Last summer, Belgium-based Stûv fireplaces opened its official subsidiary in Montreal, right next to the location of its Northeast distributor Vincent Boudreau.

The subsidiary is managed by François Thiry, whose goal is to offer access to the brand throughout America by forming strategic partnerships with innovative and contemporary-design-minded distributors in western Canada and the western U.S.

To strengthen its presence in America, Stûv recently invested in a very experienced manufacturer of contemporary gas fireplaces; it merged with Netherlands-based TULP (www.tulp.eu).