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Bluewater Wood Alliance Featured at Ontario West Municipal Conference in London. Each year, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing hosts the Ontario West Municipal Conference, where politicians and bureaucrats from cities and towns across Western Ontario are educated and informed on policy and process. This year's conference, held at the London Convention Centre on November 25th, was themed "Foundations for the Future: Staying on Track". The keynote speaker of the day was Prof. Avi Friedman, from McGill University, who spoke on "Going Green: Sustainable Cities for the 21st Century." A series of concurrent sessions were also held, one of...
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BWA reaches out to the Bluewater District School Board to promote WoodLINKS. Members of the Bluewater Wood Alliance hosted a group of tech teachers from the Bluewater District School Board on November 18 to give them an idea of what students might expect to see if they choose careers in the wood products manufacturing industry. The tour started out at Speke Klein Inc. in Durham, where owners Robin Speke and Thomas Klein gave the teachers a tour of the high tech manufacturing plant and described their business, which includes customers in both Canada and the United States. Speke Klein manufactures...
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Bluewater promotes membership at WMS show in Toronto. The Bluewater Wood Alliance attended its second show in a month, participating in the Woodworking Machinery and Supply Fair in Toronto. The show was held between October 27-29 at the Direct Energy Centre, which is part of the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. Over the three days, there were many face-to-face conversations with visitors from around the country, who showed a great deal of interest in what the Alliance is doing. As a matter of fact, a couple of visitors from the Atlantic provinces wanted to know if the Alliance would help them to form a...
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The Bluewater Wood Alliance took part in the Green Build Show (www.greenbuildexpo.org) in Toronto the week of October 3. The Bluewater Wood Alliance exhibited at the Green Build Show (www.greenbuildexpo.org) in Toronto's Convention Centre during the week of October 3. As part of the Ontario Wood display, member companies' marketing staff were there to help promote the products of the Alliance to buyers and specifiers from around the world. One of the "green" products being promoted by members was a line of solid wood furniture manufactured from logs brought up from the bottoms of lakes and rivers around Ontario. These old growth logs have been changed...
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Forty people turned up at the Walkerton Clean Water Centre on September 29th for the 2nd Networking Meeting of the Bluewater Wood Alliance. Read on. Forty people turned up at the Walkerton Clean Water Centre on September 29th for the 2nd Networking Meeting of the Bluewater Wood Alliance. Held in the state-of-the-art meeting facility, the meeting was a tremendous opportunity to meet other members of the wood products manufacturing industry in the region, as well as having a chance to speak to suppliers of machinery, hardware, software and lumber. The networking went on before the presentations, at the break and...
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The first Bluewater Wood Alliance networking meeting in Hanover, Ont., was attended by 32 industry participants. The first Bluewater Wood Alliance networking meeting in Hanover, Ont., was attended by 32 industry participants. There was a good mix of manufacturing and supplier people there, making for some interesting conversations and a healthy exchange of business cards and experiences. Aside from the chance to network with other industry folks, they gathered on June 22nd to hear a presentation on attaining FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) chain-of-custody certification, given by Christine Korol of the Rainforest Alliance. With increasing pressure to keep chain-of-custody records for...
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A group of like-minded manufacturers and suppliers is adopting the European model of clustering right here in Ontario. The Bluewater Wood Alliance, a not-for-profit group, represents a ‘cluster’ of wood product manufacturers working together for the prosperity of their companies and the industry as a whole. A group of like-minded manufacturers and suppliers is adopting the European model of clustering right here in Ontario. The Bluewater Wood Alliance, a not-for-profit group, represents a ‘cluster’ of wood product manufacturers working together for the prosperity of their companies and the industry as a whole. Alliance Chair Adam Hofmann, president of Bogdon &...
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