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CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - NOVEMBER 2015North American Steelvolved at an early age learning every aspect of the company and operat- ing all production equipment during summer vacations. After returning to the company full time upon gradua- tion from Queen’s University School of Engineering, Rolf began to modern- ize NAS’ manufacturing processes by incorporating efficient and precise roll forming and robotic equipment, mak- ing the company more productive.This was the time when the big box stores moved into Canada. “Since thesecompanies were sharing their long term planning with us, we were able to pre- plan and pre-produce for these clients establishing a solid market presence when times became tough economi- cally for competitors,” Fabricius notes. This enabled NAS to keep investing in product research and developing new types of systems—exactly where the company’s focus should lie.While manufacturing in Canada has had very unstable growth at times, NAS has expanded its manufacturing20 | Canadian Industry Online |November, 2015