| Spencer-Lemaire Industries Limited was incorporated in 1961 by Henry A. Spencer and Claude J.M. Lemaire, both Professional Engineers, for the design, manufacture and distribution of plastic products. Experimental work on the development of seedling containers began in 1963 with co-operation and encouragement from the Alberta Department of Agriculture and the Alberta Forestry Service, as well as Northwestern Pulp and Power (Dr. Des Crossley), of Hinton, Alberta. Dr. Les Carlson of the Canadian Forestry Service in Edmonton established appropriate regimes for container growth of seedlings. About 1975, Simpson Timber built a Rootrainer container nursery at Whitecourt, Alberta. Earlier, Dr. R. (Dick) |
Tinus of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service helped to design large Rootrainers for growth of seedlings for the great plains of central U.S.A..
Spencer-Lemaire has patents on the original Rootrainers design and its subsequent improvements, and the Ronaash Rootrainers name is a Registered Trademark. Ronaash Limited, of Scotland, is the authorized manufacturer and distributor of Rootrainers for Europe and the Middle East.
Spencer-Lemaire and Ronaash now provide Rootrainers for successful growth of seedlings of all kinds, world-wide. |
