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Customer Service Isn’t That Hard: A Letter from Our Founder
It takes true grit to start a business and keep it going for almost 20 years - particularly, an abiding passion for what is right and wrong, and the determination to stick to your
SkateParks: Not Just a Half-Pipe Dream
It’s amazing to see an object through another person’s eyes. Especially if that person comes from a completely different perspective than you do. At Compass, we’ve sold a lot of pipe bends that were
A Shop of Shape Shifters
In folklore, a shapeshifter is a person with the ability to change their physical form at will. And while they may not shift their physical forms, the folks at Compass Bending somehow take metals
Impact of new CSA codes
The cost of testing for oil and gas pipe bends is going up, especially for destructive testing ("test bends"). Two new Canadian Standards Association (CSA) codes have just been published (August 2022), taking pipe
Fast Link in a Slow Supply Chain
What can a business do when its supply chain slows to a near halt? Colin Maskey, President & General Manager of Compass Bending Ltd., a pipe bending service based in Calgary, says, “We thought about this possibility a while ago. That’s why we focused on building inventory.”