PRODIM DIGITAL TEMPLATING VIDEO

Prodim Proliner IS Series

This video shows the process of digital templating for one of our recent countertop installations using the Prodim templater. This high-tech laser device simplifies the measuring process and ensures accuracy.

Templating is the process of developing a countertop template that will allow the fabricator to know the exact measurements of your new countertop. Without a template, the fabricator would not have an accurate shape or measurements. Prior to the emergence of digital templating, templating was done solely by manual measurement, cutting sheets/strips of vinyl or cardboard that were pieced together to create the template. The template would subsequently be mounted on the solid surface prior to cutting the stone.

With this laser technology, the templater is measuring with a wire that has a metal measuring pen at the end that marks the relevant points. These points are directly translated into a digital file which can be entered into a CNC machine, a computer-controlled cutting machine used for various materials, including granite, porcelain and quartz.

What a difference this invention out of the Netherlands has made to templaters and fabricators in the last decade!

Tariff-Free Confidence

Fortunately for both Kestle Interiors and our clients, we have remained unaffected by the ongoing Canada-US Trade War.
Our cabinetry is manufactured in Sherbrooke, Quebec by Cuisine Idéale. Cuisine Idéale’s recent factory expansion ensures their domestic supply remains stable and highly competitive against tariff-impacted U.S. alternatives.
Our main supplier of sinks, faucets, or shower systems, Vogt Industries, is also a Canadian company. They use high-quality components and materials sourced from around the world (including Swiss mechanics, German tooling, and global manufacturing partners), but since they are not a U.S.-manufactured brand, they completely bypass the retaliatory tariffs.
Richelieu is our regular supplier of hardware. A substantial portion of their catalog—including high-end functional items like hinges, slides, and decorative pulls—is imported from premium global manufacturing hubs (such as Europe/Italy and Asia). Because their inventory does not primarily originate from U.S. manufacturing plants, they bypass the heavy cross-border retaliatory tariffs targeted strictly at American-made goods
Richelieu owns four manufacturing plants inside Canada. These local facilities focus primarily on specialty wood components, such as veneer sheets, edge-banding, and decorative mouldings
As far as quartz and granite for countertops & full-height backsplashes are concerned, Canada’s Border Services Agency has no active trade restrictions or counter-tariffs on imported quartz or solid-stone slabs. The vast majority of quartz companies in Canada import raw engineered stone slabs from global hubs (like Italy, China, or India) and simply cut, polish, and shape them locally for your kitchen
Whether the quartz slab is imported from Europe, Asia, or manufactured locally, buying it from a Canadian retailer or fabricator means there are no cross-border trade war penalties added.
There are very few facilities that actually mix the raw resin and quartz crystals to manufacture the physical slabs inside Canada. The most prominent example is HanStone Quartz, which operates a major manufacturing plant in London, Ontario. Slabs poured at this facility are genuinely Canadian-made and completely clear of U.S. safeguard trade duties.

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Prodim Proliner IS Series