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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Five entrepreneurs hailing from three different provinces are joined by 35 of their U.S. peers in Woodworking Network’s sixth annual 40 Under 40 awards program.
Each of the recipients was selected by Woodworking Network’s editors from a crowded field of 151 nominees. Their achievements to their respective companies and the North American woodworking at large ranged from innovation and product development through organizational leadership and “social good.”
The five Canadian honorees include:
Janelle Berman, owner and partner of Amber Millwork of Kelowna, British Columbia, was nominated for doing “an amazing job navigating the crisis we have all been facing over the last year.” Described as “tenacious,” the 36-year-old Berman got ahead of supply chain disruptions faced by many wood products companies so that the company could continue to maintain just-in-time inventories. “Profitability has increased due to suppliers being more organi
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Publishing date: Jan 12, 2021 • January 12, 2021 • 1 minute read • The several homes under construction in The Meadows subdivision, by Maple City Homes in Chatham on Thursday is one of many indications of the building boom going on across the municipality. Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News/Postmedia Network Photo by Ellwood Shreve /Ellwood Shreve/The Daily News
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After a challenge from a local home builder, Chatham-Kent businesses and residents raised $107,992 to help the region’s homeless population.
Last month, Maple City Homes urged the community to come together and raise $100,000 to help various initiatives and organizations.
EMC launches reskilling / upskilling certification training
Ontario Manufacturers behind initiative that also delivers onboarding resources December 23, 2020 by Plant Magazine
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) – a unique national not-for-profit industry organization with over 13,000 consortium and online member manufacturers – today announced the launch of new and expanded reskilling and upskilling certification training and onboarding initiative, responding to increased demands by Ontario manufacturers.
Manufacturing Essentials Certification (MEC) -Reskilling / Upskilling and Onboarding Initiative is a proactive industry-driven initiative designed to address recruitment and retention challenges currently faced within Ontario’s manufacturing sector, addressing widespread skills and labour shortages which have been especially heightened due to the pandemic impacts of COVID-19.