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Business World Magazine |
January 2019
Midwest Millwork is a full-service custom
millwork and casework company that has been
serving Western Canada since 1975. Today,
they provide premium quality solutions to meet
all millwork requirements from design to instal-
lation, and they ensure that client expectations
are met and surpassed on every project.
“Our quality of work is what has driven our
success, and what will continue driving it,”
says Dave Hildebrand, owner of the company.
Dave is partners in the business with his broth-
er, and they both grew up around the millwork
industry. Their father, company founder Hen-
ry Hildebrand, supplied and installed custom
church furniture across Western Canada in the
1960s. Dave and his brother got their start in
the company’s original shop, helping out where
they could and learning the business first hand
at a young age.
Midwest Millwork started their transition into
custom millwork and casework with the expan-
sion of that original shop from 2,500 square
feet to 6,000 square feet in 1976 and to 18,000
square feet in 1992. In 2007, the company
then custom built a modern 42,000 square foot
facility with state of the art machinery and au-
tomation systems.
As the company grew, they transitioned from