JZ Holdings Inc.
A quiet, family-held company
with a long view of the land.
Privately held. Based in Renfrew, Ontario. Assembled and stewarded by three members of the Paulin family over more than two decades.
About
A family holding company, run the way a family runs it.
JZ Holdings Inc. is a real-estate holding company owned in equal thirds by three members of the Paulin family. It sits alongside our other Renfrew-based businesses — Mikron Woodworking Machinery, Mikron Barn Door, and JZ Trim & Doors — and holds the properties that support our long-term interests in the Ottawa Valley and Eastern Ontario.
The company was formed to bring shape and discipline to what we already were doing: buying good buildings in towns we know, keeping them in careful hands, and holding them for the long term. Decisions are made together, at the kitchen table more often than in a boardroom.
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President
Jeremie Paulin
Jeremie has spent nearly three decades running Mikron Woodworking Machinery out of Renfrew. He joined the family business in 1998, stepped into the president's role in the early 2000s, and rebuilt it twice — once out of the 2008 downturn by spinning up an interior-finishings lane that became JZ Trim & Doors, and again in the years since, under the family's own control. Along the way Mikron has shipped machines worldwide and been recognized with the Arch Award and an AWFS Visionary finalist nod. Today he leads Mikron Woodworking Machinery, Mikron Barn Door Hardware, and JZ Trim & Doors from the same Renfrew shop, sets direction across the family's real-estate interests at JZ Holdings, and heads JZ Development Inc. as that work moves into new ground. Through Commit to Successes he also works alongside a small number of other established owners on the operating decisions that turn a portfolio into a business.
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Vice President
Zach Paulin
Zach graduated from Georgian College's three-year business administration program during the pandemic. After a couple of years working outside the family business, he came back into the fold — first owning and operating his own social-media marketing company, and then transitioning into operations at JZ Trim & Doors and JZ Holdings. At 26 he already owns his home. Today he manages digital across the family brands, pressure-tests property opportunities at JZ Holdings, and represents the next generation of the family's operating interests.
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Secretary
Lynn Arbuthnot
Lynn ran her own women's retail store for five to six years before moving into corporate operations, first in Alberta and then in Toronto, where she and Jeremie met working for the same company. They married in 1996, moved to Renfrew in 1998, and joined the family manufacturing operation together. Lynn served as director and ran the day-to-day of Mikron in the early years, with Jeremie's support — building the dealer network, owning the marketing, and driving the growth that took the business from roughly $300,000 to $3 million inside twelve months. When her illness forced her out of that role, she stepped back from the front line and Jeremie took over as president. Today she keeps the books and records across the family businesses and serves as secretary of JZ Holdings — the quiet backbone the rest of the operation runs on.
Portfolio
A small collection of buildings, held for the long term.
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Downtown mixed-use
A downtown mixed-use property with residential units above and professional office space on the ground floor, in continuous use by long-term tenants.
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Heritage main street
A heritage main-street property currently undergoing careful restoration following an incident in early 2026. Held for the long term.
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A small Renfrew property
A modest property in our home town of Renfrew, held quietly against a longer horizon.
Development
JZ Development Inc. — starting soon.
JZ Development Inc. is the development arm of JZ Holdings. We come at it with deep exposure to the industry through Mikron and JZ Trim & Doors, and a long run of building and holding property in the Ottawa Valley. Right now we are doing our homework. More to come when the work is ready to speak for itself.
Contact
General correspondence only.
JZ Holdings does not carry a sales office, a mailing list, or a newsletter. For matters relating to the company or its properties, please write.
contact@jzholdingsinc.comJZ Holdings Inc. · Renfrew, Ontario, Canada