Print Amanda Gay of Planit Canada won WMC’s 2019-20 Employee Recognition Award.
OTTAWA, Ontario The Wood Manufacturing Council is accepting nominations for the 2021 Human Resource Awards through April 16.
The nationally-recognized awards honor individuals and companies for developing and implementing creative solutions and contributing to best practices in the Canada’s wood manufacturing industry. The following awards are open for nomination:
The WMC Award of Distinction
The Employee Recognition Award
The Innovation in Human Resources Award (Company)
The WOODLINKS Success Award
The Post-Secondary Educator Award
Nominations can be submitted by wood products companies, industry suppliers, employees and other wood industry stakeholders. The WMC also welcomes self-nominations from individuals or companies.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa –
Global Furniture Group of Downsview, Ontario, tops all Canada-based wood products companies in the recently published 2021 FDMC 300 report.
The office furniture manufacturer ranks 15
th overall in FDMC’s annual ranking of the U.S. and Canadian wood products companies by sales volume. Global Furniture generated an estimated $1 billion in 2020 sales and employs 4,500 people. Its manufacturing operations total more than 4 million square feet to produce contract and RTA furniture, seating and more for offices, hospitality, healthcare and educational institutions.
Two other Canadian companies are among the top 25 companies: Dorel Industries, No. 16, and Teknion, No. 23.
Montreal-based
Dorel, which recently opted not to go private, makes residential, RTA and juvenile furniture, plus other products at its five plants in Canada and the U.S. Dorel’s sales totaled an estimated $935 million in 2020 and employs 1,500 people.