SOURCE: The Maxan Way, The Construction Source – Sept 2024
Maxan Interior Systems is a company based in the Greater Toronto Area that delivers high quality interior solutions to clients across the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors. Their services include standard and specialty drywall, ceiling systems, acoustic assemblies, as well as unique interior finishes such as architectural wall and ceiling panels, prefabricated office fronts, and specialty millwork. Over the past 34 years, they have continually honed and refined those services to the point where they are unrivalled industry experts. Over the past five years, they have leveraged that industry expertise in order to grow at an exponential rate.
Moving forward, the leaders behind Maxan Interior Systems expect their growth to continue. Dane Flynn, President and General Manager, and Clint Jensen, Vice President of Business Development, have big plans for the company. According to Dane, their vision for the future is to have “a strong presence in every Canadian market.”
“When my career is over, I’d like to see Maxan as a national company,” Dane says. “I believe the opportunity is there. This would be a unique offering in this very fragmented space. We have the roadmap to achieve our goals, and intend to grow at the right pace, building customer relationships along the way built on trust and confidence to perform every time.”
The company was formed in 1990 under the name ‘Maxan Drywall Limited.’ In February 2019, Dane and Clint acquired the company from founder
Gabriel St-Denis. For almost 30 years, Gabriel operated the company as a family business – he had grown it to a certain size, and Dane and Clint saw the potential for this company to be a springboard to become much more.
Looking Long Term
In addition to building strong relationships with clients and employees, Dane and Clint have also been successful at building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers.
One of Maxan’s main supply partners, for example, is Hewson Brothers Building Supply – a fourth-generation family company that has been providing high-quality building supplies to construction projects across Southern Ontario, Niagara, and the GTA for over 40 years. Over those years, they have developed into a leading interior finishing distribution company with an extensive fleet of service trucks and unrivalled knowledge of the construction industry. According to Dane and Clint, the quality of Hewson Brothers’ products – combined with the unwavering support of their expert team – has been critical to Maxan Interior Systems’ recent growth.
With external partners like that, Dane says the key to building a good relationship is “mutual respect and a long-term outlook.”
“We plan on being here for a long time,” he says, “it’s never about one singular job. It’s always about the lifetime of the relationship. The suppliers that we choose to do business with have a similar viewpoint on that – we all plan on being in business together for the long-term. So, we need to be on the same page, have shared values and goals. That’s what makes us work well together.”
Moving forward, in collaboration with those likeminded partners, the vision for Maxan Interior Systems is to continue growing. As mentioned previously, Dane’s goal is to have a strong presence in every major Canadian market,” as well as a “strong network of partnerships throughout the country in terms of general contractors and suppliers.”
