GEORGETOWN, ON – Olon Industries says its commitment to improving its capababilities helped spur the North American wood component manufacturer to 12.5% growth in 2011. In addition to its facility in Ontario, the company has three manufacturing locations in the United States for the production of five-piece cabinet doors, drawer components, custom profiles and wrapped mouldings.

According to Jenna Rapagna, sales coordinator, Olon's move in 2011 to a larger 107,000-square-foot plant in Jeffersonville, IN, resulted in a number of productivity improvements. Along with the move, the company also invested in additional  panel processing and edgebanding equipment, a wrap line slot coater and high-speed throughfeed drilling machines, with plans calling for additional upgrades this year.

Olon Industries is among the companies recognized for their achievements in the 2012 WOOD 100 recognition program by Wood & Wood Products magazine. To read more Strategies of Success by wood products manufacturers, click here.

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