Delta Fence/L&C Enterprises-USA host Business After Hours
May 21, 2025
On a beautiful Upper Michigan evening, the greater Delta County business community celebrated a long-time business owner’s retirement, a manufacturing facility expansion, and a growing local business as L&C Enterprises-USA d/b/a Delta Fence and Construction hosted a Business After Hours event to highlight their recent successes and the exemplary career of owner Ron Chouinard aka Delta Fenceman.
Highlights of the night included a Delta Animal Shelter puppy petting area, local craft beer from Saunders Point Brewery in Gladstone, a short presentation with multiple prize drawings, local food and cake, a facility tour, 50/50 and more. The Business After Hours event also featured a retirement tribute to business owner and founder Ron Chouinard.
Having recently expanded, almost doubling the manufacturing footprint, L&C Enterprises-USA hosted the After Hours event on May 21st, drawing a crowd of over 150 attendees. With a dozen employees, L&C Enterprises-USA produces equipment and parts for the professional fencing industry. Developed over thirty years ago and manufactured here in Delta County. Ron Chouinard and his partner Jeff Lancor helped change the fencing industry when they introduced Easy Twist Ties, the Installink Fence Dispenser, the LOBO Post Puller and other essential tools that evolved the way chain link fences were installed. When asked to comment, Ron Chouinard said, “We had to get better at what we did. We had to get faster and smarter about the work. Fencing is a tough job. We thought, if we can make it easier and faster, we can make it better and that will get us more jobs.” The underlying principle of L&C is to improve the productivity of fence crews by developing unique equipment.
A Case Study
A Pickle of a Project: Eight-Court Pickleball Complex
From Fence News 2025 February
In today’s commercial chain link fencing industry, a well-trained, well-equipped fence crew has several advantages. With any size crew, a 10-foot-high, 600-foot perimeter fence poses many logistical hurdles. Proper planning, organization, and professional fencing equipment can help overcome many of these hurdles. The Delta Fence and Construction Team recently completed a chain link fence installation at an eight-court pickleball complex in Gladstone, Michigan. Using the correct fence tools, working as a coordinated team, and leveraging professional fencing hardware for the heavy lifting enabled the job to be completed on time and under budget while exceeding their client’s expectations. Delta Fence Owner Ron Chouinard provides insight into each of these factors:
Efficient Use of Fencing Tools
Time on site is important when working on any sized chain link fence job. With the posts placed and set, the 10-foot-tall, 50-foot-long fabric rolls were laid out in advance, so the crew didn’t have to get off the line to load back up. They used L&C Enterprises-USA’s Installink (chain link fence dispenser) to stretch the fence. “When we run out of fabric, we turn the cage down, load another fabric roll, and keep going,” says Chouinard. This coordination keeps the heavy equipment operation, and fence crew working forward around the outside of the facility.
“Using hangers on top to hold the fabric up, we stretch the fence with the Installink, allowing us to adjust and control the tension,” he explains. “We then tie the whole fence as we go with Easy Twist Ties, also from L&C Enterprises. As long as we have the hangers holding the fabric in place, we start with a tying crew, on the inside, behind the stretching crew.”
Crew Coordination
During installation, Delta Fence utilized a crew of four to stretch the chain link fabric, followed by a crew of two to tie the fabric. Even with Easy Twist ties spaced out every 18 inches, the crew was able to keep pace with the fabric stretching team. Working in tandem, one tying high and one low, the crew anchored the fabric to the posts. With the breakdown of tasks and the use of Easy Twist Ties, the tie crew made quick work of the 8-court pickleball facility. With coordination, both fence crews completed stretching and tying the entire 600 feet of 10-foot-tall fabric, minus the gates, in a full day.
Hardware Operation
With a scissor lift and hand drills, the crew worked quickly up and down the fence line. By using proper equipment, the tie crew made quick work securing the fabric to the posts.
Results
“Completing this project for our local pickleballers and the community to enjoy has been a three-year dream come true,” says Gladstone Area pickleball board member Rich Beauvais. “The fence installers came in, got their job done quickly, and got out of the way so others involved could do their part.”
By speeding up many of the mundane processes while eliminating technical hurdles, like loading fence fabric, Chouinard says their crews are highly productive on-site while focused on completing the tasks at hand. “These factors allow Delta Fence to tackle decent-sized jobs quickly and remain competitive in today’s fast-paced fencing industry.”
For additional information, videos, and resources visit lcenterprises-usa.com.
From the Escanaba Daily Press – February 3, 2025
ESCANABA — A local business whose products and services satisfy customers far and near is entering a new era: ownership is transitioning from one of the original founders to a man who started with the company 12 years ago as a laborer.
Many locals know them for Delta Fence, which makes up only about 10% of the business. The work of its parent company, L&C Enterprises, is the iceberg beneath the surface with an impressive story.
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L&C Enterprises-USA (parent company of Delta Fence) is “Around the Corner” in the September edition of the Escanaba Express (monthly City of Escanaba publication). A couple of highlights include the recent IT infrastructure expansion, coupled with switching IT vendors, updating the business website (Delta Fence was also updated) and a decent sized building expansion to accommodate the growth in fence tie sales. To read the full edition visit Community Newsletters 2024 | Escanaba MI
Quality Work and Community Involvement Leads to Business Success
Weekly Podcast Featuring Kevin Sodermark, Owner L&C Enterprises-USA & Delta Fence
On this episode of the SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Kevin Sodermark, Vice President of L&C Enterprises-USA d/b/a Delta Fence & Construction. They were recently recognized by Michigan Celebrates Small Business as one of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch for 2024. “We support many different things around the community, and then doing quality work, I think, is one of the main things,” he says. “They’re happy with our product. They tell their neighbors, they tell their family to come to us. We do work all over the UP into northern Wisconsin, and a lot of that is you’ve done work for my sister, you’ve done work for my mom. I mean, we get a lot of that. So with quality work comes more work, and our name is respected in the community for that. So it’s if you do good work, you have good customer service, the work will find you.”
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Delta Fence & Construction is honored to be selected as an award recipient to be recognized at the 20th Annual Awards Gala! Thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey, this achievement is a shared success. Let’s celebrate together! The Awards Gala will take place on May 21st at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. We are thrilled to join the ranks of Michigan’s finest small businesses!
2024 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Awardees List
Learn more here: michigancelebrates.org.
Michigan Celebrates Small Business (MCSB) remains on the forefront of championing small business and fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in Michigan. The MCSB’s role is to serve as a catalyst for creating an entrepreneurial culture while inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs. The mission of MCSB is to honor and recognize Michigan’s small businesspeople and those champions and advocates that support them. MCSB brings together the resources of collaborative partners and supporters so that they may raise the profile of small businesses in Michigan, build a network of entrepreneurial companies, and tell the stories of successful, growing Michigan entrepreneurs.
The Michigan 50 Companies to Watch recognizes 50 companies that are high potential, second-stage companies in Michigan.
Eligibility Criteria:
To be considered for selection as one of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, the enterprise must meet the following for the year ending 2023.
- Be a privately held, commercial enterprise that has not received the award in the past (not a nonprofit, not publicly traded, not a subsidiary or division of another company).
- Be past the startup stage and facing issues of growth, not survival.
- Employ 6-99 full-time equivalent W-2 employees (including the owner).
- Have between $750,000 and $50M in annual revenue or working capital from either investments or grants.
- Be headquartered in Michigan.
- Demonstrate the intent and capacity to grow based on:
- Employee or sales growth.
- Sustainable competitive advantage.
- Other notable successes.
Since the inception of Michigan Celebrates Small Business in 2004 the purpose, mission and vision has remained the same:
Who We Are
We take pride in making happy fence owners. That stems from our commitment to delivering on top quality from start to finish. Located just outside of Escanaba, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Delta Fence & Construction has been selling and installing safe, secure and elegant fence fencing solutions since the late 1980’s. National leaders in design and manufacturing of fencing equipment, Jeff Lancour and Ron Chouinard are experts in their field. You can learn more about that company at www.lcenterprises-usa.com. The passion for the fence industry at Delta Fence & Construction dates back three decades when Jeff and Ron set out on a mission to making fencing more efficient. Delta Fence began with installing security fences around the Great Lakes for airports and prisons. Soon after, they transitioned to commercial and residential fence installation and been fortifying homes and businesses in Northern Michigan ever since!
We will take the time to help you design your layout, make sure you have the necessary materials and show you how to install fence yourself. We also offer estimates for projects that the experienced crew at Delta Fence will install for you.
Delta Fence owner is Top of the Chain!
ESCANABA — Ron Chouinard, president of Delta Fence and L & C Enterprises-USA was recently featured on the cover of Fence News, a Fencing Industry Trade Publication.
He was featured in the Fence News article, “Top of the Chain.” Fence News is a monthly publication dedicated to providing current fencing information, products, industry trends and successes.
For more than 40 years, L & C Enterprises-USA, parent company of Delta Fence & Construction, an Escanaba based company, has been a leading provider of fencing equipment, hardware and parts in the fencing industry.
Meet Delta Fenceman!
Our superhero, Fenceman, sets out to save the day by protecting families and pets from would-be disasters. Speeding cars, ferocious wildlife, and burglars don’t stand a chance against Fenceman. Learn more about our superhero on our Fenceman! page.