Million Dollar Expansion by Millwork Firm

aaEDEoPLE are turning to f quality products in their lives and this trend is most clearly evident in their homes. The overall squ:ue footage may have dropped, but this downsizing has only intensihed the owners' preference for the best when it comes to materials and products used in their homes," observed Ray Flynn, president of Windsor Mill, "at the same time, the pressure is always there to manufacture that product at competitive prices."

To meet this challenge, Windsor Mill has embarked on a $l million expansion effort. Stateof-the-art machinery has been purchased to produce not only a better quality product, but also to bolster produaivity and give the company a competitive edge.

Story at a Glance

Windsor Mill embarks on 11 mil' lion expansion...new equiP' ment, buildings, additional em' ployees...marketing extended into sunbell and lleeP South.

An example is the new M-K. Weinig moulder. The machine turns 6(XD rpm which allows Windsor Mill to increase the daily output, but more importantly, increases the number of knife marks per inch and thus improves the finish on the wood. Two new digital control Weinig pattern grinders help the knife room keep up with the mill's six moulders, edge gluing and fingerjoint lines-

The addition of a Canali resaw and a Grecon "optimizer" trimsaw pre-

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