Evacuation training slides
Cabin crew training equipment
Training evacuation slides for cabin crew, which the company describes as an area of its own design and maintenance expertise.
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Tulmar Safety Systems
AviationDefenceHawkesbury, ON
Designs, manufactures and services aviation cabin-safety and crew-training equipment - evacuation training slides, bassinets, restraint kits and protective breathing equipment - plus defence flotation and protective textiles.
Canadian innovation builds a brighter tomorrow.
About
Company site: tulmar.comDesigns, manufactures and services aviation cabin-safety and crew-training equipment - evacuation training slides, bassinets, restraint kits and protective breathing equipment - plus defence flotation and protective textiles.
Traces to 1951 as RFD Canada in Granby, moved to Hawkesbury in 1968 and was incorporated as Tulmar in 1992. tulmar.com
A management buyout effective December 2024 gave CEO Patrick Tallon majority ownership. Barney Bangs, majority shareholder for over three decades, retained a minority stake and an advisory board seat. tulmar.com
Won a UK Ministry of Defence contract through Defence Equipment & Support for thousands of GALEO tactical life preservers over multiple years, announced February 2025. No value disclosed. tulmar.com
Publishes AS9100D certification and Approved Maintenance Organisation number AMO 67-92. It does not publish a Transport Canada design approval number. tulmar.com
Credits itself with the patented Hammerhead Life Preserver of 2006 and states it designs, manufactures, distributes and services its products. tulmar.com
Corporations Canada records CEO Patrick Tallon as holding more than 50% and up to 75% of shares indirectly since 2024-10-04. Every controlling person on file has a Canadian address. ised-isde.canada.ca
A local outlet reported in March 2026 that Ontario awarded it $896,700 from the Ontario Together Trade Fund. That page now returns 403 and the figure is unconfirmed - it is not recorded as funding. ontario.ca
Products & Services
Company site: tulmar.comProducts Tulmar Safety Systems publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Cabin safety equipment
Cabin safety equipment
Hestia baby bassinet, Sky Cot, unruly passenger restraint kit and protective breathing equipment for training, plus cargo containment solutions.
Learn moreGALEO tactical life preserver
Flotation equipment
Tactical life preserver engineered and manufactured in Canada, supplied to the UK Ministry of Defence under a multi-year contract.
SourceDeployment & Services
Company site: tulmar.comHow Tulmar Safety Systems says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
UK Ministry of Defence
Customer, not a partner: a multi-year Defence Equipment & Support contract for thousands of GALEO tactical life preservers. Value not disclosed.
Saab Barracuda
Executed partnership on mobile camouflage, recorded on its own history page and reported in 2023.
Essex Industries
Executed two-year exclusive distribution and support agreement signed August 2025: Tulmar markets, sells, supports and provides MRO for Essex's Emergency Passenger Oxygen System.
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