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Phoenix Building Components continues
to expand its products and capacity
CADCR special feature
Phoenix Building Components is a
design/engineer and manufacturer of
wood based structural products in-
cluding roof trusses, wall panels, floor
trusses, timber trusses and engi-
neered wood beams and columns.

Since its opening in 2005, the com-
pany has grown its reach and scope
and now provides products across On-
tario and Quebec and into New York,
Ohio and New England.

The company expanded its capabil-
ities and ability to achieve greater lev-
els of service and quality when it
opened a new 50,000 sq. ft. facility in
Essa Township near Barrie in 2016,
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doubling its manufacturing space to
45,000 sq. ft., tripling yard space for
product storage, and almost doubling
its workforce.

Grant Gibbons, Phoenix president
and CEO, said the new location also al-
lowed the company to increase its
sales into non-traditional areas, and al-
lowed it to manufacture new product
lines. In 2017, the company purchased
the operations of Ex-Kent trusses, lo-
cated in Sundridge, ON, just south of
North Bay. The two locations ran dou-
ble shifts throughout 2017 in order to
maintain supply to meet the demand
for its product, says Gibbons. “We
have become the largest Ontario
based exporter of building compo-
nents to the U.S.”
From its roots designing and man-
ufacturing roof trusses, the company
has expanded over its more than 10-
year history to include wall and floor
panels and floor trusses. It is also a
wholesaler of engineered wood prod-
ucts including Rimboard, triforce
joists, structurally insulated panels,
glulam, connectors and hangers, and
timber structures.

Gibbons says his company’s prod-
ucts are used in residential, commer-
cial and agricultural construction, and
that the precision work allows it to be
used for mid-rise projects as well. “All
of our roof trusses are lasered and all




cutting operations use robotic CNC
saws.” The company now employs a staff
of 170 and includes 35 designers and
engineers and 15 transport drivers.

“We’ve seen a 20 per cent growth per
annum and have future plans to ex-
pand both of our plants to increase
our manufacturing capabilities.”
He says there are also plans for the
construction of a new sales and de-
sign office building in Sundridge and
the introduction of further automation
to the company’s processes.

Gibbons attributes the company’s
success and growth over time to the
quality of product, but also to ten core
values that are at the heart of
Phoenix’s focus on customer service.

“Those core values include commonly
sought after goals of exceptional cus-
tomer service and honesty, but also
focus on embracing and driving
change, pursuing growth and learning
and maintaining passion for what we
do.” For more information, visit
www.phoenixbuilding.ca. Phoenix Building Components is one of Ontario's largest and
fastest growing manufacturers and wholesale distributors of
engineered wood building products. We employ one of the
most experienced technical support teams in the industry that
know and understand the business. Our team of dedicated
professionals support and deliver a complete line of Engi-
neered Wood Products at competitive prices.

Our products are sold through Retail Building Supply partners throughout
Ontario and the Northeast US. These products include:
– Roof Trusses
– Wall Panels and Floor Panels
– Wood I-Joists
– Triforce Open Web Joists
– LVL Beams and Columns
– PSL Beams and Columns
– LSL Beams and Columns
– Floor Trusses
– Rim Board
– Structural Insulated Panels
– Specialty Products (Glulam Beams & Heavy Timber Trusses)
5650 30th Side Road, Utopia, ON L0M 1T0
(705) 733-3843 local (888) 262-2524 toll free
(705) 733-3718 fax
email: sales@phoenixbuilding.ca web: www.phoenixbuilding.ca
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