Les Entreprises Marchand, Concord, ON

Founded in 1961, the company initially focused on the sale and installation of garage doors in Montreal, prefabricated chimneys and aluminum storm windows.

A year later it began manufacturing wood garage doors in addition to aluminum storm windows. Emphasis was then laid on development of a distribution network for doors and windows in Montreal, made up principally of woodworking materials vendors and contractors.

Until 1965, wholesaling to distributors was the company’s main sales activity. That year, the company acquired a wood processing plant, also making it possible to manufacture slider aluminum windows with wood frames, while simultaneously providing more flexibility for wood garage door manufacturing.