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About Us
A promise to our clients
Consistency
Our philosophy is to provide our clients with consistent performance,
quality, and service.
Regardless of the complexity or intricate shapes or materials our
clients specify, we provide them with consistent quality.
Within Budgets
If our clients submit a project with a specific budget, we stay within
that budget.
We make sure that there are no surprises.
On time
If our clients must meet specific deadline dates, we make sure their
projects complete before the deadline date.
We stay in frequent contact
about the project status.
No Risk
There's never any risk in dealing with us.
Our performance, quality, and service level remains constant from
project to project, from client to client, from year to year.
PAUL STEGER Story
I have always enjoyed
working with my hands…as a youth, my
first major project was building a
wooden bed with drawers underneath it,
and so I could sleep in the basement. I
had sole responsibility for the entire
project---acquiring the materials &
tools, cutting the materials, and
building the bed. I did it all and…I
did it all myself!
As I grew, I attended
DuPage Technical School, now known as
DAVEA (DuPage Area Vocational Education
Association) in Addison, Illinois. We
were trained in both cabinet-making and
millwork. My father recommended that I
move from carpentry to cabinet making.
It was sound advice! It really fit who
I was and what I was about!
Cabinetmaking requires thoughtful
planning, craftsmanship and attention to
detail. In addition, the finished
product is something I can see and “feel
good” about!
I truly enjoyed the art
of cabinet-making and I was very mindful
of delivering a quality product. For
me, this consisted (and still does
today) of getting the size right, no
chips in it, high quality, edges
completed properly, not falling off,
even gaps and even tolerances, and to
see it—the finished project and then
“tackling” the next one! As a matter of
fact, I “took” to cabinetmaking so well
that I quit my job in High School to
take a pay cut in order to be a
cabinetmaker and went to work for a
cabinet shop owner, upon a
recommendation by one of my teachers!
My first full-time
position in the industry was with
Hutchings Enterprises. I did it all,
both wood and plastic laminate. We built
a lot of Pharmacy cabinets, mostly 8’
checkouts and 4’checkouts…This was the
first time that speed became a key part
of the process for me. As in my
childhood, I enjoyed seeing the
finished project. It was so neat to see
it all going together. Also, at work, I
learned about competitive spirit. We’d
all compete to see who could build the
cabinets quicker and better…winning
those competitions was so much fun for
me! I learned to maintain the level of
quality of my workmanship while
improving “cycle time to completion” by
planning my workflow upfront better e.g.
while waiting for the glue to dry, I’d
then cut the shelves. I was always
working and didn’t stand around!
In 1980, I decided to
enter the business full-time and
eventually had a partner in the business
with me. We actually started the
business in my family’s garage….thank
you, family! J Our first major job was
with the Rosemont Horizon (now the
Allstate Center) building vanity
cabinets. Once we landed that job, we
opened an office in Franklin Park.
Since then, we have been in multiple
locations. In 1988, we moved to our
current home, 115 Fay St. in Addison,
Illinois where we have almost12,000
square foot of space.
On an on-going basis, we
emphasize to our teams the importance of
following the proper procedures,
completing their job while working
smoothly with other team members,
helping each other as we go. Following
plans to build to the right size and to
the right color, then loading it on the
truck, getting it safely to the
job-site, and, finally, providing a
completed installation.
My vision for the
business is for us to grow at a 10% rate
per year while continuing to improve
efficiencies via capital equipment and
process improvements. We also want to
be known for our work (besides plastic
laminate), including wood, solid
surfaces, corian, glass, metals, and
other specialty materials, whatever the
client wants.
My personal and business
mottos are:
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Do what we say and do
it better
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Consistency in
everything we do
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Exceed customer
expectations
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