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Jun 20

BWA June 19 Quarterly Networking Event a Huge Success with a Packed House!

  • June 20, 2013
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When BWA Associate members collaborate to provide valuable information for members, it demonstrates the true value of real clustering!

When BWA Associate members collaborate to provide valuable information for members, it demonstrates the true value of real clustering!

The June 19th, 2013 event at the Walkerton Cleanwater Centre saw over 50 in attendance and was value-packed for members with five BWA Associate members working together to educate the members on subjects important to successfully running their businesses.

During updates on BWA Focus Groups and projects such as the Dubai export project, Dennis McGlynn of South Bruce Flooring provided a candid report of his experience in Dubai as a local manufacturer. Members are now in the middle of preparing quotes for large RFQs as a result of this project.

The web configurator, and Yield Optimization and Finishing projects were updated by Sepp Gmeiner. The Yield Optimization project is about to start, and any company interested in reducing the wood waste and scrap from their processes (who isn’t??)are encouraged to participate. Contact Sepp or Mike Baker for more information.

The group then learned about state of the art dust collection from MacDonald Steel and Taurus Craco, and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) by Seredex, Syspro, and Planit Canada together.

Copies of the presentations are available in the Library of the Member Area of the BWA website.

It was very obvious that despite the fact these are competing companies in their respective markets, it was most important to provide the best information possible to members on these subjects. Q&A was facilitated with these companies answering questions together and proving that they are all professionals in their areas of expertise.

This was followed by a presentation by Alain Albert of FP Innovations. There are many free services available to wood manufacturers to assist with various themes such as CNC implementation, product design, among many others. Contact Alain at alain.albert@fpinnovations.ca to find out more.

Finally many thanks to Berenson for displaying their latest hardware products for the Associate Member showcase.

See pictures below of this very successful day for the BWA and its members!

Kelly MacGill and Mike Masson of MacDonald Steel educate the members on the state of the art of dust collection

Kelly MacGill and Mike Masson of MacDonald Steel educate the members on the state of the art of dust collection.

Kyle Roseneck educates members on new technology for dust collection and briquetting

Kyle Roseneck educates members on new technology for dust collection and briquetting.

Mark Corker of Seredex, Ewald Becker of Planit Canada, and Vish Wailia of Syspro educate the members on ERP

Mark Corker of Seredex, Ewald Becker of Planit Canada, and Vish Wailia of Syspro educate the members on ERP.

Alain Albert of FP Innovations addresses the members on services available

Alain Albert of FP Innovations addresses the members on services available.

The next quarterly networking event is September 24, 2013.

Mark the date and see you there!

Mike Baker, Manager,

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