Patrick William De Jong
Patrick is a man who adheres to traditional values of honesty, loyalty and workmanship in both his life and his work. Growing up in a large dairy farming family of ten children in Huron County, Ontario, Patrick developed his talent for “tinkering” with used cars, tractors, motorcycles and snowmobiles from a very early age.
As a young adult, he worked as a farm hand before moving on to become a welder/fabricator. In time, he achieved certification as a farm equipment mechanic, auto-electric re-builder and a fuel injection service technician. Eventually, working his way into specializing in diesel fuel injection, and is now an authorized Certified Technician for Robert Bosch, Stanadyne and Delphi fuel injection system manufacturers.
Patrick worked for eighteen years as a service mechanic in a farm equipment dealership, dreaming of owning a company of his own. When the opportunity to purchase an existing business, Huron Fuel Injection, presented itself to him, he knew that his entrepreneurial dreams had finally come to fruition. With the invaluable assistance of his wife Heather, Huron Fuel Injection was redeveloped into the company it is today.
As the company grew, so did Patrick’s knowledge of every sort of diesel and gasoline-operated engine component—no matter how complex the system. In addition to serving local clients requiring components to be removed, repaired or overhauled, and reinstalled in their vehicles, HFI has serviced customers and clients from as far away as Africa and Australia who have either shipped or arrived with their components in hand.
Patrick’s view of his work is simple. He has worked for years to build loyal relationships with his clientele by making the effort to adapt each job to each individual’s needs and standing strong behind both his workmanship and the products he produces.
Today, Patrick is exactly where he wants to be and doing exactly what he wants to do—working to provide independent farm owners, business owners and equipment service personnel with quality products and honest, reputable and qualified service.
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