Cadence Manufacture
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Architectural manufacturer · Since 1962

Engineered openings,
produced at scale.

Cadence is a vertically-integrated Montréal manufacturer that builds windows, doors, structural glazing and architectural hardware for architectural firms and brands across Europe, North America, and Asia–Pacific.

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01 · Capabilities

Four product families.
One engineering team.

We are organised around four product families, each with its own dedicated production line, sample room, and quality protocol.

Windows · Fenêtres

Windows

Fixed, casement, awning, tilt-and-turn, and hopper windows in oak, walnut, blackened steel or anodised aluminium.

  • Triple-glazed, Argon-filled IGUs
  • U-value 0.78 W/m²K standard
  • FSC-certified hardwood frames
Doors · Portes

Doors

Hinged, pivot, sliding and lift-slide door systems up to 6m panel length with hidden rail and structural glazing options.

  • Panels up to 6,000 × 3,000 mm
  • Hidden rail · lift-slide hardware
  • Frameless structural option
Glazing · Vitrage

Structural glazing

Frameless vertical structural glazing for façades, balustrades, and glass-box extensions. Up to 4m × 2m laminate panels.

  • Toughened laminate up to 4 × 2 m
  • Stainless-steel point fixings
  • Structural sealant or dry-glazed
Hardware · Quincaillerie

Hardware & finish

Forged brass, blackened steel and stainless handles, hinges, sills and concealed blind boxes. Specified per opening.

  • Forged brass · blackened steel
  • Concealed blind-box housings
  • Bronze drip-sill machining
Founded
1962
Atelier in Saint-Henri, Montréal
Production floor
9,400 m²
Cutting, joinery, glazing, finishing
Annual capacity
18,000 openings / yr
Across 4 production lines
Joinery stations
84
Festool · Altendorf · SCM heads
Pass rate
99.4 %
AQL 1.5 final inspection
02 · Facility

A facility built around
the opening, not the machine.

Our floor is laid out as a continuous production loop: overhead conveyors move work-in-progress between cutting, joinery, glazing, finishing and packing without ever touching the ground.

CNC joinery hall 01

A CNC joinery hall around the millwright bench.

Three 5-axis SCM cells and an Altendorf sliding-table saw feed a central millwright bench where each frame is hand-finished before glazing. WIP never touches the floor.

Festool · Altendorf · SCM heads
Glazing line 02

An IGU and laminate line with full traceability.

Argon-filled triple-glazing unit (IGU) line with automated spacer bending, desiccant filling and laser-etched serial tracking on every pane.

Spacer · desiccant · laminate
QA laboratory 03

In-house tests against EN, NAFS and ISO standards.

Air leakage (ASTM E283), water penetration (ASTM E331), structural (E330) and acoustic chamber. Every shipment ships with a signed lab report.

ASTM · EN · NAFS · ISO
Architects welcome 04

Architects and PMs sit at the millwright bench.

Brand teams, designers and construction managers come to the floor every week — first articles and PP samples are signed off in person, not over email.

Visits by appointment
03 · Process

From tech pack to container,
in six controlled steps.

A single technical contact owns your file from kick-off to shipment, with documented sign-off at every stage.

  1. 01

    Tech pack & costing

    Construction review, fabric of materials sourcing options and FOB or DDP costing within 5 working days.

  2. 02

    Material sourcing

    Shell, frame stock, glazing, gaskets and trims sourced from audited mills with full traceability documentation.

  3. 03

    Pattern & fit sample

    Digital pattern engineering, joinery prototyping and a first sample shipped to site for review and fit-up.

  4. 04

    PP sample & approval

    Pre-production opening in bulk specification, installed at the showroom and signed off against your spec before line release.

  5. 05

    Bulk production

    In-line and end-line QA at AQL 1.5. Daily WIP reporting on your shared dashboard with photo evidence per opening.

  6. 06

    Final QC & shipment

    Final random inspection, lab report, packing list and FOB/FCA/DDP shipment from Montréal port or Mirabel airport.

04 · Certifications

Compliance that
travels with the shipment.

Every order ships with the audit trail buyers in regulated markets need. Audit reports and certificates available on request, under NDA.

01 ISO 9001 Quality management system
02 ISO 14001 Environmental management
03 FSC Forest Stewardship Council chain-of-custody
04 NAFS-22 North American fenestration standard
05 EN 14351-1 European window standard
06 Passive House Phius / PHI component listed
05 · Clients

Trusted by buyers
across three continents.

We work directly with brand teams, architectural firms and trading houses. Client references available under NDA.

01

North America

Canada · United States · Mexico

02

Western Europe

France · Germany · UK · Netherlands · Switzerland

03

Northern Europe

Sweden · Norway · Finland · Denmark

04

Asia–Pacific

Japan · South Korea · Australia · Singapore

06 · Our story

Three generations on
the same workshop floor.

Cadence was founded by carpenters at the very edge of Saint-Henri. Six decades on, the discipline that made the first frame still shapes how we run every order today.

  1. 01
    1962

    Founded

    A workshop of nine carpenters in Saint-Henri, Montréal, takes its first commission: hardwood casement windows for a row of Plateau triplexes.

  2. 02
    1989

    Industrialised

    First fully-industrial joinery floor, dedicated cutting room and a 40-person QA team. The atelier begins working directly with North-American architectural firms.

  3. 03
    2010

    Modernised

    CNC joinery cells installed. In-house glazing line and QA laboratory commissioned. ISO 9001 and FSC chain-of-custody audited and passed.

  4. 04
    Today

    Vertically integrated

    Four product families, an on-site sample studio, and a sourcing team that audits every mill we buy from. Run by the founders' grandchildren.

07 · Inside the workshop

A look around
the floor.

A rotating selection of photographs from the production floor, the sample studio, and the QA lab.

01 ● 5-axis joinery cell
02 ● Production line · oak
03 ● Outerwear of the wall
04 ● Glazing line, IGU
05 ● Sample studio
06 ● Brass handle, forged
08 · Contact

Start a project.
Send a spec.

Send us your drawing set, target FOB, or a sketch — a technical contact will reply within one working day, in EN, FR or DE.

By submitting, you agree to be contacted about your enquiry. NDA on request.