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West Four Group of Companies · Established 1968
West Four is the parent company behind seven brands that manufacture, distribute, and supply the doors, hardware, aluminum systems, and building materials the west is built with. Rooted in the west, reaching across Canada.
Make. Distribute. Supply.
Doors, frames, and aluminum entrance and window systems, manufactured in our own facilities - including a 118,000 sq ft manufacturing centre in Edmonton - and built for the Canadian climate.
Warehouses in every major western centre, our own fleet on the highway, and the inventory to back a schedule - moving product to lumberyards, dealers, and jobsites across the west, and to partners across Canada.
Lumber, doors, hardware, and specialties for the people who build - contractors, developers, architects, modular manufacturers, and homeowners - with the technical support to get it right.
Who we serve
Five kinds of customers, seven brands, one group standing behind all of them.
Residential and commercial crews who need the right product on site, on schedule, with someone to call.
Door, frame, hardware, and aluminum specifications for institutional and commercial projects - with technical support.
Wholesale doors, hardware, and components for retailers and building-supply dealers across Canada.
Doors, hardware, and specialties specified, sourced, and shipped for offsite and modular construction.
Lumber, doors, decking, hardware, and tools - pro-grade products, open to the public.
01 - What we do
Each brand stands on its own - with its own market, leadership, and customers - backed by the resources and ethos of West Four.
Built for the Canadian climate. Leading manufacturer and distributor of residential and commercial doors and hardware. Coast to coast to coast.
Visit madero.ca
Since 1986. Doors, frames, and hardware for commercial, institutional, and architectural projects - offices, hospitals, hotels, and multi-family builds.
Visit pennerdoors.com
Doors, hardware, and specialties purpose-built for modular construction.
Visit wsimodular.ca
In the trade since 1968. Lumber, building materials, decking, windows, doors and more. Focused on pro builders across western Canada - and open to retail customers, too.
Visit securitybuildingsupplies.com
The in-house creative studio shaping how our brands look, sound, and show up in market.
Visit twosixcreative.ca
Distributor of doors, door hardware, and door components from industry-leading manufacturers around the globe.
Visit portal.westfour.ca
Manufacturer of premium aluminum entrance and window systems - storefronts, curtain wall, and architectural entrances for commercial projects across the west.
Website coming soon02 - Who we are
For nearly six decades our operating companies have made, moved, and supplied the doors, hardware, and materials that turn drawings into buildings - quietly, reliably, and at scale.
From our base in Saskatoon, we've grown into a network of regional leaders serving multi-family, commercial, industrial, and residential construction across western Canada.
Today, that means seven operating brands, more than fourteen locations, and three generations of family ownership still investing in what’s next.
We’re an owner-operated group - not a private-equity rollup. Long horizons, real accountability, decisions made by people whose names are on the wall.
See our workSelected projects
A small sample of the buildings our brands have helped come to life.
A 125,500 sq ft hangar expanding WestJet’s operations - capable of accommodating a 787-9 Dreamliner or up to four 737 aircraft.
The largest workforce accommodation centre ever built in Canada as a single interconnected lodge - over 1.2 million sq ft with kitchen, dining, entertainment, and recreation facilities.
A multi-purpose City of Calgary and Calgary Police Service facility with office space, interview rooms, fitness and quiet rooms, and 50 short-term holding cells.
The largest pea protein facility in the world - built to meet the growing global demand for plant-based protein.
A 70,000 sq ft facility for a student high school and a 74-unit childcare centre, linking into a town multiplex to anchor a community campus.
A four-storey independent and assisted living facility with studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom suites - each with kitchenette, bathroom, and private patio.
A federal medium-security facility with maximum-security areas, located west of Prince Albert - outfitted with detention doors and security specialties.
Five facilities across Edmonton neighbourhoods pairing affordable housing with on-site, round-the-clock health, wellness, and life-skills support.
A high school serving 150 students in grades 9–12, with four classrooms, two flexible STEM spaces, a commercial kitchen, and cafeteria.
A high-voltage direct-current transmission line delivering renewable energy to southern Manitoba. The Keewatinohk and Riel converter stations demanded site-specific solutions for quality, security, and sound control - including welded mesh cages and large sound-control openings.
Award-winning facility design paired with compassionate care, creating a safe, stimulating environment for residents to age in place comfortably.
A single facility consolidating four separate offices to serve seven First Nations communities, delivered in collaboration with Indigenous Services Canada.
A 25,250 sq ft residence hall built around a communal lounge and kitchen, with student rooms and staff apartments designed to feel like home.
A five-storey multi-family residence with balconied suites over structured parking, bringing new homes to Regina.
A nearly 500,000 sq ft storage and maintenance garage for Calgary Transit’s fleet of compressed-natural-gas buses - supporting diesel operations through the transition to a full CNG fleet, and outfitted with steel doors, frames, and finish hardware.
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Our CEO Lynne Fafard’s “Starring Role” in NSBA’s 7th annual Popcorn & Entrepreneurship Series - the truths of running a family business, and the obstacles she’s overcome to lead it.
Our team
Three generations of family ownership, joined by senior leaders across operations, finance, technology, sales, and the brands.
Chief Executive Officer
Lynne leads West Four Group of Companies as Chief Executive Officer, having grown into the role through every level of the building-products industry. A recognized trailblazer in the field, she has been featured by Maclean’s among Canada’s top female entrepreneurs and named the Starring Role in NSBA’s Popcorn & Entrepreneurship Series. Her vision for measured expansion and deeper market share continues to set the direction for the group’s growth across western Canada.
Chief Operating Officer
Jay serves as Chief Operating Officer with a strategic focus on the technology, marketing, and leadership foundations that scale the group as it grows. His recent work has centred on building the management team that will carry West Four into its next chapter - recruiting senior leaders, formalizing systems, and keeping every expansion decision anchored to the customer. His approach combines operational rigour with a forward look that has become central to the group’s growth strategy.
Vice President of Sales
Mark leads sales across West Four Group of Companies, drawing on years of cross-functional experience that began in operations and grew into the customer-facing role he holds today. His work is grounded in long-term relationships - with clients, with the sales leaders he mentors, and through the customer programs he designs to consistently deliver the West Four Experience. Mark’s understanding of how field-level decisions shape customer success makes him an essential bridge between operations and revenue.
Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales
Rick leads commercial sales across the West Four Group, drawing on more than fifteen years of experience in commercial and residential construction. He is unusually engaged - quick to connect with customers, colleagues, and industry peers, and visibly invested in the people side of the business. Rick’s mandate is straightforward: build on a strong platform and contribute meaningfully to the group’s continued growth across western Canada.
Vice President, Finance & Administration
His background in real-estate holdings and property development gives him a particularly clear view of the construction customers West Four serves. Darwin’s instinct for process improvement and the systems behind consistent growth has made him a quiet architect of the group’s evolution.
Director, Madero
Sean directs the Madero brand, bringing more than eighteen years of leadership in global manufacturing and industrial businesses. He has held senior roles including Managing Director and Country Lead, leading large-scale turnarounds, building high-performing teams, and developing new markets across multiple regions. His expertise spans strategic planning, P&L management, lean manufacturing, after-sales operations, and stakeholder engagement - all anchored in a customer-first orientation focused on long-term growth, not just for the business but for the customers and people within it. Sean holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Economics from the University of South Africa.
Director, Operations
Bryan directs operations across the West Four Group, bringing more than two decades of experience leading multi-location operations, production management, and organizational transformation. He has led company-wide reorganizations, facility relocations, and fleet and asset management programs, alongside global training initiatives that bring consistency to how the work gets done. Known for optimizing workflows and building high-performance teams, Bryan delivers operational excellence that supports both efficiency today and sustainable growth tomorrow. Outside the business, he contributes to his community through volunteer leadership roles.
Director, Information Technology
Vishal directs the West Four Group’s information technology function, with more than sixteen years of leadership building the systems that scale a business. He specializes in resilient infrastructure, automation, and the practical work of aligning technology investment with operating priorities. Vishal’s expertise spans PMO oversight, IT modernization, workflow optimization, vendor management, and governance - with a focus on secure, scalable, cost-effective systems that hold up as the business grows.
Director, Procurement
Danny directs procurement across the West Four Group, bringing more than seventeen years of procurement and supply-chain leadership. Before joining West Four he spent years leading a team that bought from the group, so he knows the work from the customer’s side of the table - and he approaches it the way he approaches everything: team-first, curious, and hands-on, learning every corner of the business from the people who do the work. Saskatchewan born and raised, Danny holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Saskatchewan and a diploma in Supply Chain Management - and is, first and foremost, a family man building the next chapter of his career close to home.
Responsibility
Safety
A nationally recognized occupational health and safety accreditation, audited annually against the Canadian Federation of Construction Safety Associations standard, and required for many government and large commercial bids. Safety is how we earn the right to be on site.
Sustainability
As a member of FSC Canada, we support responsibly managed forests and the standards behind the wood products we sell. And we build for the Canadian climate - products made to last longer waste less.
Community
West Four is a proud supporter of Timberkids, the TIMBER MART national charitable foundation for the health and well-being of Canadian children. Across our markets we sponsor dozens of local kids’ teams - hockey, baseball, soccer, ringette, basketball - and, starting with the 2026/27 season, Security Building Supplies is an Official Partner of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, including Security Building Supplies Riderland Park. Go Riders.
03 - Work with us
We hire across operations, sales, logistics, finance, design, and the trades - in every market we serve. Don’t take our word for what it’s like. Take theirs.
What surprises me most is how much it still feels like a family business. People here genuinely want to help each other out, whether it’s answering a question or working through a problem together. It’s pretty rewarding to drive by a completed project and know you were involved from the very beginning.
BrandonEstimator, Penner Doors & Hardware · Calgary
I joined the West Four Group of Companies thinking I was going to have just another job at just another company. However, I have had so many tremendous opportunities to change and grow, both personally and professionally. Seeing projects that I have helped design, quote and manage come to completion has become some of my greatest accomplishments.
KaylaSenior Project Coordinator, Penner Doors & Hardware · Saskatoon
I have been working in the door and hardware industry for more than 30 years, and four years ago I had the opportunity to join the West Four Group. As a family-owned company, West Four has a strong culture built on relationships, trust, and a commitment to its people.
RayAccess Control & Security, Penner Doors & Hardware · Winnipeg
I joined the team not knowing the industry at all. I just needed a job; I was starting a new chapter in my life at the time. Working at West Four for 13 years, I still love my job as much as I did the day I started.
BobbiCategory Coordinator, Hollow Metal, West Four Group · Saskatoon
I joined Security looking for a change of pace and discovered a career with room to grow. No two days here are alike - and everyone wants to see you succeed and takes the time to get you there.
DerekEstimating & Sales, Security Building Supplies · Saskatoon
A lot of companies have leadership you don’t see or hear from. West Four’s leaders are in the mix. They will actually seek to know people, personally, at all levels, which you don’t see a lot in corporations.
DannyDirector, Procurement, West Four Group · Saskatoon
Penner gave me an opportunity to open a new branch for them, and have supported it 100% ever since. A good day is having new customers come in and tell us how glad they are that we are in town.
JoelSales Coordinator, Penner Doors & Hardware · Red Deer
I originally joined West Four because of my dad, but I have stayed because of the people and the work environment. I love that I get to be a part of the construction of some amazing buildings and driving the future of Saskatchewan.
DiegoJunior Project Coordinator, Penner Doors & Hardware · Saskatoon
When I came back after being away for four years, it honestly felt like I never left. Everyone was very welcoming, and there’s a lot of knowledge and experience within the group.
ChevyBusiness Development Manager, Penner Doors & Hardware · Winnipeg
I’ve spent enough time in my career to know that great businesses are built by great people. What I appreciate most is working alongside people who genuinely care about our customers, the business, and each other.
SeanDirector, Madero · Saskatoon
No two days have been the same since I started and I genuinely look forward to coming to work every day. I knew this was a family-owned company, and I was very happy to see that they passed that family-first philosophy on to its employees.
ChaseSales Manager, Security Building Supplies · Saskatoon
What I like about working here is that I can see the company is growing and that there is a real focus on continuing to improve, and I like that direction. I’ve only been here for a few months, and I’ve been given opportunities to learn more about the industry and grow in my role.
GermanConstruction Project Supervisor, Penner Doors & Hardware · Saskatoon
Roles across 14+ western Canadian locations - real ownership, real career paths, real benefits. A family-built company, not a private-equity rollup.
04 - Press
Western Investor featured the group’s new Edmonton facility in its look at the strength of the city’s industrial market, “Doors open for Edmonton industrial as investors favour fundamentals.”
The article points to Edmonton’s surging population and homebuilding as drivers of industrial demand, and highlights the 118,000 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility in Strathcona County - opened in April on five acres inside Anthony Henday Drive - noting the increased space “enables higher production volumes, more streamlined workflows, and the ability to support broader and more complex product programs.”
Read the full article at westerninvestor.com
Source: Western Investor · Peter Mitham
Security Building Supplies - part of the West Four Group of Companies - is proud to be named an Official Partner of the Saskatchewan Roughriders for the 2026/27 season and beyond.
The partnership puts one of Saskatchewan’s original building-supply names beside the province’s most beloved team - including the naming of Security Building Supplies Riderland Park, a gathering place for Rider Nation on game day.
In the trade since 1968, Security Building Supplies has served Saskatchewan builders from its Saskatoon and Regina locations for nearly six decades. Partnering with the Roughriders is a natural fit: the same customers, communities, and families who build this province are the ones who fill the stands.
Security Building Supplies Riderland Park is already open and welcoming Rider Nation before every home game - with a growing lineup of fan and customer experiences to come as the partnership takes the field.
Build Manitoba, the Winnipeg Construction Association’s quarterly magazine, featured Penner Doors & Hardware in its Member Milestones section: “Open Door Policy - Four decades of opening doors and building lasting relationships across the Prairies.”
The two-page feature traces Penner from Henry Penner’s 1986 start in Winnipeg to today’s five locations across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and to its place within the West Four Group of Companies. CEO Lynne Fafard describes what family ownership means in practice - “valuing people over transactions, relationships over shortcuts and trust over trends” - and credits the original Winnipeg team, several of whom have been with Penner for 25 to 40 years, with setting the template for the brand’s growth across western Canada.
The article also covers Penner’s Division 8 and 10 product range, its estimating and project-management services, the new Penner DesignBuild consulting group, and a selection of recent projects including Manitoba Hydro’s converter stations and the Stoney CNG Bus Storage and Transit Facility in Calgary.
Read the issue at mediaedgemagazines.com (pages 38-39)
Source: Build Manitoba, Issue 2, Summer 2026 · James Peters
The Constructor 2026, the Calgary Construction Association’s annual publication, marks Penner Doors & Hardware’s 40th anniversary in its Milestones section alongside Armour Equipment, RGO, and Ferguson.
The profile follows Penner from a single Winnipeg operation in 1986 to five locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg, and sets out the values the company credits for the journey: family ownership, Canadian-made and Canadian-rooted products, and long-term relationships with customers, partners, and the trade associations it serves. Penner frames the milestone not as a finish line but as a beginning, with a commitment to continued growth and community involvement.
Read the issue on Issuu (pages 154-155)
Source: The Constructor 2026 · Calgary Construction Association · DEL Communications
West Four Group of Companies has opened a new 118,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Edmonton - a significant investment in the capacity, infrastructure, and scalability of our operations across western Canada.
Designed for efficiency from fabrication through fulfillment, the new site significantly expands both our manufacturing footprint and warehouse capacity. The layout is purposefully designed to improve workflow at every stage, while its strategic location offers improved access to major transportation corridors - strengthening our ability to reliably serve partners and projects across the region.
As we mark nearly six decades in the industry, this expansion represents more than a new building. It reflects a deliberate step forward in how we operate, and a clear signal of where we’re going: built for the next generation of projects, partners, and people.
West Four Group of Companies - parent company to West Four Distribution, Madero, Penner Doors and Hardware, Security Building Supplies, and Two Six Creative - has acquired WSI Doors Ltd., Dorland Doors Ltd., and More Than Doors Ltd., effective July 1, 2022.
WSI specializes in hollow metal, commercial hardware, and interior and exterior wood and steel doors, serving lumberyards, glass shops, and commercial customers across western Canada. Dorland Doors, its sister company, manufactures architectural aluminum entry systems, fixed windows, and curtain walls - adding more than three decades of architectural expertise to the West Four portfolio. Together they operate a joint 80,000-square-foot facility in Edmonton with an automated paint line, contributing meaningful manufacturing capacity across our brands.
More Than Doors - an online commercial door store providing onsite service and installation throughout northern Alberta - joins the group at the same time.
The three companies will continue to operate as before while we complete an operational review and plan a seamless integration. Effective immediately, the distribution lines of Larson, Renin, Schlage, Allegion, Assa Abloy, and others are available through WSI.
About West Four Group of Companies - Established in 1968 and headquartered in Saskatoon, West Four is a third-generation, family-owned group of six operating companies serving builders, developers, and contractors across western Canada. The group is owned by the Fafard family and aligned with market-leading vendors around the world.
The North Saskatoon Business Association named Lynne Fafard, CEO of West Four Group of Companies, the 2021 Starring Role in its 7th Annual Popcorn & Entrepreneurship Series.
In the resulting short documentary, Lynne speaks candidly about the realities of running a family business - the long horizon, the practical decisions, and the work of carrying a third-generation company forward across western Canada.
Source: NSBA - North Saskatoon Business Association
West Four Group of Companies adopted in-house colour labelling to modernize how doors, frames, and building specialties move through manufacturing and distribution across our brands.
The new workflow - built around the Epson ColorWorks C7500G inkjet printer and CYBRA’s MarkMagic® bar code, RFID, and forms software - produces full-colour product labels on demand, integrating directly with the systems our teams use every day. The result is faster turnaround, fewer errors, and clearer information travelling with every product we ship.
“Our focus is on quality,” says Lynne Fafard, CEO of West Four Group of Companies. “We want to make sure the products we release into the market are top notch. It’s what our customers demand and expect.”
Source: Epson News · news.epson.com
Lynne Fafard, CEO of West Four Group of Companies, was named to Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Financial Post.
Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Lynne earned a degree in commerce and business administration at the University of Alberta before joining the family business - founded by her father in 1968 - in a marketing role. She stepped away for sixteen years to raise her family, returning in 1996. In 2004, Lynne and her husband Ken purchased the company from her father and siblings, eventually forming the group that today operates as West Four.
Since 2006, the group has grown nearly 250% and now works with vendors around the world. Both of Lynne’s sons are now part of the business.
“We try hard to keep the sense of family,” Lynne says, “and we are not afraid of doing whatever it takes to help things move forward.”
Source: Financial Post
Penner Doors & Hardware - part of the West Four Group of Companies - announced a major expansion in 2011, anchored by a new 40,000-square-foot assembly and distribution centre in Winnipeg, nearly triple the size of its existing facility.
The expansion also included new distribution centres in Saskatoon and Calgary, supporting Penner’s growing role in commercial and multi-family construction across the Prairies. The Winnipeg site, located in St. Boniface Industrial Park for its proximity to the Perimeter Highway, was purpose-built to support the volume and complexity of projects coming online during the regional construction boom of the early 2010s.
Founded in Winnipeg in 1986 and acquired by West Four in 2009, Penner Doors specializes in fire-rated doors, hollow metal doors, steel frames, locksets, weatherstripping, electronic hardware, and security-door systems - stocking more than 1,500 products and serving office buildings, hotels, hospitals, fire halls, and institutional projects.
The 2011 expansion was an early signal of what would become a defining strategy for West Four: investing in capacity ahead of demand, and building infrastructure that’s ready for the next decade of construction across western Canada.
Originally reported in regional press, April 2011
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