CORRESP 1 filename1.txt MAAX Corporation 1010 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1610 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 2R7 December 13, 2004 BY EDGAR AND FACSIMILE Mr. Matthew Franker Division of Corporation Finance, Room 5130 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Fax: (202) 942-9531 Re: MAAX Corporation Request for Acceleration of Effective Date of Registration Statement on Form F-4 File No. 333-118990 ------------------------------------------------------ Dear Mr. Franker: Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned Registrants hereby respectfully request the acceleration of the effective date of their Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-118990), as amended, to 10:00 A.M., Washington, D.C. time, on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Sincerely, MAAX Corporation 4200217 Canada Inc. (Canada) 9022-3751 Quebec Inc. (Quebec) Aker Plastics Company, Inc. (Indiana) Beauceland Corporation (Nova Scotia) Cuisine Expert-C.E. Cabinets Inc. (Canada) MAAX Canada Inc. (Canada) MAAX Holding Co. (Delaware) MAAX-Hydro Swirl Manufacturing Corp. (Washington) MAAX-KSD Corporation (Pennsylvania) MAAX LLC (Delaware) MAAX Midwest, Inc. (Indiana) MAAX Spas (Arizona), Inc. (California) MAAX Spas (B.C.) Inc. (Canada) MAAX Spas (Ontario) Inc. (Canada) Pearl Baths, Inc. (Minnesota) /s/ Andre Heroux ----------------------------------- By: Andre Heroux Title: Attorney-in-fact cc: Stephen C. Koval, Esq. Marlo D. Salz, Esq. Hillary F. Jassey, Esq.