Wayne Ripley
Wayne specializes in sales and rentals of stainless steel tanks. As the son of Ripley’s owner, Ed, Wayne has been part of the company from a young age, starting at 13 by helping load tanks onto delivery trucks. Showing an early aptitude for welding, he went on to study machining at BC Institute of Technology […]
Bryan Huk
Bryan is our Controller and he joined us in June 2021.
Eric Reimer
Eric joined Ripley in 2001 as a welder’s helper and quickly advanced to welder/fabricator. After gaining experience at other stainless steel shops, he returned to Ripley to manage a department and later transitioned into materials sourcing and inventory control. Now serving as Ripley’s Operations Manager, Eric oversees project pre-planning and collaborates with suppliers to source […]
Lara Hughes
Lara Hughes, (nee Ripley) is in charge of Ripley Stainless’s Human Resources, Occupation Health and Safety and Social Media. Lara also performs general corporate duties and often acts as the Ripley chauffeur. If you are coming from out of town for a tour of the Ripley plant, chances are Lara will be your host. Lara studied Visual Merchandising at Ontario’s Ryerson Polytechnic School […]
Wayne Ripley
Wayne handles sales for wine and beer tanks, as well as tank rentals. Like all of the Ripley offspring looking to have a future at Ripleys, Wayne started at a young age helping load tanks on the delivery trucks, at the age of 13. After exhibiting an aptitude for welding he followed up with four years […]
Ed Ripley
Ed Ripley founded Ripley Stainless Ltd. in 1979 – after taking a welding course at Okanagan College. Prior to Ed’s foray into entrepreneurship, he had always been passionate about working with steel and creating something new in the way of innovative stainless products. He still finds the process fascinating – always tinkering with something in the shop in an effort to […]