Celebrating a legacy of more than 60 years, Plastiques Gagnon has built a tradition of excellence and unique expertise in plastic injection moulding, evolving from a small workshop into a major industrial partner in the province of Quebec.
Founded in 1958, the capabilities of the company have surged from basic plastic parts to complex technical and aesthetic components used in demanding environments. Today, Plastiques Gagnon offers end-to-end services, including outstanding mould design, engineering, production, and quality control.
Servicing a wide range of industries, Plastiques Gagnon produces millions of injection-moulded components for core industrial sectors, including: automotive generally, along with electrification parts for vehicles, battery systems, and EV infrastructure; recreation, with power sports components for snowmobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and marine vehicles; construction and building systems; ventilation and electrical systems; mining; defence and security; and electronics for sensitive applications.
The company’s product types include fluid reservoirs, housings, and enclosures; structural and aesthetic vehicle components; electrical and ventilation system parts; and battery pack and energy storage components, often used in critical systems exposed to extreme conditions and requiring high durability, precision, and consistency.
With continuous investments—more than $25 million since 2019—and new facilities, Plastiques Gagnon has recently significantly increased production capacity and positioned itself for future growth. This sustained evolution reflects a company that has not only survived but adapted, continuously and energetically, to changing industrial needs and technologies, a key factor in its long-term success.
“We evolved from a very small workshop to a major industrial partner, the biggest player in Quebec for small and medium-sized injection-moulding parts,” explains Guy Jourdain, Sales and Marketing Director.
Plastiques Gagnon initially specialized in snowmobile manufacturing before becoming a major player in the motorized vehicle components sector, including personal watercraft, snowmobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-side vehicles, and marine applications. With a clientele primarily based in Quebec, the company serves numerous assembly plants located in Mexico, the United States, Finland, and South Africa.
Growing from there, Plastique Gagnon developed other markets such as defence-training ammunition and small parts for mining detonators. Versatility in quantity is always impressive, with the company able to provide extremely high-volume products—in the 30 million-per-year range—as well as low-volume products at around 1,000 to 5,000 units per year.
“Some of them we produce every month, and some of them only once a year,” says Jourdain. “This is special for this kind of industry, as most of the time, the materials for the injection moulding process consist of one or two resins. Here, we use more than 3,000 resin blends. One of our strengths here at Gagnon is the flexibility and capacity to adapt our process and production to the needs of our customers.”
Client care is crucial to the company, and it begins with building a solid relationship with the customer and nurturing it over many decades. This has resulted in a strong presence in the power sports industry for 50 years and over 25 years in defence and mining. It’s a point of pride for the team at Plastiques Gagnon.
“Those customers stick with us because we have a good knowledge base, and it’s hard for them to find people who have good knowledge to make the parts,” says Jourdain. It’s this expertise that helps the company stand out in the industry.
As well as the power sports and mining detonator industries, Plastiques Gagnon has developed optical fiber connectors for the electronic software industries, illustrating its unique and extensive range of industries and projects. Additionally, the company develops precision-moulded components, often integrated into critical systems where reliability is essential, leveraging advanced processes such as overmoulding, insert integration, micro-moulding, automated assembly, and welding, with expertise extending to the engineering of resin formulations, ensuring materials are optimized for performance, durability, and environmental conditions.
This technological edge enables Plastiques Gagnon to deliver highly customized, high-performance solutions, making it a trusted partner for manufacturers with complex needs.
Courtesy of cutting-edge technology, the company’s defining strength is its ability to customize products to each client’s exact requirements. Combining this exemplary customer service with extensive knowledge means building long-lasting relationships while also honouring its family history and becoming an industry leader in the province.
“Plastiques Gagnon’s rise is deeply rooted in its family ownership and continuity,” says Jourdain. Founded by Joe Gagnon and his son Jean-Marie in 1958, the company is now led by its third generation—François, Jean, and Monika—a testament to its strong sense of identity and long-term vision. This multi-generational leadership has helped transform the company into a recognized industry leader while combining tradition with forward-thinking strategy.
“Over the decades, this continuity has fostered a culture of innovation and craftsmanship, long-term relationships with clients, and strategic, patient growth decisions,” Jourdain says.
That family commitment has also fostered attention to culture, values, and deep social roots within the community, embracing values of respect, rigour, flexibility, and health and well-being that continue to guide the company’s recruitment and retention strategies. “We have been proactive in investing in international recruitment,” adds Jourdain. “We have welcomed and supported over 50 foreign workers while also investing over $1.2 million in 19 housing units.”
Plastiques Gagnon also prioritizes skills development through various training programs and internal promotion, actively supporting the local population and workforce. “We firmly believe in the importance of giving back to the community,” Jourdain says. “We are proud of our social involvement, which extends far beyond our daily operations. We’re particularly passionate about causes that affect youth, heritage, and culture, as well as health and well-being.”
Through its real estate investments, Plastiques Gagnon created l’Espace Plastiques Gagnon, a significant portion of which is used by the organization Soupe au bouton, whose mission is to improve food security. The company also participates in programs such as Learning Differently to offer unique educational opportunities, while Monika Gagnon serves as regional ambassador for the Grande Bibliothèque’s Audacity of Possibilities program.
“Our involvement is demonstrated by our significant contribution to the construction of Maison d’Hélène, a project for supporting people at the end of their lives that’s particularly close to our hearts,” says Jourdain. He adds that the company participates annually in the Relay for Life in support of the fight against cancer, and recently highlighted its heritage by illuminating the village centre with church lights. Plastiques Gagnon also contributed to the funding of the Living Memory Museum, the Innovation Tower, and the Museum of Sculpted Heritage.
“We remain committed to supporting local infrastructure such as the arena, the lookout post, the golf club, and the marina, while also contributing financially to local festivals,” Jourdain tells us.
While remaining devoted to family, and with customer care at the forefront of the company’s enduring success, its dedication to flexibility is also significant. “Flexibility is critical for a company like Plastiques Gagnon,” Jourdain says. “In many cases, it’s the reason clients choose us over competitors or stay with us long-term.”
Flexibility is indeed a differentiator that is difficult to copy as it stems from several factors, including a company culture based on a family-owned, human approach, an organizational structure that emphasizes reduced bureaucracy, experience across industries, and technical depth, all of which Plastiques Gagnon is proud to possess. Flexibility has helped transform the company from a simple supplier into a trusted partner that can adapt, solve problems, and grow with the client.
Looking ahead, the company is developing more construction components, such as thermostat casing, piping connectors for electronics and electricity, PVC parts, and parts to apply adhesive. Another recent accomplishment is receiving an LOC—Letter of Conformance—for the standard IATF 16949:2016, a first step to receiving the standard certification that will open Plastiques Gagnon to the new and exciting automotive industry market.
“We also want to increase the shot size of our injection process,” Jourdain says. “We’ll probably go over 1,000 tons of moulding press. We did invest about $25 million since 2019 in the facilities here, so that’s a significant increase in the production capacity of the company.”
Plastiques Gagnon now has 60 presses, with 40 of them located at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, and 20 at the Levis plant, the brand-new location where production started in June 2024, with integration following last year.
Ultimately, the company’s success pivots around its expertise, knowledge, and flexibility, all of which allow it to service customers with the ideal care and attention. “We’re big enough, but not so big as to not be available to the requests and requirements of our customers,” Jourdain says. “We’re still open to developing, and we always adjust our production and capacity to meet customer needs.”
Success will continue for Plastiques Gagnon due to several important factors: its continuous innovation in materials, processes, and automation combined with a customer-centric approach that tailors every solution, assisted by a family-driven outlook from leadership that ensures stability and long-term vision, diversification across industries, risk reduction, and the opening of new markets and strategic positioning in emerging sectors like electrification and energy storage.
“Plastiques Gagnon’s story is one of steady evolution, technological excellence, and strong family values,” Jourdain concludes. “For more than 60 years, it has transformed from a small workshop into a key industrial partner in Quebec, known for delivering custom, high-performance plastic solutions across multiple sectors—and it continues to innovate for the future.”
