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Canadian store fixture firms make strong showing at GlobalShop 2018
By Bill Esler
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CHICAGO - Canadian firms are well represented at GlobalShop 2018, the retail store design and production show in Chicago this week. 

 Among the larger Canadian firms on the floor of Chicago's McCormick Place that do wood store fixtures and millwork are ICM Millwork of Montreal, Visual Elements from Woodbridge, Ontario  and Calgary's C West Custom Fixtures show off design and fabrication capabilities.  

C-West Custom Fixtures plant in Calgary

C-West Custom Fixtures Inc. ,founded in 1997 by Anita MacKenzie as a manufacturer of retail store fixtures and specialty millwork projects. Customers the Calgary, Alberta firm is reaching at GlobalShop include specialty retail stores, product vendors, department stores, food services, museum, and health and wellness stores. The company also operates a Vancouver branch offfice. 

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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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