Local Company Signs International Deal

Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:31 AM

Winton Global Homes is teaming up with Maisonette Home Products Ltd. to build panelized and prefabricated home & cottage packages for distribution in the United Kingdom

Winton Global Sales & Marketing Director, Maureen Low, is excited by the opportunities “This new venture is right in line with our vision of expanding our market globally and to promote the export of British Columbia’s quality lumber products overseas. With the prospect of

Winton Global Sales Representative, Larry Ochitwa,
Sales and Marketing Director Maureen Low, and
Maisonette Homes CEO Alain Ghiai show one of the cottage designs
developed for sale in Britain

manufacturing up to 500 cottages, to be distributed by Maisonette Home Products, we will establish ourselves as a premium provider of panelized, prefabricated home & cottage packages. This will increase the Company’s revenues and ensure the success of our long term vision and goals”.

Maisonette is in the advanced stages of negotiations with several developers in the United Kingdom. CEO Alain Ghiai says the first project is for a golf course in Britain and will feature homes with the log siding and timber accents. Ghiai is looking to expand the sales into Switzerland and France next, then on to Eastern European countries. "The quality of the Winton product is far and above the quality of lumber available in Europe, and our packages are competitively priced." says Ghiai, who heaped high praise on the Winton team "Never have I seen a company that was so well managed and so integrated in all facets of it's product development. My clients say this product is 10 times better than anything they have seen elsewhere."

The value of the contracts signed could bring up to a million dollars in sales and would allow Winton Global Homes to retain its talented workforce on a steady basis rather than seasonal as it has been in the past. Additionally, it allows Winton Global Homes to enter a brand new market and to put Prince George on the map!

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Posted by: maisonette on November 9 2005 5:46 PM

dear Kris, yes Yves is my brother and I am the one who introduced him to Prince George. The size of my deal incidentally is not only 1 million dollars but for the life of the 500 home sales is over 10 million dollars in sales for Winton. the street value is over 150 million in the United Kingdom. I take pride in exporting our fine Canadian lumber. My company is based out of Vancouver.

Posted by: Chester on November 9 2005 7:16 PM

Wow, I'm impressed and very pleased. Thinking Globally is so necessary these days.

It's time we raised our sights, lifted our heads and looked at our opportunities with a fresh set of eyes.

Congratulations to Winton Global Homes and Maisonette Home Products. You are a fine example to our community.

Chester

Posted by: Chadermando on November 10 2005 7:30 AM

Who needs furniture plants when we have companies looking to build the whole damn house. lol

Posted by: maisonette on November 10 2005 3:58 PM

Chester, thank you for your kind comment. Its nice to know that our efforts are being appreciated. I am working on a few more projects with winton and I am hoping that it will create more jobs in PG. I am very happy to work with the Winton crew, and I brag often about the high quality of Canadian made homes. Lets spread the word out to other places too:)

Posted by: rock on November 11 2005 7:58 AM

Awsome story guys,Congratulations.Keep up the great work
Rock

Posted by: Palopu on November 12 2005 7:07 AM

Someone said that this announcement was made 5 months ago, and this is a rehash.?????