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Auction of Canada's Largest Modular Home Builder
By Bill Esler
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PRINCEVILLE, QUEBEC - Woodworking machinery at Demtec, the Princeville, Quebec, modular home builder that struggled through insolvency  in 2013, will be auctioned October 6.

Automated systems flooring and wall component firm said to be Canada's largest, will be auctioned October 6. Equipment placed in service in 2008, including a complete Weinmann automated production wall line machining system at an original investment of $3.3 million will be sold.

Used for about 3.5 years, the system wa regularly serviced by Homag and had a capacity of 1 meter of wall per minute.

The seller is willing to break the line into component parts as well. These include: a framing station (model WEM 150/12); Saw Centre Profiline 5 Axis Optimizing Saw, (model WBS 120/06); and a Component Nailer Optimat production line.

Also being sold is a 2002 Holz-Her Sprint 1310-1 edgebander, a machine shop, miscellaneous trucks, 40-foot sea containers, modules for apartments 16' x 45' long, and large quantities of wood and wood components.

 

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Bill Esler | ConfSenior Editor

Bill wrote for WoodworkingNetwork.com, FDMC and Closets & Organized Storage magazines. 

Bill's background includes more than 10 years in print manufacturing management, followed by more than 30 years in business reporting on industrial manufacturing in the forest products industries, including printing and packaging at American Printer (Features Editor) and Graphic Arts Monthly (Editor in Chief) magazines; and in secondary wood manufacturing for WoodworkingNetwork.com.

Bill was deeply involved with the launches of the Woodworking Network Leadership Forum, and the 40 Under 40 Awards programs. He currently reports on technology and business trends and develops conference programs.

In addition to his work as a journalist, Bill supports efforts to expand and improve educational opportunities in the manufacturing sectors, including 10 years on the Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation; six years with the U.S. WoodLinks; and currently on the Woodwork Career Alliance Education Committee. He is also supports the Greater West Town Training Partnership Woodworking Program, which has trained more than 950 adults for industrial wood manufacturing careers. 

Bill volunteers for Foinse Research Station, a biological field station staddling the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, one of more than 200 members of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.

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