PK Welding and Fabricators was founded in 1960, by Arnold H. Paashuis, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Initially, the company served as a custom metal fabricating shop. Its first exposure to the truck upfitting business, was the manufacture of mobile catering bodies with stainless steel interiors. During this time PK was able to establish a long-lasting relationship with the truck dealers.

As PK’s reputation for innovation and quality grew, dealers began approaching the company with new concepts. One was the manufacture of a basic truck body, for the back of a regular van. The development of the commercial cutaway van or ‘cube’ van (which was new to Canada at that time) established PK as a major force in the light-duty truck body market in Ontario.

Since that time PK has used its skilled workforce and innovation, to establish itself in new markets with its larger dry and refrigerated vans, all aluminum constructed walk-in vans, mobile TV production vans and trailers, ambulance bodies, and police and fire specialty vehicles.

Today, PK Van Bodies (a division of PK Welding and Fabricators) occupies a 30,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility with a customer base that stretches across Canada and the United States, as well as offshore markets in Asia and 
South America

Quality Mission Statement

At PK Vans, we are committed to the concept that quality is defined by the customer and our success as a company is dependent on our performing to and beyond our customers' expectations. We believe that continuous quality improvement is the foundation for such performance and will allow us to remain competitive.

We are committed to achieving quality excellence in all we do, by employing the following principles:

Provide a safe workplace for all our employees through training and risk management.

Develop mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with our suppliers, customers and employees.

Provide maximum product value by employing innovation in product and process design.

Foster employee involvement and teamwork and provide on-going employee training providing them with the skills required for Continuous Quality Improvement.

Ensure full understanding of customer requirements and effectively communicate these requirements to all relevant PK Van Bodies personnel, in such a way that the potential for misunderstanding is eliminated.