Thank you for your interest in Wilson's Business Solutions.

Our history began on December 7th, 1940 when Alex Wilson purchased a local weekly newspaper, The Dryden Observer and expanded into furniture, stationery and office equipment. Over the years Wilson's has become much more regional in scope, employing 85 people in seven separate communities throughout Northern Ontario and Manitoba.

Today our stable workforce of professionally trained sales and service technicians combined with respected product lines from Ricoh®, Canon®, Sharp®, HP®, and Lexmark® ensure consistent customer satisfaction. We provide complete sales and service support for all print document systems, stationery, furniture and computer products offered.

Business Products Group International (BPGI), is a group of over 2400 office product dealers found in 6 countries throughout the world approaching 6 billion dollars in sales. As an Office Plus dealer, we are excited to be a proud member of such a well respected international group.

Through this organization we are able to bring you the ultimate products, prices and services the world has to offer. When purchasing business products from Wilson's you have the opportunity to :

- choose from a wide selection of products
- receive better value and save more money
- gain more services


I would like to share with you below the list of core values our company defined for itself back in April of 1992. We trust you have found, or will find as a new customer, that we live up to these values today.

1. Ensure that the customer's needs come first. We will support, service and meet all customer demands in a timely and efficient/effective manner.

2. Operate as a highly effective organization without sacrificing the best interests of our customers.

3. Employ people who reflect Wilson's reputation for fair dealing, honesty and concern for it's customers.

4. Conduct all aspects of company business in a responsible manner, with each employee contributing effectively to the success of the company.

5. Create innovative, structured, professional leadership and guidance to ensure employee motivation and satisfaction.

6. Be a company whose planning and direction ensures long-term company stability and therefore security for all employees whose livelihoods depend on it.

7. Aggressively search out new opportunities, innovative products, and leading edge facilities and tools that put us in the forefront of productivity in our industry.

8. Consistently pursue excellence in all we do, at all times.

Wilson's Business Solutions
Greg Wilson (General Manager)

Our roots go 'way back to an early settlement near Dryden.

In 1897 the Wabigoon Star was established as a weekly newspaper for the Wabigoon/Gold Rock gold mines. Soon after, when gold dwindled, the paper moved its base operation to Dryden, 13 miles to the west and became the Dryden Observer.

In 1940 the newspaper was purchased by the Wilson family and has since grown into a major printing company, Alex Wilson Coldstream Ltd.

In 1978 Roy Wilson purchased the then small stationery and office equipment portion of the company, (staff of six) from his brothers Alex and Jim and he, his wife Pat, son Greg, (our president and General Manager), and a dedicated talented staff, "grew it" to many times it's original size.

Wilson's currently has retail stores with knowledgable sales/service staff located in Dryden, Kenora, Fort Frances, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout and Thompson, Manitoba. We also have copier sales and service offices in Thunder Bay, Kapuskasing and Hearst with a fleet of aircraft used to serve the more remote parts of Northern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

Our phrase "Service Built Us" is no idle boast, the truth of which you will come to know as we work hard to earn your business.