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timber mart welcomes a competitive market,” says David Wang, TIMBER MART Continues to Grow in Quebec
Quincaillerie J.D. Lafontaine was the
new members owner of Silverstar Building Supplies. “We fifth dealer in Quebec to join TIMBER MART
look forward to benefitting from TIMBER
MART’s support and services and growing in 2020 alongside: RenoRun (Montreal), O.
our business in 2021 and in years to come.” Coderre et Fils (St-Jacques and Crabtree),
“Silverstar will see great competitive J.P. & F. Larochelle (Dunham) and Matériaux
advantage in their market with our buying Audet (Saint-Marc-des-Carrières and Quebec
programs in their key categories of City). Offering a wide selection of hardware
shingles and roofing accessories,” says Ian and building materials, Quincaillerie J.D.
Cook, TIMBER MART’s regional director of Lafontaine joins TIMBER MART to gain
member services in Ontario. “We welcome better buying power in building materials
David and his team to the group and look and hardware as well as greater competitive
forward to seeing their business flourish in advantage in their local market.
the Greater Toronto Area.” “With TIMBER MART, we’ll have access
.TIMBER MART Welcomes New GTA Dealer Since 2018, Silverstar Roofing Supplies to highly competitive building material
Roofing specialty dealer, Silverstar has offered an assortment of shingles and and Spancan hardware programs which
Roofing Supplies, located in Scarborough, roofing accessories to contractors as well will offer us greater competitive advantage
Ontario joins TIMBER MART in order to gain as residential and commercial builders and higher margins,” says Quincaillerie J.D.
access to vendor-direct programs and better in the Greater Toronto Area. Located Lafontaine owner, Martin Lafontaine. “Being
buying power. in Scarborough, Ontario, the business a part of a low-cost buying group especially
“In anticipation of the upcoming busy is situated on 1.8 acres of land which in trying times like the ones we’re in now
spring and summer seasons, partnering encompasses two warehouses, a large gives us peace of mind that we can weather
with a group like TIMBER MART will give storage yard and a convenient shingle- the storm and come out of this situation as
us the buying power and vendor-direct recycling depot built to save time for roofing a profitable business.”
programs we need in order to meet our contractors on the job. “In addition to adopting the TIMBER
customers’ demand and succeed in such MART banner and benefiting from

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