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DON WALL — Brad Cornelissen of Oakville Stamping & Bending and Mike Weiss of IPEX Inc., both from the suppliers sector, served as panellists during a session at the MCAC conference.
MCAC COO Ken Lancastle hosted a wide-ranging panel discussion Oct. 19 billed as Nearshoring and Inflation: How Supply Chains have Changed and What it Means for Contractors. The panellists were two mechanical sector suppliers: Brad Cornelissen, CEO of Oakville Stamping & Bending, a manufacturer and distributor of plumbing products; and Mike Weiss, national sales manager of mechanical products at IPEX Inc., which designs and manufactures piping products.
“We did learn a lot from COVID,” said Cornelissen. “Having overseas manufacturing is a challenge and a simple breakdown in freight lines…is massively disruptive to how we’re able to support our customer base right across America.” Asked by Lancastle what is keeping them up at night, Cornelissen said it was general economic uncertainty, with the unknown future path of interest rates a continuing concern, and Weiss said workforce stability.“I want that feeling of uncertainty to go away. I want to feel confident that I can see ahead.”
“I think we still have some room to drop this year for housing starts and obviously that has an impact on commercial, institutional, all the spending,” said Cornelissen.
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