loss, significantly extending the life of the garage door, making our doors the most robust in the industry. The CLIMACORE insulation, which achieves the highest possible R-value, maximizing the durability and protection of each product offering to best suit the customer’s needs.
Popular Steel-Craft residential doors like Thermo-Craft, the classic design along with the Ranch-Craft, Carriage-Craft, Flush, Contemporary and Mid-Century-Modern, all lead in thermal efficiency. The Ranch-Craft RidgeLine long panel design is a stunning standout on homes across the country. The Carriage-Craft line is distinct for connecting modern technology with a more traditional aesthetic, delivering immaculate fabrication.
And some industry-leading commercial products like the SCIndustrial, with two-inch thick polyurethane insulated panels and with an R-value of 19, TD-134 and the Commercial Flush, are several preferred choices for a wide range of commercial and agricultural applications. Steel-Craft’s aluminum doors, SA-6500 and SA-7500 are elegant, practical and durable – whether these doors are for car dealerships, fire halls, restaurants or contemporary homes, just to name a few.
Mihalcheon is high energy and animated, not only about the Steel-Craft products but the company’s solid track record of service. “Every aspect of every Steel-Craft garage door is expertly engineered. Combined with the various choices of finishes, lifts and hardware, it is delivered with outstanding customer service.”
She is genuine, upbeat and a bit emotional admitting that, in addition to the 60 years of innovation, quality and service and the company’s growth and success, “Much of it is personal.”
“The knowledge and experience of our people is so important. It is who we are. Our true strength is our people and our people are our family. We rely on their input and their expertise. We have more than 425 employees
across the country, including Edmonton’s head office and manufacturing centre, and offices in Surrey, Toronto, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, P.A., Kelowna, Lethbridge and more.”
The motivated and accomplished, Edmonton-based business leader is also openly reverent about family business’ traditions and core values.
“My father believed in Edmonton, in Alberta and in Canada. He was enthusiastic about supporting our local communities and our workforce. He was part of the Edmonton Ownership Group of investors, which bought the Edmonton Oilers to make sure the team stayed in Canada. We are a proud contributor to Concordia University for The Mihalcheon School of Management and our continued support of Edmonton hospitals is unconditional and spans more than four decades.”
“When it gets right down to it, we are so much more than a Canadian-owned and operated company in the residential and commercial garage door business,” Steel-Craft’s personable Kim Mihalcheon concludes. “We are family and we are community. Putting our people first and being unafraid to be bold and innovative creates success for everyone involved. I am very proud to be part of a Canadian legacy company.”
