Luthiers Mark Thibeault and Jason Friesen founded Rayco Resophonics in 2002. Rayco was named after Mark’s late father Raymond. In 2011 they were joined by Damian Jones and Josh Lafountain. Rayco make resophonic, lap steel, wiessenborn and electric guitars as well as resophonic ukuleles.
 

Source: Rayco Resophonics website (2 June 2019)