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Thursday, October 3rd, 2019, Mike Baker, Executive Director of the BWA, delivered an informative discussion on the state of Wood Industry 4.0 adoption and Innovation Networks at the sold-out event – Manufacturing Matters 2019. Manufacturing Matters is an annual event hosted by the London Economic Development Corporation & London Region Manufacturing Council. The event features breakfast, keynote address, break out sessions and networking breaks, exhibitors, and a supplier fair. Industry 4.0 is the link that has...
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Export Development: Removing the risk; expanding markets Canada is widely regarded internationally for its high-quality wood products. Our expertise opens the doors to exporting, but exporting has its own set of challenges. Guest speaker Lucian Mihett, Export Development’s Senior Account Manager, and an experienced commercial banker discussed how to access capital, de-risk international sales, and take advantage of the current low-interest-rate environment. EDC is Canada’s international trade expert devoted to supporting Canadian companies with international business opportunities. Lucian shared how...
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September 18, 2019, the BWA hosted its Sales Training Event – An Export Readiness Series in Milton, ON and hosted by the President of Sandler Training Milton, Andrew Wall. Small & medium size companies may not always have the time and resources to train their sales staff in-house on effective selling techniques and it can be difficult for companies to grow without a solid sales growth strategy. That’s why the BWA continues to offer an effective and practical sales training event to assist wood manufacturers, service providers and wood product suppliers. It provides techniques and honest approaches to sales, that...
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Dates: September 13-15th, 2019 Location: Ontario Investment and Trade Centre 250 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5B 2L7 To learn more visit http://casevents.org/tafcanada2019/ The Forum, with the theme: Seizing Africa’s Opportunity for Progress will create a platform for both public sector, corporate leaders and academia to exchange ideas about Africa’s growth journey and the importance of innovating for Progress. As Canada’s only Porterian industry-led cluster for the wood industry, BWA has been sought to bring our expertise in collaboration and industry clustering to the discussion. Join us September, 13th, 2019 at 4 PM Panel 7: The Role of Innovation and the Green Economy in meeting the continent’s unique challenges Speakers:...
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Thursday, August 29th marked an exciting new phase with the first BWA Lean Leadership: To Export Readiness Training Event at EDC’s Kitchener location: EDC Export Growth Hub. Is leadership a topic that resonates with you and your company? Do you have a struggle with getting new ideas implemented? Are you not sure what methods to employ them? Are you trying to find your footing on beginning a lean journey at your facility? These aren’t uncommon questions,...
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On August 20, 2019 many manufacturers made their way to Burlington to attend a joint BWA-MTech Hub Event. This was a unique opportunity to connect with Karyn Brearley, Executive Director of the Yves Landry Foundation, who also provided insight into the foundation, it’s ongoing initiatives and how it supports training and innovation for manufacturing sectors. Karyn helped manufacturers to understand the potential speed, efficiency and opportunity that is available for them with the foundation’s application process and the focus to drive innovation in Canadian manufacturing. Currently the Yves Landry Foundation has an active program described as A.I.M.E. Global, which has...
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On Thursday, June 20th, the BWA hosted its Summer Quarterly Networking Event at the Walkerton Clean Water Center. Mike Baker, Executive Director of the Bluewater Wood Alliance opened the event with an update on current events and highlighted some new content set to roll out later on this year. What makes great leadership and why? To successfully implement programs such as Lean Manufacturing, Sales Growth Strategies, or other systems in your factory, you need your people all working together to see it through. What if you have a terrific system for your business but lack the strategic leadership, communication, team...
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Mike Baker, Executive Director of the BWA participated in the 2nd Annual Innovation Corridor Summit on June 11, 2019, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto! It was a day of discussion and advocacy that brought together regional experts to explore how to accelerate the growth of Corridor businesses through improved commercialization, collaboration, and deployment opportunities. Mike Baker, Executive Director of the Bluewater Wood Alliance was a panel speaker on the topic of Industry Collaboration. This expert panel of leading companies and organizations discussed how they are pushing the envelope on productivity-enhancing technology in manufacturing. The panel highlighted their successes and shared insight...
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Take a 3 million square ft. facility, fill it with a constantly moving stream of parts, robots, machines; factor in leadership dedicated to continuous improvement; a workforce dedicated to producing a product of first-rate quality utilizing Lean Manufacturing and what you have is a tour nothing short of memorable and inspiring to witness. Following up from the BWA Lean Road Map Training Event held back on May...
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The European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) hosts the EU-Canada Cluster Matchmaking Event 2019 on 5-7 June 2019, in cooperation with the Canadian Superclusters initiative in Toronto, Canada. The overall objective of the event is to foster collaboration between European and Canadian clusters for the benefit of their SME members.
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