Transcript
By 1905, with saturat ion in the bicycle market , CCM began producing hockey
skates using scrap steel that was lef tover at the plant f rom the manufacture of
bicycles and automobi les, and subsequently began manufactur ing other hockey
gear.
In 1937, CCM acquired the Tackaberr y brand made by a Manitoban named
George Tackaberr y and “Tacks” have been the company’s s ignature skate unt i l
late 2006.
O V E R1 0 0 Y E A R S O FH O C K E Y
T H I S I S O U R S L O G A N
O U R B A D G E
M O N I K E R
T A G L I N E
B Y 1 9 0 5 , W I T H S A T U R A T I O N I N T H E B I C Y C L E M A R K E T , C C M B E G A N
P R O D U C I N G H O C K E Y S K A T E S U S I N G S C R A P S T E E L T H A T W A S L E F T O V E R A T
T H E P L A N T F R O M T H E M A N U F A C T U R E O F B I C Y C L E S A N D A U T O M O B I L E S , A N D
S U B S E Q U E N T L Y B E G A N M A N U F A C T U R I N G O T H E R H O C K E Y G E A R .
I N 1 9 3 7 , C C M A C Q U I R E D T H E T A C K A B E R R Y B R A N D M A D E B Y A M A N I T O B A N
N A M E D G E O R G E T A C K A B E R R Y A N D “ T A C K S ” H A V E B E E N T H E C O M P A N Y ’ S
S I G N A T U R E S K A T E U N T I L L A T E 2 0 0 6 .