About Us

How SunnyBrook Welding will benefit the farming industry

Pieter Boogaard, President, Production

Pieter Boogaard is the President of Production at Sunnybrook Welding, helping farmers with everyday problems by creating innovative products to maximize their yields and minimize their downtime. Growing up in Zeeland, Holland on a farm and continuing his farming lifestyle today, has provided Pieter with the same hands-on experience as the farmers he serves.

Pieter is an accomplished Welder with years of experience. With a passion for metal-working, he began his welding career at an early age completing his certification in Holland by age 19. Moving to Alberta in 2006, Pieter worked on a farm near Barrhead followed by one in Calmar. Pieter later began his career at Sunnybrook Welding in 2011 growing in his role as a welder and machinist extensively, becoming part of the ownership team in 2016.

Pieter comes from a large family of ten and has a wife and five children of his own. His family values run deep and carry through to the values of the company. Pieter sees the farming community as an extended family of sorts and is always happy to talk to customers about their farming needs. The problems that he and other farmers experience is what drives his commitment to innovation and seeking efficiencies in the way they work. His strong family values have also formed many strategic business relationships along the way.

In his down time, Pieter can be found spending quality time with his family or tinkering on the farm.

Kyla Smith, MBA, CEO

Kyla grew up in Breton, Alberta living on a farm West of town with her mother Lorraine Mackenzie and step father, Dale Mackenzie. She started her career in business early on and has become an accomplished business professional. She works to achieve organizational objectives using her skills in Finance and Accounting, Strategic Human Resource Management, Operations, Project Management, and Information Technology. She embraces the use of technology to aid in streamlining processes, driving efficiency and productivity in order to achieve business goals and improve the overall bottom line. Through strategic planning, Kyla has assisted Sunnybrook Welding to accomplish its goals and to meet or exceed the financial targets.

Over her career she has gained experience in many challenging industries including manufacturing, construction, legal and insurance. Her knowledge provides a well-rounded and accomplished career, a breadth of knowledge and expertise, allowing her to be creative in her business solutions.

Kyla values growth and development and earned her MBA in February 2021. This is in addition to her formal education in Business Administration and Accounting & Finance. As her commitment to her own personal and professional growth, she also continues her learning and growth through various association memberships, educational conferences and seminars to ensure she remains on top of market and business trends. She is committed to working collaboratively as part of a team who can lead, influence and motivate others. She never stops striving for excellence, not only for herself, but for those around her.

In her spare time, Kyla enjoys playing many sports including boxing, basketball, dodgeball and slo-pitch, traveling and spending time with her family.

We are your farm team

At the heart of our company is a commitment to continuous improvement. From senior leadership to our skilled production team, every member shares a passion for what we do. With deep-rooted experience in agriculture, we understand the unique challenges and opportunities our farmers encounter. As we step into 2025 and beyond, we are confident in our ability to adapt and thrive. Our diverse and innovative product range equips us to face industry challenges head-on, ensuring we emerge stronger in an ever-changing market.

Efficient Solutions for the Agricultural Sector

In addition to our extensive range of concaves, impellers, and rotors, Sunnybrook Welding offers a full suite of combine solutions tailored to your needs. Our skilled welders are equipped to design, enhance, or repair the components you rely on—ensuring efficiency, prompt service, and competitive pricing. Whether it is creating new solutions or improving existing ones, we’re committed to helping you get the job done right.

Innovative, reversible, modular concaves

At Sunnybrook Combine Parts, we specialize in crafting innovative designs for threshing and separating, particularly in combine parts like concaves, rotors, and impellers. From initial concept to on-field trials, our mission is to empower farmers by providing them with top-quality concaves and other combine solutions that optimize harvest efficiency and profitability. As a cohesive team, we continually seek improvements that help farmers achieve the most profitable crops.

Industry veteran and President of Production Piet Boogaard attributes Sunnybrook Welding’s success to the dedication and expertise of our exceptional team. Their commitment drives us to deliver superior combine parts and custom metalcraft solutions.

A Message from Our CEO, Kyla Smith, MBA
“As we continue to grow and innovate, our focus remains on delivering exceptional value through our range of concaves and combine parts. Sunnybrook Combine Parts is more than just a business—it’s a dedicated team working to make a difference in agriculture. We are proud of our progress and look forward to helping farmers thrive in the future.

Reviews & testimonials

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Our customer has two Claas 8800 combines. One is equipped with the new Sunnybrook Raptor XD APS drum. When the dew came out, the 8800 which wasn’t Sunnybrook couldn’t feed the oats, while the one with the Sunnybrook’s APS drum never slowed.

Nolan, Alberta Harvest

Running Max Thresh up front on our JD 9770 gave us the cleanest winter wheat sample I’ve ever seen. It was a night and day sample difference vs the competitor’s concave. Losses were ok with both but about a 3% dockage difference between his two machines when the took the sample in to get tested.

Devin Schutter, Schutter Mechanical

We have had very positive results with Sunnybrook products. We have installed various components in S series, Claas and most recently in John Deere X9 combine. Durability, grain quality and overall performance have been consistent in all cases.

Don Karstens

Gotta be the best concaves we’ve ever used. I’ve been driving combines for 30 years and have never seen the same success with any other concaves!

Leonard Hofer

We have sunnybrook concaves in both our combines and would not have anything else.

Brian Johnson

I have been running Sunnybrook cylinders for nearly 20 years. You can run your cylinder much slower, especially in canola. It makes a combine out of the machine. Tough conditions you do not plug and nearly no maintenance.

Paul Waldner

Sunnybrook was great to deal with being a 4 1/2 hour drive to the southeast. I had new rub bars bolted and welded to my rotor and balanced. I was back home in the same day!

Tyson Rafa

My grain buyer always asks me, how my cracks and splits are so low. I tell him, well, it is because I have Sunnybrook concaves!!

Art Northcott

The great staff at Sunnybrook Welding have helped me out with customized machined parts for a lot of my farm equipment over the years, even my old Massey-Ferguson. They have a great eye for detail.

L. Sekora

The folks at Sunnybrook are friendly, helpful, and always ready to go the extra mile for you.

W. Popowich

Sunnybrook concaves are tough as nails and quick to change out when they do catch a rock or two. I wouldn’t waste combining time using a factory concave unless I really had to.

j. Sharko