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                                                                  EXHIBIT (a)(7)
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer
  to sell Shares (as defined below). The Offer is made solely by the Offer to
Purchase dated April 3, 1998 and the related Letter of Transmittal and is being
made to all holders of Shares. The Offer is not being made to (nor will tenders
be accepted from or on behalf of) holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which
  the making of the Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance
  with the laws of such jurisdiction or any administrative or judicial action
 pursuant thereto. In any jurisdiction where securities, blue sky or other laws
require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be
    deemed to be made on behalf of Horizon Acquisition, Inc. by one or more
  registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
 
                      NOTICE OF OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
                     ALL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
            (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED COMMON SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS)
                                       OF
 
                 AMERIWOOD INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                                       AT
                              $9.625 NET PER SHARE
                                       BY
 
                           HORIZON ACQUISITION, INC.
                     AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
 
                             DOREL INDUSTRIES INC.
 
Horizon Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser"), which is an
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Dorel Industries Inc., a Quebec, Canada
corporation ("Parent"), is offering to purchase all outstanding shares of Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), including the associated
common share purchase rights (the "Rights" and, together with the Common Stock,
the "Shares"), of Ameriwood Industries International Corporation, a Michigan
corporation (the "Company"), at a price of $9.625 per Share, net to the seller
in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated April 3, 1998 (the "Offer to
Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any
amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the "Offer").
 
    THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK
     CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1998, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
 
The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, there being validly tendered
and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer a number of Shares which,
when added to Shares already owned by the Purchaser and Parent, represents at
least a majority of the Shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis. The Offer
is also subject to other terms and conditions contained in the Offer to
Purchase.
The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
March 27, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), among Parent, the Purchaser and the
Company. The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things, as soon as
practicable after the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer and the
satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the Michigan Business Corporation Act
and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Purchaser will be
merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"). Following consummation of the
Merger, the Company will continue as the surviving corporation and will become
an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. At the effective time of the
Merger (the "Effective Time"), each Share issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled and converted automatically into
the right to receive $9.625 in cash, or any higher price that may be paid per
Share in the Offer, without interest (the "Offer Price").
In connection with the Merger Agreement, Parent entered into Tender and Option
Agreements with certain shareholders of the Company who collectively control
approximately 10% of the outstanding Shares, pursuant to which such shareholders
agreed, among other things, to tender the Shares they own of record in the Offer
and grant an option on such Shares to Parent at the Offer Price.
The Board of Directors of the Company unanimously has determined that each of
the Offer and the Merger is fair to, and in the best interests of, the
shareholders of the Company, and recommends that such shareholders accept the
Offer and tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer.
For purposes of the Offer, the Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted for
payment, and thereby purchased, Shares properly tendered to the Purchaser and
not withdrawn as, if and when the Purchaser gives oral or written notice to
Harris Trust Company of New York (the "Depositary") of the Purchaser's
acceptance for payment of such Shares. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer, payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the
Offer will be made by deposit of the purchase price therefor with the
Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose
of receiving payment from the Purchaser and transmitting payment to tendering
shareholders. In all cases, payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to
the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of (i)
certificates for (or a timely Book-Entry Confirmation (as defined in the Offer
to Purchase) with respect to) such Shares, (ii) a Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required
signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent's
Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), and (iii) any other documents
required by the Letter of Transmittal. Under no circumstances will interest be
paid on the purchase price of the Shares, regardless of any extension of the
Offer or any delay in making such payment.
Except as otherwise provided below, tenders of Shares are irrevocable. Shares
tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the
Expiration Date and, unless theretofore accepted for payment and paid for by the
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer, may also be withdrawn at any time after
Tuesday, June 2, 1998. For a withdrawal to be effective, a written, telegraphic
or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the
Depositary at one of its addresses as set forth in the Offer to Purchase and
must specify the name of the person having tendered the Shares to be withdrawn,
the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of
the Shares to be withdrawn, if different from the name of the person who
tendered the Shares. If certificates for Shares have been delivered or otherwise
identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the physical release of such
certificates, the serial numbers shown on such certificates must be submitted to
the Depositary and, unless such Shares have been tendered by an Eligible
Institution (as defined in Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase), the signatures
on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. If
Shares have been delivered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer as
set forth in Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase, any notice of withdrawal must
also specify the name and number of the account at the appropriate Book-Entry
Transfer Facility (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) to be credited with the
withdrawn Shares and otherwise comply with such Book-Entry Transfer Facility's
procedures. Withdrawals of tenders of Shares may not be rescinded, and any
Shares properly withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for any
purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be retendered by again
following one of the procedures described in Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase
at any time prior to the Expiration Date. All questions as to the form and
validity (include time of receipt of notices of withdrawal) will be determined
by the Purchaser in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and
binding.
Subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Purchaser expressly reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, to extend
the period of time during which the Offer is open by giving oral or written
notice of such extension to the Depositary.
The information required to be disclosed by paragraph (e)(1)(vii) of Rule 14d-6
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is contained in the Offer
to Purchase and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company has supplied to the Purchaser the Company's shareholder lists and
security position listing for the purpose of disseminating the Offer to holders
of Shares. The Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and other
relevant materials will be mailed to record holders of Shares, and will be
furnished to brokers, dealers, banks, trust companies and similar persons whose
names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the shareholder lists, or, if
applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency's security
position listing, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.
The Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal contain important
information that should be read before any decision is made with respect to the
Offer.
Questions and requests for assistance or for copies of the Offer to Purchase,
the Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer documents may be directed to
the Information Agent as set forth below, and copies will be furnished at the
Purchaser's expense. No fees or commissions will be paid by Parent or the
Purchaser to brokers, dealers or other persons other than the Information Agent
for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer.
                    The Information Agent for the Offer is:
 
                         501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
                            New York, New York 10022
                           Telephone: (212) 750-5833
                                       or
                         Call Toll Free: (888) 750-5834
April 3, 1998
