Community Spotlight: Supply issues in B.C. and cost of steel impacting KI in Pembroke

Supply chain issues in British Columbia (B.C.) are impacting a company in Eastern Ontario.

General Manager Dan Mellen says KI in Pembroke is working around challenges presented following a mudslide out west.

A fire on a cargo ship out in B.C. also caused a two month delay for the manufacturing company in Pembroke.

Mellen says the team at KI in Pembroke has helped navigate all the supply chain issues.

There has also been a 238% increase in the cost of steel.

Mellen says KI in Pembroke purchased enough steel at the 2020 rates to get them through the summer of 2022, but the company will have to make a decision early in the New Year to buy more.

The General Manager at KI adds in addition to the increase in the cost of steel, it’s also hard to get a hold of.

Mellen anticipates the high cost of steel will stick around for all of 2022, but is hopeful there will be some relief by the end of next year or into 2023.