Founded in 1938, Akhurst is one of North America’s largest independent machinery distributors, with five branches strategically located across Canada, along with a sales office dedicated to their U.S. customer base. Akhurst Machinery Group also includes the operations of Cantek America Inc. and Leadermac USA who are set up to distribute equipment directly and through dealers throughout the United States. With sales and service staff strategically located across Canada and the US, Akhurst can offer their customers local support that is unparalleled in the industry. Working as a full-service organization, they can assist you with the selection of your equipment, financing, installation, training, parts support, and after-sales service. Cantek America Inc. | Leading and providing solid wood and panel processing machinery with top design quality and excellent overall dollar value for the North American market since 1985. Leadermac USA | Manufacturing moulders to the highest quality standards and offering the latest technology together with the greatest productivity at the lowest unit cost since 1972.
KVAL Inc.
Kval Machinery (www.kvalinc.com) sets the standard for residential and commercial door equipment, specializing in high quality and innovative CNC machines for door manufacturers and distributors alike. Kval is family-owned and operated and has served the woodworking industry since 1947. The company was founded in 1947 by A.A Kvalheim, a Norwegian cabinet-making carpenter who utilized his skillset and ingenuity to design and build revolutionary machinery. Since inception in the mid 40’s, KVAL has focused its efforts on providing its customers with innovative equipment of the highest quality while instilling teamwork, honesty, and integrity throughout. KVAL maintains its high-quality product by controlling each step of the manufacturing process here in the United States. Within the KVAL facility, raw steel is received and finished machinery is shipped; we design, cut, machine, weld, paint, wire, and program each and every machine “in-house” with the best components and materials available. As KVAL has past our 75th year servicing the woodworking industry, the 3rd and 4th Generations continue to grow the KVAL legacy by leading the industry in CNC technology, state-of-the-art machine software, robust safety features and provides our customers with cutting edge support solutions.
Griffith Polymers
Griffith Polymers is a manufacturer of polyurethane products for the woodworking Industry Products we manufacture are molder feed wheels, edgeban rollers, powerfeed rollers, hold down pads and rollers. We also recoat almost all used rollers and wheels on the market and can custom manufacture other type of products for your use.
Global Tooling & Supply Co.
Global Tooling & Supply provides a large selection of High-Quality Cutting Tools and support supplies for Moulders, Planers, Finger jointers, Shapers, and more. We stock a large selection of moulder knives, cutter heads, planer blades, milled to pattern eased edge knives, carbide inserts and tooling for flooring and cope and stick door frames, saw blades, grinding wheels, jointing stones, and more. We carry a large inventory of seven different grades of Knife steel to match the performance required for your specific application, plus several options of carbide knives for abrasive materials such as certain hardwoods and MDF. Contact us for help tooling up new machines, or to compare us with what you use currently. We offer some of the most competitive prices in the industry and support the products with years of technical knowledge to help tool your mill in the most efficient way possible to lower your tooling and production costs. Our team is easy to reach and ready to help you with any project large or small. We pride ourselves on having the supplies in stock you need now to keep you up and running. Most in-stock orders ship within 1-2 business days. Call or email us today to talk about how we can support your business.
Co-Matic Machinery Co., Ltd.
CO-MATIC is the world’s largest dedicated power feeder provider in the woodworking industry, with its headquarters and manufacturing facility located in Taichung City, Taiwan. CO-MATIC has earned its reputation by offering a wide range of power feeders and portable edgebanders known for their exceptional quality and excellent customer service. Its products are now distributed in over 70 countries worldwide.
Charles G. G. Schmidt & Company, Inc.
Charles G. G. Schmidt & Company is pleased to announce the celebration of their 96th anniversary in the manufacturing and distribution of woodworking tools and woodworking machinery. Started in downtown New York City in 1926, the Schmidt Company sells standard tooling for shapers, moulders, tenoners, saws, CNC routers, haunchers and planers. They can also manufacture custom tools to your specifications in their state of the art facility in Montvale New Jersey. Using the latest CNC equipment to produce the tools, woodworking shops both small and larger rely on them to supply quality tools when needed throughout the United States and surrounding countries. Cabinet and door companies, custom wood working companies, moulding manufacturers, architectural woodworkers, home builders, flooring manufactures and store fixture companies are some of the companies that use their services. Insert panel raising cutters, stile and rail sets, and profiling heads designed to be used on shapers are the newest additions to Charles G. G. Schmidt’s product line. Moulder heads, including HSK heads are available from stock. Our insert line of surfacing heads can now be made up to 13 long. We also offer a extensive line of solid carbide spiral router bits and standard router bits. Our accessories include spacer sets, bushings, measuring tools for cabinet hardware installation and planer knife setting. We also offer a sharpening and tool reconditioning service for the tools we sell. A new addition to our product line is Dispozablade and Esta Knife products. Disposable planer and jointer knives. We are the now excluisive distributor of these German made products for North America