On July 28, 2003, Hardlines reported that Coopérative fédérée de Québec had signed two renovation centres and one hardware store under its new Unimat banner, launched the previous year.
We wrote:
“An old name is new again in this province. Unimat, the name of a now defunct wholesaler, is the latest banner to be offered to independent dealers. It’s the effort of the regional dealer-owned wholesaler, Coopérative fédérée de Québec, to develop a retail program for independent hardware and building centre dealers who aren’t co-op members.” The co-op acquired BMR Group as a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2015. The name of Quebec’s largest co-op was changed to Sollio Cooperative Group in 2020.
