The Loomex Group

Loomex Property Management is established to operate Peterborough Regional Airport (CYPQ). 

Trent Gervais becomes the CEO of Loomex Property Management. He begins leading a team of eight employees, looking for opportunities to grow the company. 

Loomex Property Management is awarded a long-term contract to manage the operations at Peterborough Regional Airport. 

Loomex Property Management is rebranded as The Loomex Group. 

The Loomex Group is awarded a contract to provide facility maintenance and custodial groundskeeping services at Seneca College. The addition of seven employees increases the company’s team to 15 staff members. 

Construction begins on a multi-purpose building at Peterborough Regional Airport. The completed building will serve as The Loomex Group’s corporate headquarters. 

In addition, the multi-purpose building will include a simulation cell (for an emergency operations centre) and a space called Studio YPQ. The vision for Studio YPQ is a facility that will offer leasable office space, training areas, special event areas, and meeting areas. The building will also have a hangar for aircraft or equipment. 

The Loomex Group moves into its new corporate headquarters. 

The company wins the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for Development or Renovation. 

The company is awarded a contract to manage Kawartha Lakes Municipal Airport, and five more employees are added to its team. 

The Loomex Group focuses on business development initiatives, including the growth of its Training & Consulting Division. 

The company adds a team of aviation and emergency management specialists to its staff. 

The company is awarded a long-term contract to oversee the emergency program at Billy Bishop Airport. 

The Loomex Group adds a 40-foot jet simulator to training equipment. Clients can now experience real-world scenarios during large-scale training exercises. 

The company develops a new training program for clients across Ontario and Western Canada. 

The Loomex Group is awarded a contract to manage Geraldton District Airport and to ensure that compliance standards are maintained at Nakina Airport. 

The company now has 22 full-time employees and 10 contracted employees. 

The company is awarded a contract to oversee the construction of a six-aircraft T-Hangar at Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport. 

As a representative for Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport, The Loomex Group helps form the Southern Ontario Airport Network Group. 

The company is awarded contracts to manage Nakina Airport and Dryden Regional Airport (both located in Ontario), as well as High Level Airport (located in Alberta). 

The Loomex Group celebrates its tenth anniversary. 

The Loomex Group’s team increases to 27 full-time employees and eight contract employees. 

Alongside the City of Peterborough, The Loomex Group wins two Business Excellence Awards for its work with the Peterborough Air Show—one award is for tourism, and the other award is for marketing. 

The company expands its operations and begins working with Indigenous communities, helping to coordinate vaccine clinics and develop pandemic response plans during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Loomex Group acquires Explorer Solutions Inc. This acquisition allows The Loomex Group to expand its services in the aerospace and economic development sectors. 

The Loomex Group forms a partnership with Fleming College. The latter is the operator of the SkillsAdvance Ontario program at the company’s hangar at Peterborough Regional Airport and Studio YPQ). 

The Loomex Group opens an office in Kingston, Ontario. This new office houses the company’s Quality Assurance Department and a newly expanded Infrastructure Division. 

During the Northern Ontario wildfires, The Loomex Group becomes the first third-party company to coordinate and mobilize an evacuation centre. One-third of evacuees pass through this centre on their way to safety. 

The company opens the Loomex Learning Centre. The school’s campus is located at Peterborough Regional Airport. 

The Loomex Group purchases ACF Associates Inc., an award-winning defence company founded in 2006. ACF has a client base that includes the Royal Canadian Air Force, Boeing, and Magellan. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Loomex Group played a crucial role in supporting First Nation and Indigenous communities in Ontario. The company managed pandemic response efforts, facilitated debriefings to assess and improve strategies, and developed comprehensive Pandemic Plans to enhance future preparedness.

In 2024, The Loomex Group continued its expansion as a national leader in safety, infrastructure, and community resilience. Building on its aviation and emergency-management expertise, The Loomex Group broadened support for municipalities, airports, and Indigenous communities, delivering readiness training, infrastructure planning, and fire and life-safety assessments across Canada.

The year also marked heightened investment in emergency-preparedness capacity, including new mobile training assets and simulation tools designed to help communities respond effectively to wildfires and flooding events. The Loomex Group’s work was profiled in Business View Magazine for transforming small community airports into regional economic drivers and trusted emergency hubs.

2025 underscored The Loomex Group’s growing influence across both the aviation and emergency-management sectors. The company expanded its aerospace and airport operations portfolio, advancing new training and compliance programs that strengthened safety and workforce development across North America.

When large-scale wildfires triggered provincial evacuations, The Loomex Group coordinated the reception and support of evacuees in partnership with government agencies, reinforcing its reputation for operational excellence and community readiness. Ongoing wildfire-mitigation planning and infrastructure recovery initiatives further demonstrated The Loomex Group’s commitment to building resilient communities and critical systems nationwide.