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Vaughn LaVigne has been in the industry for more than 40 years and his latest venture, Onbord Doors & Processed Panels, was the result of a favour he was doing for a customer of his original company, the one he started with his father.

“I got started in the industry through my father who was already working in the industry and encouraged me to follow him,” LaVigne says.
And in 1993 – they were both working for another plywood manufacturer at the time – they decided to set out on their own and start their own company.

“We started with 10,000 sq. ft. 
and kept growing, to 20,000, then to 
40,000 and eventually to 83,000 sq. ft. and we now have between 50 and 
55 employees,” LaVigne says.
That company is ProPly Custom Plywood Inc., which is located in Brampton, Ontario and has grown from a small, family-run business to one of the leading technology-based plywood manufacturers in Canada.

ProPly is one of the most modern facilities in North America and uses automation and robotics in its production line for increased efficiency and quality. ProPly specializes in hardwood, softwood and custom plywood, using a wide variety of veneer species, cuts and grades ranging from standard to marine and fire rated grades.