About The LBMAO Buying Show
The LBMAO Buying Show is the one-stop destination for everything you need to grow your lumber, building materials, and hardware business. Industry professionals can rely on this event for the latest product innovations, supplier connections, and strategic insights to drive profitability and operational excellence.
Why attend The LBMAO Buying Show
Discover new products and suppliers
The LBMAO Buying Show showcases the most innovative products and solutions to help you expand your inventory, improve margins, and meet evolving customer demands.
Strategic networking opportunities
For decades, LBMAO has facilitated meaningful connections between retailers, suppliers, and industry leaders. This year's event continues that tradition, bringing Ontario's lumber and building materials community together for unparalleled networking, sourcing, and learning.
Industry training and education
Enhance your team's expertise with our comprehensive training day, featuring sessions designed to improve operational efficiency, sales techniques, and industry knowledge.
Meet qualified suppliers
The LBMAO Buying Show carefully selects the most valuable suppliers and manufacturers in the industry to ensure you build relationships that help you grow and operate your business more effectively.
Who attends
The LBMAO Buying Show will unite industry professionals, including lumber retailers, building materials retailers, hardware store owners, buying group representatives, distributors and wholesalers, and manufacturers and suppliers.
The Lumber and Building Materials Association of Ontario
Mandate
The mandate of the LBMAO is to promote the general welfare of its members who are engaged in the retail lumber, building materials and hardware trade.
In the course of carrying out this mandate, the association provides various forums for identifying and discussing problems, ideas and concepts of interest with a view towards arriving at mutually beneficial conclusions.
Values statement
LBMAO plays a significant role in the health of the industry it represents and is committed to expanding that role. To achieve this enhanced position, LBMAO is further committed to providing programs, services and other benefits that will assist its members to grow professionally and profitably. LBMAO will strive continually to be regarded as one of Ontario’s pre-eminent associations.
Vision statement
LBMAO members are dedicated to mutual assistance; to a consensual approach to decision making; and to high standards of professionalism and ethics, both business and personal. LBMAO has an important role to play as a partner of its members for the betterment of the industry.