Scepter Corporation

Scepter was founded in 1949 by a young European immigrant, Evald Torokvei. Working in the basement of his downtown Toronto home, he manufactured inflatable vinyl toys by night and sold them during the day. The company grew quickly, moving first to a small rented facility in 1950, then to a larger building in East York, purchased in 1953. In 1954 Scepter changed its organizational structure and incorporated. In the early days, Scepter made everything from inflatable toys to wading pools, hula hoops, and a wide range of consumer goods. But our founder believed many industrial needs could also be met with plastics.History was to prove him right!Scepter had set the stage for its current reputation as an innovator by blow-moulding the first plastic Jerry Gas Cans in Canada in the late 1950s. By the end of the first decade, the plant had doubled in size, and Scepter had received numerous design and innovation awards from the plastics industry.