About Us
Built on Friendship, Fueled by Passion
Sometimes it takes two wishes to build a dream. This dream was started with the love of hockey and the urge for complete independence. From humble beginnings in a little pro shop, two friends from college grabbed their winning combination and took off.
Starting after university in 1985, best friends John Calderone and Mark Stefanopoulos began working in local pro shops offering services for sharpening skates and selling hockey equipment. Business was promising but in 1989 after noticing the dramatic demise of sales during the summer seasons, they took their business and decided it needed to be altered into something that could provide a stable amount of work year long.
Investing in a 15 head embroidery machine and moving in to their first office in St-Laurent was the solution. Jumping into the embroidery industry was the birth of CSG, or if you ask John, “Customer Service Guaranteed”.
As the months and years moved on, new machines were purchased, employees were hired and CSG became a strong competitor in the embroidery business. Moving offices once again to a larger and more functional factory, expanding the machinery to 16 embroidery machines was now a necessity to serve new clients and be able to embroider on caps, apparel, golf bags and even umbrellas; there was nothing that they couldn’t do.
Enter 1998 and the recurring requests by clients for top quality headwear, CSG took another gamble and expanded their machines and staff by opening a brand new manufacturing department which would produce 100% Canadian Made Caps. Gaining a good reputation for well-made and top quality goods, CSG was featured as a rare find in a sea of brands coming out of China.
During the year of 2001, business was stable yet not expanding. A strong demise in the local cap industry had begun from the rise of products from China. The new techniques and prices were unattainable for anyone in Canada to compete with. This left no choice for CSG but to once again shift gears and expand the manufacturing side into a full service department creating sports uniforms.
Since then, we have created a strong product line of custom made and designed Hockey Jerseys, Socks, Pants and Bags. All made here under our roof, our quality and service cannot be beat anywhere….
As a 30th Anniversary present to ourselves we have expanded once again! We are NHL Licensed to bring you professionally made NHL Number Kits. For you, for your team, as a great gift – make your favourite team jersey look amazing!
Anything is possible at CSG Kits!
All of our quality products are proudly made in Canada by our employees in our facility.