Continental's Machinery's team members

Michel Groleau, President

Michel joined the company in 1988 and is the representative of the third generation of the Groleau family at Continental Machinery. He follows his father, Gilles, who was president from 1985 to 2005. Gilles had taken over from his own father, Louis-Philippe, who had founded the company in 1941.

At Continental Machinery, all our efforts are geared to make the buying and after-sales service experience as enjoyable as possible for all of our customers.

It all begins with identifying as clearly as possible the customers' needs by validating the application, and is achieved with our complete line of high quality machines, all offered at very competitive prices. It also includes the best warranty in the industry, as well as the best after sales service, which is achieved, among other things, with prices that include delivery to the customer's place of business and the inital set-up of the machines that include operation, adjustment and maintenance tips by one of our five highly qualified technicians.

The members of our team make all humanly possible efforts to satisfy our customers, and the experience has proven that we succeed very well, as all our cutomers are loyal to the company. Our customers are our best reference in the market. For each and every machine that a prospect considers buying from Continental Machinery, we offer a complete list of actual users of similar machines and invite them to get in touch with these users. Upon appointment, we also offer our customers the possibility to try the machine in our 8000 square feet showroom and therefore see by themselves their quality of construction and ease of operation.

Pierre Gauvin, Vice-president

Pierre Pierre has joined the company in 2002, after having worked during nine years at C.E. Cabinets in Laval, one of Canada's largest kitchen cabinets manufacturer. His mandate with Continental Machinery was to develop new markets by finding new products that reflected the newer technologies. His efforts payed-off well, as our company is now exclusive distributor for the following products: TECNOMA production edgebanders, PAOLONI sliding table panel saws and conventional machinery, MASTERWOOD and TECHNO CNC machining centers, QUICK WOOD rotary brush sanders, STRIEBIG vertical panel saws, CTD cut-off saws, CONQUEST drilling machines, etc...

The experience Pierre gained at C.E. Cabinets allows him to always validate clearly the customer's needs and therefore reccomend the right machine.

It is for all these reasons that Continental Machinery has been experiencing such great sales success in recent years.

Linda Labarre, Administrative Assistant

Linda has joined Machinerie Continental in May 2007. After having accumulated over 15 years of experience in a large woodworking manufacturer established in Laval. Her first qualities include her devotion, her work ethic and courtesy. Linda’s main responsibilities consist of supporting the sales force and administration of the company, as well as assisting its distinguished clientèle.

Ricky Pollak, Technician

We like to call Ricky Doctor Ricky.

Ricky, it's Servi-Tech Prestige, the reference in the province of Quebec in the maintenance of production edgebanders, sliding table panel saws and vertical panel saws.

Ricky began working as a technician at Holzher in 1983 and gained solid experience during the eight years he spent there. He has now been working on his own for almost twenty years.

Ricky has been installing and servicing all the TECNOMA edfgebanders, PAOLONI sliding table panel saws and STRIEBIG vertical panels sold by Continental Machinery since 2002.

Frédéric Beaulieu et Daniel Poirier, Technicians

Frédéric and Daniel are the owners of Solutions Multi-Tech, the reference in the market for servicing CNC machining centers.

They both have more than 15 years of experience in that field. Before starting their own company, they had been working in the service department at BIESSE for more than 10 years.

Frederic and Daniel install and service all CNC machining centers sold by Continental Machinery.

Patrice Comeau, Technician Les services PCMSt-Jean-Chrysostome

Patrice does the installation, original set-up and after sales service for the edgebanders, sliding table panel saws and vertical panel saws sold by Machinerie Continental in the Quebec city area as well as in the region East of Quebec City.

Patrice has his own company, Services PCM. Based in Quebec City, his company has an excellent reputation in servicing such equipments.

Patrice obtained a College degree in Industrial Instrumentation in 1993. He has over 13 years of experience in maintenance of woodworking machinery and CNC machines.

Before starting his own company, Patrice acquired additional experience while working in Alberta as Service Manager for FC Machinery. Moreover, he has received training in 2002 from HOLZ-HER for edgebanders, sliding table panel saws and vertical panel saws and in 2004 from VIDIR.

Patrice also does servicing of many other types of machinery, namely paint mixers, radial arm saws, and other automated equipment.

CONTINENTAL MACHINERY: THE MOST ENJOYABLE SALES AND AFTER SALES EXPERIENCE!