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[av_one_full first min_height='' vertical_alignment='' space='' custom_margin='' margin='0px' padding='0px' border='' border_color='' radius='0px' background_color='' src='' background_position='top left' background_repeat='no-repeat' animation='' mobile_display=''] [av_heading tag='h2' padding='15' heading=' Info packed day @ BWA’s Quarterly Networking Event Sept.28th' color='' style='' custom_font='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' custom_class=''][/av_heading] [av_hr class='invisible' height='10' shadow='no-shadow' position='center' custom_border='av-border-thin' custom_width='50px' custom_border_color='' custom_margin_top='30px' custom_margin_bottom='30px' icon_select='yes' custom_icon_color='' icon='ue808' font='entypo-fontello'] [av_textblock size='15' font_color='' color=''] Friday, September 28th marked the Bluewater Wood Alliance’s 29th Quarterly Networking Event. The Bluewater Wood Alliance provided industry experts to talk about: Sales & Prospecting, Benefit Industry Trends and CNC Optimization and Utilization Over 60 manufacturing business leaders attended this quarter. The event took place at...
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[av_heading tag='h2' padding='10' heading='Wood manufacturers are recognizing how eliminating waste is key to staying competitive and adaptable to change in our evolving industry!' color='custom-color-heading' style='blockquote modern-quote' custom_font='#459095' size='22' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' custom_class=''][/av_heading] [av_video src='https://youtu.be/jdGbCDDryGg' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] [av_textblock size='16' font_color='' color=''] Brad Cairns from the Center of Lean Learning and Sepp Gmeiner of Lignum Consulting are part of the BWA Lean Team who delivered a day jam-packed with key information and activities for manufacturers. The information shared highlighted the benefits of implementing and utilizing the Lean methodology. We had a lot of questions about Lean that day: “Where to start? What to read?...
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Brad Cairns from the Center of Lean Learning and Sepp Gmeiner of Lignum Consulting are part of the BWA Lean Team who delivered a day jam-packed with key information and activities for manufacturers. The information shared highlighted the benefits of implementing and utilizing the Lean methodology. We had a lot of questions about Lean that day: “Where to start? What to read? Who should lead? Am I too custom for Lean? Who should be involved? How do we sustain Lean? Etc.. etc..One by...
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We want to welcome Ryan Tabone to the Bluewater Wood Alliance. He fills the new role of Program Coordinator/Advisor and started this week at BWA. Ryan comes with a nice mix of education and experience in the wood industry. He is a Conestoga Wood Program alumni and employed with Krug for the past 12 years. At Krug, he first worked as a CNC operator, and more recently as a product engineer technologist. He is also involved with the PAC committee at Conestoga College. This marks a significant milestone for the BWA. Having more horsepower on the ground will have many...
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After six months of working with various industry sector leaders, academia, and other partners, the Bluewater Wood Alliance is representing the value-added wood products sector in the biggest manufacturing supercluster in Canada! Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister for Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced Thursday that the Next Generation Manufacturing Supercluster was one of the successful bids. What this means for our wood products manufacturing industry, is that we are at the table with other big industries in Canada like automotive, aerospace, IT, robotics, and other major sectors. Our profile is now raised higher, along with the importance of our wood products...
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After six months of working with various industry sector leaders, academia, and other partners, the Bluewater Wood Alliance is representing the value-added wood products sector in the biggest manufacturing supercluster in Canada! Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister for Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced Thursday that the Next Generation Manufacturing Supercluster was one of the successful bids. What this means for our wood products manufacturing industry, is that we are at the table with other big industries in Canada like automotive, aerospace, IT, robotics, and other major sectors. Our profile is now raised higher, along with the importance of our wood...
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BWA is starting the year off on the right foot with a collaborative export development project: a booth at IMM Cologne International Interiors Show in Cologne, Germany! This project features Durham Furniture, Provincial Plank by Horizon Coatings and West Bros Furniture. The show begins next week and runs from January 15th to 21st. This should be great exposure to the European market for our participating members who benefited from BWA’s partnerships with NRCan, and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. This marks the first time Bluewater Wood Alliance has had a booth at IMM and we are located...
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Seasons greeting everyone! The Bluewater Wood Alliance and the board of directors would like to extend best wishes of the season to all of our members, future members, government partners, and community stakeholders! As the year ends, we reflect on all of our accomplishments, and all of the good things to be thankful for in our success in helping the value-added wood industry in Canada! We look forward to even bigger and better things in 2018! We will be sending out a reflection on the year next week, meanwhile, a sincere Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones! Mike...
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Cluster organizations are the centre of cluster development in practice March 08, 2017 In Working Paper 26, Clusters in Ontario, the Institute advocated for a bottom-up (i.e., firm-led) approach to cluster development. However, what does this look like on the ground? Who takes charge of this work? The answer: cluster organizations. We look at three examples of these organizations based in Ontario and explain how organizations like these will foster the growth the province’s clusters need. What is a cluster organization? A cluster organization focuses on developing cluster initiatives to achieve objectives such as building a cluster identity, strategy and...
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