About Breakwater

Breakwater Designs Ltd. is based on the west coast of Canada, 60 minutes north of Vancouver, and 20 minutes by seaplane from Vancouver Island, central to the west coast pulp and paper industry. We live in Sechelt, one of the many small villages in this narrow strip between the Rockies and the Pacific Ocean.

Breakwater Designs has been in business for 16 years, offering equipment maintenance software and services to industry in North America and internationally.

We are strong in business analysis, problem identification, and application development. Our clients include large international companies who rely on our expertise to assist in automating common practices, and integrating business with manufacturing systems.


Our list of clients include the following:

  • Alberta-Pacific Forest Products
  • Canfor
  • Crown Packaging
  • Eurocan Pulp & Paper
  • NorskeCanada
  • Scott Paper Limited
  • Skeena Cellulose
  • Weyerhaeuser

We have partnered with some strong industry players:

  • VOITH Paper- service provider and data library services for joint SØNAR and VOITH customers