Supplier rides housing wave to new digs.The booming housing market in northeastern Ontario Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron. Northeastern Ontario consists of Algoma District, Sudbury District, Cochrane District, Timiskaming District, Nipissing District, Manitoulin has translated into expansion for Kaycan Ltd. The company will be making a cross-town move in February from its cramped 8,000-square-foot facility on Falconbridge Road into a new 26,000-square-foot complex, scheduled for completion this month, in the Walden Industrial Park, across Mumford Drive near Manitoulin Transport. "We're expanding so we can look after our northern customers better," says Darren Frattini, Sudbury sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → of the Montreal-based supplier of vinyl siding Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Vinyl siding, first introduced to the exterior cladding market in the late 1950s, is an alternative to aluminum siding, fiber cement siding, and timber siding. and aluminum building products. Kaycan has seven manufacturing plants and 60 distribution centres across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. and the U.S. The 10-year-old Sudbury branch is the only Northern Ontario branch of the privately owned company. Frattini says Kaycan has been growing dramatically over the last three years and the company is showing its commitment to expand sales in the Northern Ontario market. "New construction in Sudbury, North Bay and other areas seems to be going quite strong." The company is geared mostly to the residential market, but does not sell direct to the general public. Their prime market is the retail lumberyard business, including clients such as Home Hardware, Castle Building Centre, Tim-Br Mart and independent lumberyards. In terms of delivery Terms of Delivery The part of a sales contract that indicates the point at which title and risk of loss of merchandise pass from the seller to the buyer. See: Incoterms. systems, Frattini says the new building offers curtain-side delivery in being able to back a transport into the branch to load within the facility. New hires are a possibility as sales increase. "We've added one full-time position this year and will add another next year," says Frattini, to add to their complement of six full-time and several part-time seasonal workers in their warehouse. www.kaycan.com By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. |
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