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headquarters sainte croix de lotbini re quebec canada key people eug ne laflamme guy laflamme products furniture owner jean laflamme number of employees 700 website http www.southshore.ca south shore furniture is a north american furniture manufacturer with over 700 employees working in three plants two in canada and one in mexico . 1 before he founded industries de la rive sud eug ne laflamme bought out a bankrupt wooden toy manufacturing company called atelier pierre et jean de sainte croix de lotbini re in 1940 . the seasonal nature of the toy market prompted mr. laflamme to go into another line of business manufacturing kitchen tables and chairs made of wood . the factory was damaged by fire twice in 1941 and again in 1951 and rebuilt both times on the same site . the advent of chrome kitchen furniture shortly thereafter in 1952 led to a decline in demand for wood tables and chairs so the company gradually moved into the production of bedroom furniture . in 1970 eug ne laflamme s son guy laflamme took over as managing director of industries de la rive sud . this marked the start of a major expansion phase for the company beginning with the acquisition of morrissette et fr res in laurierville whose operations were merged into its own . industries de la rive sud then acquired j.w. kilgour ltd. based in coaticook in 1978 . over the years the company continued to invest in and expand these three plants so as to increase their production capacity . 2 jean laflamme joined the company in 1986 . thirteen years later in 1999 his father guy laflamme appointed jean as president and stayed on as chairman of the board until his death in 2011 . jean laflamme thus represents the third generation at the helm of industries de la rive sud . the company marked its 70th anniversary in 2010 with a name change to south shore furniture and acquired a plant in juarez city mexico . south shore furniture s head office in sainte croix de lotbini re is where most of its administrative team is based . the company also runs three factories two in quebec sainte croix de lotbini re and coaticook and one in mexico . 3 references edit south shore furniture manufacturer quality canadian furniture south shore furniture icriq.com profil de l entreprise external links edit http southshore.ca http www.lapresse.ca le soleil affaires actualite economique 201309 02 01 4685378 industrie du meuble le pire est passe.php http www.lapresse.ca le soleil affaires consommation 201311 27 01 4715323 vendredi fou tout est pret chez meubles south shore.php http www.lapresse.ca le soleil affaires actualite economique 201210 19 01 4585226 vente en ligne la planche de salut de meubles south shore.php http virtuel.micasa.ca doc cahiervotremaison casa 30nov2013 opt 2013112801 12.html 12 http www.lepeuplelotbiniere.ca 2011 11 09 un hommage emouvant http www.kidstodayonline.com article 428336 south shore adds convertible crib line http www.homeworldbusiness.com homedecor customer service new products top south shore new year initiatives 23461 http www.homeworldbusiness.com housewares south shore grows home office bedroom furniture lineups 23805 http www.furnituretoday.com article 440202 south shore furniture chairman guy laflamme dies at 74 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title south shore furniture & oldid 681494135 categories chaudi re appalachescompanies based in quebecfurniture companies of canada1940 establishments in quebechidden categories articles lacking in text citations from july 2014all articles lacking in text citationsorphaned articles from july 2014all orphaned articlesarticles with too few wikilinks from september 2015all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from september 2015all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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