Joga Punian and his wife Davinder.
From Basement to Factory: Wildrose Garments Manufacturing Ltd. Celebrates a Quarter Century of Growth By Mark Kandborg
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hen Joga Punian and his wife Davinder left India for Canada nearly 40 years ago, it was to build for themselves what he describes simply as “a good life.” For Punian, that meant becoming a successful businessman who also had time to spend with his family. While many of his friends were driving taxis or running convenience stores, Punian knew that type of life wasn’t for him. “I wanted something where I could go to work in the morning, leave at night
and have the weekend off,” he says. So in 1989, he and his wife started Wildrose Garments Manufacturing. There certainly wasn’t a lot of time off to be had in Wildrose Garments’ first few years, however. Punian kept his job working at a grinding factory until his new business could stand on its own, and the company was located in the basement of the family home. “My wife and I worked shoulder to shoulder,” he explains. “She handled more of the production end and I handled more of the business.”
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