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he LBMAO had a recent opportunity to tour market he was able to get the tooling materials arrives from their plant in Calgary. It
Tthe manufacturing facilities of a newer redesigned. The resulting residential product is their own special recipe of ingredients.
supplier to the Ontario building materials was 16” wide and a ½” thickness to match Consumers have decided that the panels
industry in Trusscore. If you are not familiar the wall thickness of drywall. This redesigned look so stylish that any room where drywall
with Trusscore they are a manufacturer product has been a hit with customers for was commonly used can be installed with
of a pre-finished vinyl wall panel system. many areas such as garages, bathrooms, the panels. The standard panel covers 16”
This system was originally designed for sunrooms, and family rooms. Trusscore has wide and comes in lengths from 8’ to 20’. It
use in areas that need a panel that would also now introduced a slatwall panel for is available in two colours white and grey. It
stand up to moisture, is easy to clean and is organization and storage
robust enough that it will not easily dent or solutions.
crack. It has grown in popularity with both The staff at Trusscore
commercial, institutional, and residential now are in their second-
customers because it works wonderfully in generation manufacturing
those challenging areas. plant, located a short
Trusscore has located their manufacturing distance from the original
plant in the farming community of facility. This plant was
Palmerston, Ontario. The product was originally built as an auto
designed by one of the company owners parts plant. This plant
Steve Bosman. Originally manufactured as a was only a few years old
12” wide panel that would stand up in areas when it was closed and
like pig barns, the vinyl is strong enough subsequently purchased by
to resist the abuses that occur in livestock Trusscore. They currently run
buildings. The first plant was originally 9 lines of injection moulding.
located in nearby Listowel, adjacent to a This plant runs continuously,
large farming community. Trusscore initially 24 hours a day, seven days
sold the product to a few farm building per week, closing only twice
manufacturers who were building pig barns. per year, to do maintenance
Using order commitments from hog farmers and upgrades. They have a
as his order base, he began operations. Only fully staffed department of
a short time after raising the funding to get mechanics and tool and die
the tooling and manufacturing set up and repair specialists to look after all facets of installs easily horizontally or vertically. The
operating, pig farmers were faced with the the operation. Quality control is maintained slatwall panel has a 6” exposed face and it
swine flu disease. Farmers faced with losing in-house as well with the product standards comes in 8’ panels. The product is designed
their farms cancelled orders for the product department taking product samples each to support up to 75 lbs per square foot. The
and order file went from significant to zero in day from each batch of product. Each sample slatwall panel incorporates with the wall
months. Steve was able to quickly redesign must meet standards for colour, rigidity, and panel if you want to mix both panels for a
the product for residential use and after durability. Trusscore is proud that they do all
months of chasing financing in a challenging their own vinyl blending. Each batch of raw continued on page 22...

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