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Building Products Digest - August 1999

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Advantage Business Computer Systemstr061................. .................s

American Pole & Timber Co. Il(}7]....,..........6

Arrow Truck Sales [108]..............................,,7

Barker Group, The [115]..............................34

Booth Lumber Company If 211..................-41)

Bowie Sims Prange [105]......................,.,.......4

Bright Wood Corporation [2]................Expo 3

Building Products of America tf]................39

Can Trim t131................................................r6

Cedar Crtek Wholesale IL2/}.....,................U

Chesapeake Hardwood Products, Inc. lr0l..'............... .......Expo 14

Colurnrs, Inc. [113]...............................,.......15

Cox Wood Preserving tl32l .............Cover IY

Crumpler Plastic Pipe, Inc. tf20l ................39

Distribution Management Systems, Inc. t1041................. .................3

Elder Forest Products [129]........,....Cover III

Forestworld.Com [l33]...,.............................41

Haase Industries, Inc. (Magnetic hrsh Broom) fln\.....,...,,.,..............-,..Cover III

Hickson Corp. I10U.............................Cover I

Hood Industrles IU41........,..........................33

Jordan Redwood Lumber, Lee Roy 1f031................ .....Cover II

Kalinich Fence Company [122]....................40

LISA Lumber Systems, Inc. [f f f]............,..ff

LMT Products Corp. [E]....,.................Expo 13

Martin Lumber Co., Roy O. [6]..........8xpo 11

Maze Nails Ir2E1...........................................42

Mid-South Metal Products [134]....Cover III

Moultrie Manufacturing [130]................,....45

MVY Supply, Inc. [110]............................11, 15

Pacilic MDF Products [5]......................Expo 7

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75 Center Circle, Sulphur, LA 70663

(800)256-7197 (318) 625-8141 . FAX318-625-5275

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