Progressive Desk

OrgBook BC shows Progressive Automations Inc. as an active BC company registered since November 2008, confirming Canadian incorporation, but BC does not publish a public beneficial-ownership register. The vendor's own history page names founders Vlad Kovalyov and Ajay Arora, and LinkedIn lists the company as privately held with headquarters in Richmond and no parent; no acquisition, investor, or ownership change turned up, though the web search tool was unavailable this session so that check relied on the registry and site content rather than broader search.

• OrgBook BC registration credential — PROGRESSIVE AUTOMATIONS INC. (BC0840251) registry “PROGRESSIVE AUTOMATIONS INC.”
• About Us - Progressive Automations History and Mission vendor_statement “Founded in 2008 by best friends Vlad Kovalyov and Ajay Arora, they saw that the electric linear actuator industry was thriving yet had a significant gap in it.”
• Progressive Automations | LinkedIn other “Headquarters Richmond, British Columbia Type Privately Held Founded 2008”

Progressive Desk's own marketing calls its desks "Designed in Canada" and "Canadian-Crafted," but no page for the desk brand states where the frames, motors, or tabletops are actually made. Progressive Automations' own Made in Canada page says explicitly that not every product in the catalog is made in Canada, names only select actuators and control systems as the Canadian-made line, and describes even those as assembled in Metro Vancouver from carefully selected international components; the desk line sits outside that program entirely. With no vendor statement or product page naming a manufacturing country, and search engines unavailable this session, the mix is a rough estimate that assumes the desks follow the standing-desk industry's common pattern of overseas frame and motor production.

• Ergonomic Office Furniture & Workspace Solutions vendor_statement “Designed in Canada”
• Made in Canada Linear Actuators & Controls vendor_statement “Not every product in our catalog is made in Canada — but our Canadian-made line is different.”
• Made in Canada Linear Actuators & Controls vendor_statement “built locally using carefully selected international components”

The company's contact and careers pages describe Richmond, BC as its Canadian office, with additional offices in Blue Ash, Ohio, Sydney, Australia, León, Mexico, and an unspecified Ukraine location, and LinkedIn lists headquarters in Richmond with 11-50 employees company-wide. No page breaks down staff counts by office, so the split assumes Richmond, named as the head office and the site of the desk brand's design work, holds most of the roles, with a working estimate for the other locations.

• Contact Us - Progressive Automations vendor_statement “Our Office in Canada 160-6691 Elmbridge Way Richmond, BC V7C 4N1, Canada”
• Careers vendor_statement “Headquartered in Canada with other locations in the USA and Ukraine”
• Progressive Automations | LinkedIn other “Company size 11-50 employees Headquarters Richmond, British Columbia”

No page discloses where tabletop wood species (walnut, ash), steel frame stock, or actuator motor components are sourced. Progressive Automations describes even its flagship Canadian-made actuators as built from carefully selected international components, which suggests the desk line's motors and hardware, sitting outside that program, are imported as well. This is a rough estimate in the absence of direct disclosure.

• Made in Canada Linear Actuators & Controls vendor_statement “built locally using carefully selected international components”