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Kacee Vasudeva

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Vasudeva in 2020

Kailash (Kacee) Vasudeva is an Indian-born Canadian businessman. He has designed products ranging from automotive products and tools, power tool accessories, mosquito and bed bug prevention, and eco-friendly packaging.

Early life and move to Canada

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Born to mother, Kaushalya Devi Vasudeva, and father, Uttam Chand Vasudeva, on 6 October 1945.[citation needed] He graduated from the Indo Swiss Training Center in Chandigarh, India, and worked as an engineer in the Mahle Piston division at Escorts.

Vasudeva immigrated to Canada in September 1971 and gained experience in various industries. He started Maxi-Flow from his garage in 1977. He also founded Mastercut Industries Inc in 1979, now known as Maxtech Consumer Products, whose specialty is designing and manufacturing hand tools and power tool accessories sold in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Germany.[1]

Career

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Vasudeva has been a board member for the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association since 2001.[2]

Vasudeva was a member of Team Canada, where he accompanied former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on a trade mission to Asia in January 1997.[3] During Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to India in February, 2018, Vasudeva again was part of the delegation.

Vasudeva received Canadian Aboriginal & Minority Suppliers Council's 2020 Business Achievement Award in Special Recognition Category on behalf of Maxtech.[4]

Vasudeva was named Outstanding Business Leader in 1998 by Wilfrid Laurier University.[5]

Vasudeva was named Businessman of the Year by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) in 1997.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Home – Maxtech Innovations". maxtechconsumers.com.
  2. ^ Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, Board of Directors. Viewed 11 February 2011
  3. ^ Team Canada 1997: taking on the world. (Canadian business mission to the Asia Pacific)
  4. ^ "2020 Special Recognition Award". camsc.ca. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Ontario Teachers' CEO named Laurier's Outstanding Business Leader".
  6. ^ "Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce Annual Magazine, KC Vasudeva honoured as Business Person of the Year in 1997". Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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