Built on service

1903

D’Amico Family

As Canadians, our family dates back a century starting with four brothers who immigrated to Canada from the small, Southern Italian town of Pietragalla in the province of Potenza. First arrivng in Montreal, after a few twists and turns, they all settled in the Niagara Region. Athough this industrial heartland of Canada offered many employment opportunities in the steel mills, cotton mills, rubber plants and so on, the D’Amico brothers unlike many others, chose self-employment to take fullest advantage of this thriving new land of opportunity. The four brothers – Joe, Rocc, Sam & Tony.

1920

Ice & Coal Business

The four brothers pooled their resources to sell and deliver ice for iceboxes in the summer months and coal for furnaces and stoves in the winter months.
The hard work of transporting by horse and wagon and delivering by hand when elevators were non-existent, proved to be a probitable also a disappearing business once electricity became more acailable and affordable. In the late 1930’s, the brothers started breaking out on thier own and increased their transport and delivery offerings to include bleach, solvents and other household needs.

1984

The Third Generation

In 1984, Joey’s son, Joseph, joined the family trucking business bringing with him the desire to grow the business and move it into the 21st century. With capital hard to come by, in 1988 R&R and Intermetco, Canada’s largest and publicly traded recycling company, formed a joint venture for transportation and logistics services. By the early 1990’s, the fleet grew from a dozen or so power units to more than 100 units with terminals in Port Colborne, Stoney Creek, Markham and the docks in Toronto. Still desiring to grow the company, Joseph continued to add logistics services, industrial services, repairs and tire business, as well as, growing the base transportation services with dumps, luggers, roll offs, tankers and flatbeds. In 1994, the company moved headquarters from Port Colborne to their current location at 1818 Burlington Street in Hamilton, Ontario.

2006

TransportCorp & Thomas Solutions

Joseph made a clean start when he began a private family group of companies under the umbrella of TransportCorp. While keeping the teams of the newly acquired companies, Douma, Vickerdsm Vanderhids, Pinkney and others, were now branded as “RIMS” with the TransportCorp.com.

Thomas Solutions was founded in Hamilton in 1967. Offers a variety of services such as work truck rentals, cartage, manpower, fleet management, service, LTL transportation and others. It was proudly added to the TransportCorp in 2006.

2012

The Fourth Generation

Today, TransportCorp.com is a privately held family operation. With the addition of Joseph’s two children, Lauren and Nicholas, the D’Amico entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. With a clear focus on customer service and a dedication to transportation and the logistics business, the current group of companies will continue to grow.

2020

Thomas Solutions

With new perspective management under Nicholas D’Amico, Thomas Solutions has entered the modern era. Modernizing in each single aspect Thomas Solutions strives to provide the best quality service to existing and new clients.