McKillican Hawaii Says Mahalo

McKillican Hawaii Says Thank You to it’s customers in the Hawaiian Islands at its Customer Appreciation event.

Held at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu , The event kicked off with a trade show and was followed by a program and dinner.

A trade show featuring Wilsonart, VT Industries, Rev-A-Shelf, Blum, Amerock and Jowat all having representation on hand answering questions and showing new products. McKillican wishes to thank all those vendors who participated and especially Jay Pack from VT Industries and Carl Stevens from Wilsonart for their help and contributions.

Pat Fujioka, McKillican’s Team Leader supported by Harvey Oga, and Nicky Lopes , and the rest of Team Hawaii did a Fantastic job in providing a evening full of entertainment, good food and a chance for all of the customers and vendors to continue to build on strong relationships. Special thanks also to Candice and her team at the Ala Moana Hotel for making it a special event.

McKillican has been In Operation in Hawaii since 1994 and focuses on SELECTION, SERVICE, RELIABILITY, VALUE and especially RELATIONSHIPS with their customers.

The room is truly a design center and with its functional displays it really is a educational center as well, making it a great classroom fro the A&D community as well as fabricators and commercial millwork and McKillican’s customers customers.

To everyone involved in putting on the event and to our Hawaii Customers, on behalf of all of us here at McKillican - Mahalo!

Click to see the Event Pictures Gallary.

Showroom

McKillican Vancouver Opens it doors on its new Designer Showroom

On Thursday September 15, after months of preparation the new Designer Showroom was unveiled in the McKillican Vancouver Facility.

The Showroom shines a spotlight on the only BLUM Dynamic Space Kitchen Display in Canada. Allowing Customers to see a full working model of Blumotion and Servo Drive Technology.

The room also features several fully functional and cutting edge displays from Wilsonart, Rev-A-Shelf, Accuride, Roseburg Forest Products, Teragren and Kirei along with a large display of hardware from Liberty and Amerock.

A main featured in the room, Wilsonart is utilized in Solid Surface Countertops, HD Laminate Collections, Metal Laminates, Dry Erase and Chalkboard Laminate and a innovative sink display showcasing the latest in HD sinks from Wilsonart.

Another section is dedicated to showcasing McKillican’s large selection of sustainable building products and solutions including the Kirei board showcase piece built by designer Christina Hilborne.(http://ChristinaHilborne.com)

The room is truly a design center and with its functional displays it really is a educational center as well, making it a great classroom for the A&D community as well as fabricators and commercial millwork and McKillican’s customers customers.

Click to see the Showroom Pictures Gallary.

BSRA

Belt Sander Racing Proves to be a Big Hit at McKillican Vancouver's Grand Event

The first ever Western Canadian stop in the Belt Sander Racing Circuit presented by Accuride, left the crowds at McKillican wanting more.

Held in conjunction with the McKillican Grand Event, which saw the new designer showroom open its doors, About 200 customers came down to see the showroom and take in the fast paced racing action.

Susie Klein from Wilsonart proved to be the days big winner taking home the fastest stock sander as well as the Trophy for Best Dressed Sander.

See some video of the Belt sander Racing action here:

http://vimeo.com/mckillican/mckillicanbsra

The excitement was already brewing for next year as many in attendance were inspired to get their own racing machines ready. Next year will be expanded to see stops at all McKillican Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg.

Big thanks to Jamie Goodwyn and his team at Accuride for bringing the track up north of the border and running such a great event!

award

FSC Recognizes McKillican's Commitment

January 12, 2011

McKillican International has been awarded FSC’s Pacific North West Business Champion Award for 2010. The Forest Stewardship Council awards this prestigious award for outstanding performance to a business that demonstrates extraordinary efforts to sustain our forests and expand the market for FSC-certified products. Only 4 companies across North America have been chosen for this award.

The award was presented by Corey Brikema, President FSC-US and Ian Hanna Director of Development to Paul Nystrom, Director of Specifications and Environmental products for McKillican.

The Presentation was made at the FSC Regional Workshop held 1-11-2011 in Seattle WA

Nystrom states that receiving this award shows McKillican’s commitment to the stewardship of our forests and responsible distribution in the wood and panel sector.

The roots of McKillican came from the wood industry. Gary McKillican started this company as McKillican Hardwood and those beginnings are proudly entrenched in our current day philosophy of supporting responsible forestry practices.

Company History In 1978, Gary started McKillican Hardwood Limited and carried on the distribution of hardwood lumber and plywood. Hardware was added with acquisition of Available Hardware Company in 1992. With the wider complete bundle of products needed by its customers, the company changed its name to McKillican American Inc. in the USA and McKillican Canadian Inc. in Canada to reflect "The Complete Source" product offering.

Over the next 3 decades McKillican expanded steadily from Texas to Hawaii and today has 24 distribution branches in the United States and Canada.

LSV

McKillican Acquires Lane Stanton Vance

November 1, 2010

November 1 – BlueLinx Corporation (BlueLinx) and McKillican American, Inc. (McKillican) jointly announced today that McKillican has purchased the assets of Lane Stanton Vance, formerly a division of BlueLinx. The acquisition is effective October 31, 2010.

According to Gary McKillican, “Lane Stanton Vance is a company that we have admired for many years who have so much in common with McKillican. We both have history embedded in the hardwood lumber and moulding business as McKillican started as a pure hardwood company back in 1978 while LA-based E.J. Stanton Lumber, Lane Lumber, and Vance Lumber Companies merged in 1968. In addition to hardwood, McKillican also brings a full compliment of residential and commercial hardware and laminated panels to the kitchen cabinet, commercial millwork, display, furniture and general wood products trade.”

Today McKillican operates 24 Distribution Centers in the United States and Canada. Lane Stanton Vance with 3 branches in El Cajon, Diamond Bar and San Marcos are strategically located to service the Southern California market.

Although the economic downturn presents a challenge to all of us, McKillican says “it is proud to continue its growth into one of North America’s largest markets. McKillican has a strong culture centered on its people making the right choices for its customers and the people they work together with each day.”

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, BlueLinx is a leading distributor of building products in North America. Employing approximately 2,000 people, BlueLinx offers greater than 10,000 products from over 750 suppliers to service approximately 11,500 customers nationwide, including dealers, industrial manufactures, manufactured housing producers and home improvement retailers. The Company operates its distribution business from sales centers in Atlanta and Denver and its network of more than 60 distribution centers.

For further inquiries please contact:
Chris McKillican
Director of Marketing
cmckillican@mckillican.com

Rev-A-Truck

Rev A Truck Tour in Full Swing

July 15, 2011

The Impressive traveling display from Rev A Shelf has been on the road stopping at McKillican locations from Salt Lake City, Boise, Portland, Spokane and then into Canada with stops at McKillican Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.

The Display showcases a full line of innovative, well thought out cabinet organization for kitchens and pantry closets and drawers.

It was a opportunity for the cabinet shops to speak to the Rev-A -Shelf reps and learn about new products as well as a real hands on look and feel of the products

McKillican’s customers got a look at such items as the 4TT-2133-1 Tambour Table, the CB series of Wire Baskets, Rev A Motion Waste Containers, The 448 Wood pull out pantry, as well as closet organizers, tie racks, valet racks and more.

Customers appreciated having the opportunity to learn more about these products from the great knowledge that the folks from Rev-A-Shelf provided

Next up on the tour stop is McKillican Seattle on August 5th. Be sure to stop by if you are in the Seattle area from 11-1:30 pm

Picture Gallery: http://smu.gs/nNUIfM

Thank You,

Chris McKillican
VP Marketing