Downlite Outdoor, a division of Downlite, a market leader in down and feather processing and a supplier of responsibly sourced performance fills to the outdoor, home furnishings and hospitality markets, expands its facility in Mississauga, Canada to meet growing demand.
With the rapid growth of Downlite in the Canadian outdoor market, the facility has exceeded expectations with Canadian businesses. Business growth has exceeded the plan by 15 percent. Due to the proximity to North American business, Downlite has added clients and grown current ones. Because of these factors, the facility has expanded by 50 percent.
“We are ecstatic about the growth,” stated Joe Crawford, CEO of Downlite. “As expected, we were able to fulfill all of our customer’s expectations when we built this new state-of-the-art facility. Little did we know, we would be expanding so soon. The expansion will allow us to continue to grow and most importantly, continue to provide our customers with a premium quality product, whenever they need it.”
The facility opened in June 2021, to process and deliver down to Downlite’s Canadian customers. The Downlite facility has state-of-the-art European equipment, allowing for maximization of cleanliness and performance in down production. The expansion helps provide fresher material and shorter lead times while increasing processing and distribution capabilities for the North American market in Home and Outdoor.
“Adding this expansion not only helps us to continue to provide the best product to all of our clients but puts us in the position to offer more employment opportunities for all levels within the facility. It is definitely an exciting time for us at Downlite,” said Hailey Werthaiser Parnes, vice president, of Business Development.
Downlite has pioneered breakthrough innovations in performance down technologies and has emerged as a leader in traceability and transparency through its global supply chain and now circularity and reverse logistics.
