In 1997, when the company operated under the name of Cuisines Excel inc., the only owner at the time, Mr. Raynald Truchon, started to make routed panel five-piece kitchen cabinet doors. The purpose was to offer a wider selection of products to the clientele than was then available on the local market. The first doors were laminates, but this material, though very strong, is not very versatile regarding door mouldings and limited the number of models and styles.

In October 2001, Mr. Serge Barrette joined the management team of Cuisines Excel inc. with the mandate of promoting the five-piece door to be sold to other cabinetmakers/kitchen designers.

Soon after, in June 2002, we started working with polyester, a more versatile material than laminates, which allowed us to offer doors with much more moulding detail. It was the now well-known Excelsius door.

In April 2004, Lecxeco inc. was created to unlink kitchen and bathroom cabinet production operations from those of cabinet doors to be sold to other kitchen cabinet manufacturers.