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Ergonofis

Canadian-owned · mostly made in Canada · based in Quebec

Montreal, Quebec maker of solid wood and laminate standing desks and ergonomic seating, now part of the Nolk brand collective, with tabletops made in Quebec, standing-desk frames imported from the USA or China, and sales direct online only.

Montreal, QC CA · ergonofis.com

69.6

Ergonofis is a Montreal, Quebec maker of solid wood and laminate standing desks and ergonomic seating, founded in 2015 by Samuel Finn and Kimberley Pontbriand. It is now part of the Nolk brand collective, which acquired the company and installed its own CEO while Finn stayed on as an advisor. Wood and laminate tabletops are made in Quebec, but the Sway and Alive frame and motors come from the USA and the standalone Ergo frame from China, and the company sells only direct to Canada and the US from its single Montreal site.

Factors

Ownership

84.0 reported

CA 80% · other 20%

Ergonofis says on its own site that it is part of the Nolk family, and Nolk's own team page and a testimonial on its collective page confirm an acquisition: co-founder Samuel Finn is now listed only as an advisor, Nolk installed Andrei Brailosvski as Ergonofis's CEO, and Finn's testimonial describes joining Nolk. Nolk is led by founder and CEO Alexandre Renaud and a board of mostly Quebec-named directors, but Nolk's own cap table is not published. Corporations Canada has no federal record for Ergonofis, and its only match for 'Nolk' is an unrelated dissolved Ontario family holding company; the Registraire des entreprises du Quebec was unreachable (403), so the split is an estimate weighted toward Nolk's visible Canadian leadership.

Manufacturing

31.3 reported

CA 38% · other 25% · US 38%

Ergonofis's FAQ states its solid wood and laminate tabletops (used across the Shift, Sway and Alive desks) are sourced and made locally in Quebec, the Sway/Alive frame and its motors are made in the USA, and the standalone Ergo frame and its motors are made in China; the sustainability page adds that Sway and Alive tops are handcrafted by local woodworkers in Montreal. The Shift's own frame isn't named directly, but the FAQ calls Shift and Sway frames similar, so it is treated as the same USA-made frame. With no published revenue split, this weights the four documented product lines (Shift, Sway, Alive, Ergo Frame) evenly and splits each desk roughly half tabletop, half frame; manufacturing origin for the Tilt stool and smaller accessories is not disclosed.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Ergonofis is a single-site business: its about page says the team has expanded to over 20 people, and the company describes bringing its warehouse operations and offices under one roof. Its only showroom is at 150 Port-Royal, Montreal, Quebec, the same address given on the contact page, and no other office or staff location was found.

Inputs

72.0 reported

CA 75% · other 9% · US 16%

Ergonofis's sustainability page states that 75% of its purchases are made in Canada and nearly 91% in North America, attributing the gap to sourcing components abroad only when local expertise isn't available, and that its wood comes from sustainably managed North American forests. The remaining roughly 9% assumed outside North America is not itemized by the vendor, so the US and OTHER split is estimated from the stated totals.

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