Three Lowe's Canada banners won Outstanding Retailer Awards:
Best Large Surface Retailer: Lowe’s South, Windsor, Ontario.
Best Building Supply/Home Centre (under 15,000 square feet): Ace Building Centre, Kaslo, British Columbia.
Young Retailer Award: Tyler Dueck, owner of RONA Valley Enterprise in Rosenort, Manitoba.
Home Hardware won two awards:
Best Hardware Store: Michel Robidoux, Dealer-Owner, Quincaillerie Sainte-Julie, Sainte-Julie, Québec.
Marc Robichaud Community Leader: Douglas and Shelley Gallinger, Dealer-Owners, Fort St John Home Hardware Building Centre, Fort St. John, British Columbia.
Timber Mart won one award:
Best Contractor Specialist: Form & Build Supply, Greg Rea, General Manager; with Yvonne Stephan, of the National Hardware Show, sponsor of the award.
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 Current WRLA Members and their employees can also take advantage of these cost-saving benefit programs offered through HUB International:
- Car rentals, hotels, and vacation savings
- Home savings
- Health savings
- Additional insurance and related services
Visit the HUB International website for the discount codes and details.
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The WRLA is pleased to announce new members:
We look forward to many prosperous years of partnership with you. Welcome to the WRLA family.
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January 16, 17, and 18, 2019 – WRLA Buying Show
January 17, 2019 – Annual General Meeting
NexGEN Edmonton tour in spring 2019. Follow WRLA on social media and stay tuned for more details on the tour.
Contact Wynne Au to renew your membership or for any member information at WynneA@wrla.org or phone 1-800-661-0253 extension 0.
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WRLA Members and their employees are automatically part of the BeingWell community where you receive:
- Unlimited, 24/7 access to tools and resources that help you improve your total health and build your personal network of wellness connections!
- An intuitive layout of the portal to simplify navigation and allow you to find what you’re looking for - fast.
- @BeingWellSocial feed on Twitter and Facebook to provide helpful tips and resource links right to your daily news feed - no search required.
- The ability to customize a BeingWell portal for your own organization exclusively! Host your own benefits and/or retirement plan details, feature sections that address your employees’ health risk areas and receive your own activity reports to demonstrate the value of this program within your organization.
We encourage you to explore your BeingWell portal through the WRLA Member Benefits webpage or with the following:
Login: WRLA
Password: BeingWell
Please share this information with your staff and team members. Use this poster to share information with your team.
Cervus Equipment announced its new partnership with Baumann Canada. A first of its kind appointment, Baumann, the world’s market leader and largest sideloader manufacturer, has chosen Cervus as its official distributor across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
While the sideloader market remains relatively modest, Cervus recognized a growing need in various Canadian industries. From lumber to metals and extrusions, the sideloader’s capabilities offer numerous benefits in unique applications.
"By handling long loads lengthways on a load bed, sideloader customers typically find major advantages in terms of productivity, access through doorways and space utilization." says Mark Milligan, General Manager, Materials Handling, Cervus Equipment. "Recently, increasing concerns over load safety, lift truck stability and the awareness of pedestrians has led to a resurgence in demand for equipment from the market leader."
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Modular, connected, interactive: The assistance system ActiveAssist is revolutionizing the manual workstation. The new software solution from Rexroth integrates sensor systems and guides employees intelligently through assembly.
- Guarantees maximum process reliability in varied assembly tasks
- Allows easy start-up using starter kits for various expansion stages
- Connects physical assembly workstation to the world of IT
Read the full story.
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The Bosch Rexroth white paper "A practical roadmap for the implementation of Industry 4.0" argues that Industry 4.0 is an evolution, not a revolution, and includes practical suggestions for a three-step approach, supporting the steady implementation of connected manufacturing technologies, bolting sensors and hardware to existing production infrastructure.
Read the full news release.
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The Hillman Group, Inc., a leading solution provider to the retail hardware market, announced that it will relocate its Canadian National Distribution Centre and Head Office to a newly designed, 400,000 square foot facility in the Metro East Business Park in Toronto.
Read the full news release.
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 Home Hardware Stores Limited is pleased to announce Tammy Wallace as the new Merchandise Manager of Housewares and Home Décor, effective this week. In her previous role, Tammy was Inventory Analyst for Home Hardware Stores Limited. She has close to 17 years of merchandise experience and brings a wealth of knowledge and business acumen to her new role.
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