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Bloomsbury Fine Cabinetry: Modern Strategies, Old-School Style

It was over 25 years ago when Robert and Rhonda Thornton put their vision for a custom cabinet-making business into practice. With big ambitions and ... Read more.

Message From the Editor

There's a certain beauty in growth – which we're reporting on a lot this week – when years of work and decades of experience blossom. We talk about the elegant Bloomsbury Fine Cabinetry, Artopex’s collaboration with Kia, and Canada's only hockey stick manufacturer. And don’t forget to read our articles dedicated to the new appointment at AWMAC and BRC Business Enterprises’ acquisition of Tayco.

– Ambre O. Khiari, Managing Editor

Latest News

CCW Inc. Architectural Millwork and Casework to Collaborate with Frank Gehry on Toronto Towers

Waterloo-based CCW, a supplier of custom millwork and fixtures, solid surfaces, seating and upholstery, is going to be doing the woodwork for the retail component ... Read more.

AWMAC Appoints Jeff Clermont President

The Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC) have appointed Jeff Clermont as it’s new president. Clermont started as a cabinet maker and founded JPH Millwork in 1990. ... Read more.

Artopex to Provide New Kia Dealerships Furniture

The Granby-based company, founded in 1980 by Daniel, Maurice and André Pelletier, now has five plants with more than 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space and showrooms in Montreal, Calgary, Toronto ... Read more.

Mass Timber Key to the Future of Sustainable Construction

“My first job in construction was cleaning up garbage on job sites when I was 16,” recalls three-time BCIT alumnus Scott Comfort, now President of the award-winning ... Read more.

Call for Entries in 6th Annual FORM Student Innovation Competition by Formica Canada

A leading supplier of countertops adorning cabinets made by those in the woodworking industry is looking for students with a flair for innovative furniture design for its ... Read more.

New Virtual Showroom for Lacasse Group

Going high-tech, Lacasse group introduced its new virtual showroom this week, a digital version of its brand new 10,000-square-foot showroom, which opened in 2018 in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. ... Read more.

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Canada’s Only Commercial Producer of Hockey Sticks Moves to Brantford After More Than a Century

It’s been 133 years and Heritage Hockey Sticks, a company whose beginnings date back to 30 years before the National Hockey League (NHL), ... Read more.

Latest Products

ALTENDORF Hand Guard Panel Saw

The hand guard is safe and very versatile. Its wide range of configuration options make it a true all-rounder. The safety system works with gloves, can be used with all conventional saw blades (Ø 250 to 55 mm) and can process ... Read more.

One-Piece RTF Frame Profile and Door Style

Elias Woodwork launched a new Thermofoil one-piece door and drawer front profile in early September. The 408 profile was added after market research and consultation with business partners to the company’s One-Piece Thermofoil ... Read more.

Business / Technology

Wood Product Manufacturers Get Better Financing Under the Canada Small Business Financing Program

Wood product makers in Canada – almost all of them micro or small businesses – are about to get access ... Read more.

BRC Business Enterprises Buys Office Furniture Maker Tayco

Adjustable workstation pioneer Bill Melnik’s BRC Business Enterprises bought out Toronto-based office furniture maker Tayco for an undisclosed amount in September. ... Read more.

Latest Events

October 25-28, 2022,  CME Annual General Meeting, Online

October 26-28, Kitchen + Bath Canada, Toronto, ON

October 27-29, SIBO, Drummondville, QC

November 23, Top Government Funding For Hiring & Training, Online

November 29, Vision 2030, Quebec, QC

December 1, Low Embodied Carbon Designs Course, Online

January 31 - February 2, KBIS 2023, Las Vegas, NV

March 27-29, 2023, International Mass Timber Conference, Portland, OR

Contributors wanted! We’re always looking for contributing writers and stories for our newsletter. If you have something you’d like to share with readers and want more details, please email Ambre at ambrek@mediaedge.ca.