Emerald Metal Fabrications was the brainchild of Ron LaFayette (President and C.E.O.) who created the company in 1980, which was at that time called Bulldog Welding Limited. Bulldog Welding Limited, subcontracted for several large oil drilling companies. In 1985 Ron took Bulldog Welding Limited to one of Western Canada's Major Tanks & Equipment Manufacturers as an exclusive subcontractor. Ron LaFayette went on to become their Welding Supervisor for a major tank manufacturer in 1987. In 1989 Ron decided to change the name of Bulldog Welding Limited and thus Emerald Metal Fabricators was created. By the year 2000 Ron became the Field Superintendent for the same major tank manufacturer that he brought Bulldog Welding to in 1987. This union carried on until 2004 when E.M.F. went out on its own. Since then Ron has put together a hand picked team of specialists from within the tank fabricating and oil and gas industries to take E.M.F. to the next level. Since moving out on its own, E.M.F. has developed strong customer relationships with Oil companies such as, Husky Energy, Nexen Inc., MEG Energy, Petro Gas, Devon Canada, Encana, Pembina Pipelines, Deep Well Energy and EOG Resources. E.M.F. has also developed strong relationships and is engaged on bidding projects with several engineering companies including, Bar Engineering, Veco Engineering, Colt Engineering, Integra Energy, Worley Parsons and Makloc Buildings Inc. E.M.F. is currently completing projects for Makloc Buildings Inc., ATCO Power, Nexen Canada, University of Alberta, Shell Canada and Talisman. E.M.F. is also in discussion to engage upon several other projects in the first and second quarters of 2008.