2017 | OUR INCORPORATION

Maker North Inc. is an additive manufacturing business located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Incorporated on February 7, 2017, Maker North Inc. immediately began to design and manufacture 3D printed products. This all started out of Joseph Bertrand's personal garage.

Through the efforts of the founding team and in only an 800 sq. ft. workshop, Maker North Inc. has designed and manufactured a wealth of products, developed a dedicated client base and secured our position as first to market in Northern Ontario.

2018 | THE MAKER SPACE

In 2018 Maker North looked to some new ideas. We wanted to create a Maker Space as well as manufacture products. We found a location on Church Street and got busy. Soon we had the building painted and ready for customers. We opened our Maker Space in October 2018 officially to the public and quickly started to grow interest from the community. We were awarded innovation project of the year by the Innovation Centre.

2019 | Growth of the makers

2019 brought us the growth of the makers in Sault Ste. Marie. We offered classes in 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and many more community favourites such as blacksmithing through our members classes

We inspired many people in Sault Ste. Marie to get into the culture of being a 'Maker'. Many people bought they're own 3D Printers and learned how to 3D design their own products. Our Manufacturing was great! Offering 3D Design and Laser Cutting work to the community in whom did not want to become a member to learn themselves.

2020 | COVID-19 IMPACT

2020 was an interesting year for us. We got contacts in the injection molding field, as well as getting more and more education and members to our Maker Space. We taught at the school board and helped create many prototypes.

Covid-19 hit and many changes had to be made. Due to this terrible pandemic we had no choice but to shut down the 'Maker Space' and focus on other avenues. We
designed our own PPE to help the community during this pandemic. Using our 3D Printers to print hundreds of face shields to help the community. Soon we invested in injection molding and had 6000 face shields made. We also created many other innovations to help people service during this terrible time.

During this time we ramped up and changed the whole premise of Maker North. It started as a additive manufacturing facility, became a Maker Space, and now we are faced with a new world, we were now back to being a a full time manufacturer.

Present Day | Additive Manufacturing
Full-Swing

Currently, since March 2023 there has been a shift. Maker North Inc. has closed it’s doors and the new improved Maker North Co. with owners Riley Drover, Jeremy Belair, and Joseph Toteda is providing clients with four basic services: design/education, prototype development, 3D printing and laser cutting. Our customers range from entrepreneurs who seek design and prototyping services to bring their own products to market to businesses and individuals who wish to purchase an available product that we can 3D print or laser cut. We have already played an integral role in the design / prototyping of several products that were created and brought to market by our customers. We continue to work with several others who are on the path to mass production of their own creations. We have designed and printed unique products that our customers have used directly but not sold and we have printed products from publicly available design files when our customers needed access to something that had already been created.