bring [employees] in at lower levels and promote them and train them. If I look at the managers in my store, 75 percent of them were promoted from within the system.” Quinn says this creates loyal employees and a consistent way of doing business throughout different locations.

Big and Growing
Quinn Pumps manufactures out of a 75,000-square-foot facility in its Red Deer headquarters, in addition to its 12,000-square-foot facility in Midland, Texas.   

The company’s Canadian locations include:

• Estevan, Saskatchewan
• Gull Lake, Saskatchewan
• Kindersley, Saskatchewan
• Provost, Alberta
• Lloydminster, Alberta
• Cold Lake, Alberta
• Taber, Alberta
• Brooks, Alberta
• Drayton Valley,  Alberta
• Grand Prairie, Alberta
• Slave Lake, Alberta
• Red Earth, Alberta
• Rainbow Lake, Alberta
• Fort St., British Columbia

Quinn says he’d like the company to continue to grow within the United States, specifically in the Rocky Mountain region. The company’s current U.S. locations include:

• Taft, Calif.
• Bakersfield, Calif.
• Santa Maria, Calif.
• Ventura, Calif.
• Artesia, N.M.
• Kermit, Texas
• Andrews, Texas
• Midland, Texas
• Penwell, Texas
• Big Spring, Texas
• Kilgore, Texas
• Weatherford, Texas
• Caldwell, Texas
• Refugio, Texas
• Sandersville, Miss.
• Laurel, Miss.
• Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Quinn Pumps seeks aggressive growth, but is also mindful of keeping its original facilities up to date.

“Since manufacturing began in 1974, Quinn's has continually re-invested capital back into the company to upgrade our equipment and our manufacturing facility,” the company says. “Quinn's has had 11 expansions in our manufacturing plant since 1971.”