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Member Spotlight Bid Group Technologies
BID GROUP
BID Group:
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN YOUR GOALS AND RESULTS
In 1924, the world was bursting with new technologies like traffic signals, Duracell batteries, and bulldozers. How fitting that 1924 was also the year that BID Group began. It’s been almost 100 years, and BID continues to provide hardwood lumber industry-leading solutions through a complete range of innovative equipment, digital technologies, turnkey installations, and aftermarket support. Today, BID Group is at the forefront of artificial intelligence and digital solutions.
Sylvain Dionne, the VP of Customer Experience
In the constantly evolving markets of 2022, the hardwood lumber industry has very tight profit margins, increased competition, and elevated pricing pressure. BID Group understands these challenges and offers several ways to tackle them head-on and boost margins. BID is a combination of three unique flagship brands designed to address customers’ ever-evolving needs and priorities throughout the entire wood processing lifecycle: Comact, Deltech, and OPER8.
Comact is a leader in designing, manufacturing, and optimization of wood processing equipment as well as PLC/Controls for sawmills
and planer mills. Deltech is focused on helping customers reduce energy consumption by designing and manufacturing continuous/ batch kilns, biomass-fueled energy system technologies, and pellet plant manufacturing. Finally, OPER8 is the backbone of BID Group’s vision for Smart Connected Operations and is built by industry experts with decades of experience and the sawdust on their boots to prove it.
Sylvain Dionne, the VP of Customer Experience at BID Group, proudly said, “BID Group designs, builds, and installs all types of equipment used in the hardwood lumber industry. We also offer the latest and greatest automation and scanning technologies (powered by AI and deep learning), which are part of every product line we deliver. These systems can be delivered with an operating platform, providing a solution to help people manage profitability in realtime. Recently, BID Group has entered the robotic world, so these robots, mixed with our Smart Vision System, can do a lot to help our customers with their daily issues. BID group is highly engaged in the hardwood processing industry, we want to push our technologies and our limits so that our customers can benefit from our products and services.”
Dionne continued, “BID Group is different from our competition because we offer innovative products for the best performance using the latest technologies, a devoted specialist team, and a customeroriented mindset. We take the time to listen to our customers’ concerns, requirements, and expectations and develop individual solutions.”
BID Group is a tremendous supporter of NHLA and the NHLA Annual Convention, sponsoring and exhibiting year after year. Dionne said, “We feel it is important to encourage industry events like the NHLA Annual Convention. We also appreciate the opportunity the Convention provides us to meet with fellow members and customers.”
BID is dedicated to delivering performance, innovation, remarkable service, and results through continuous improvement of its products and services. The company has offices in 18 key locations to serve its global customer base. Today’s innovation from BID Group will lead to a bright future. Imagine what revolutionary technologies they will create in the next 100 years.
BID Group has locations across Canada and the United States. To learn more about BID Group, visit www.bidgroup.ca, call 450-435-2121 in Canada (843-563-7070 in the USA), or email info@bidgroup.ca.
