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BMC West, Boise, Id., purchased 5 Inwe's stores in TbmPle, Marble Falls, Fredericksburg, San Marcos and Shiner, Tx. Carclina Buildcrs CorP., Raleigh' N.C., acquired 47 Erb Lumber stores for $77.5 milUon

A.J. Harris and Alan Martin opened Martin Lumber Co., Inc., Baton Rouge, La. Builders Warehouse Association Inc., Conway, Ar., acquired ArkndclPh' iaMillwork ArkadelPhia, Ar. ...

Oklahoma Home Center, formerly Gangwer Lurnber Co-, Guthrie, Ok., held a grand oPening ... David Tschatschula acquired 57-vear-old M & M l-umber Co., Horiston. Tx., with Lee Sanders, owner since 1969, retiring

Trussway Lumber, Houston, Tx., opened a contractor Yard in Dallas, Tx., Oct. I, Mike HaPes operations mgr. ... Loughead niildtng Supply Co., Inc., moved to a new location in Natural Bridse Station, Va. ... Bill and Atheia Price, Price Building Center, Watonga, Ok., will relocate their business after remodeling a recently acquired former Z H.- Rogers Lumber Co.location ...

Carrington Lumber & Hardware,LinColn, Af., is now owned by the Steve DevecserY fanilY -. Dorothy Kelly acquired O.E. Woods ltmber Co., Barnsdall, Ok.

Ringling Luntber Co., Ringllng' Ok., was featured in the Ringling Eagle newspaper...

Home Quarters Warehous e- wtll open North Little Rock, Ar., and Jackson, Ms., stores this fall ... Loweb oPened new stores in Houma, La., and Rockingham' N.C., with openings near in Danville, Roanoke and Virginia Beach, Va.; Gainesville, Fl., and Greensboro, N.C., where Home

Depot is building one store and planning a second...

Buildcrs Square, which is closing New England stores, oPenod a Ft. Myers, Fl., rePlacement store... Home Depot will test instore fast food centers (see sory P. 27)...

Gainesville, Fl., citY officials asked ltwe's to keep an existing store open after a replacement unit is completed Ply .Maqt, Covington, Ga., awarded $1,5m in prizes during an anmral apereciatibn day for its metro Atlanta employees

Builders Supply of Petersburg ard Roper Brcs. Ltnnber Co. sustained severe damage during a tornado in the Petersburg, Va., area (see story p. 7) ... I. A. Lee Lumber & Hardware Co., Commetrce, Ok, lost its front office in a recent fire Billingsbalnnber Co., Lawton, Ok, has closed ...

Wickes Lumber, a 125 unit chain headquartered in Vernon Hills, Il., has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a Public stock offoing...

Ken Gresham and HenrY Pruit opened a new office wholesaler, G-Plex Inc. (Gresham-Pruitt Lumber Exchange Inc.) in Peachtree City, Ga" Buildcrs Cg-op, Inc., Marietta, Ga-, has filed Cttap. 7 bankruptcy ...

Osmose's ACC wood Preservative was accepted by the Anerican Wood Preservers Association's preservatives and technical committees, the first steps towards a possible inclusion in the book of standards ...

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Arkansas OSB mill site MacMillan Bloedel Inc.'s Pine Hill, Al., wood prcftcb div. is fte ffrst U.S. lumber and Plywmd oPeration to earn ISO 9(XP registration (see story p.7) ...

James Hardie BuiWing Prodacts broke ground Oct I for a new 125,000 sq. ft fiber cement siding, flat sheet producb, ceremlc tile and resilient flooring underlaYment mfg. frcility on 38 actes ln PlantCity,Fl....

Bruce Hardwood Floors ls spending $1 millton on iqrorcmens at its cent€r, Tl., plmt ... Lcslie_Iockc is ffildtng ITIAN sq. ft. ventilation and skYlight mig. plant in Burgaw, N.C. A{T ituilding Prcilucts Corp. it undertaking a multi-million ddlr expansion at its Roaring River, N.C., wood siding plmt

M itsubishi Caterpillar Fot*lifi America lzc., wlll move Mentor, Oh., headquarters to a newlY etoanded plant in Houson, Tt. Cirlong - Consumer Products Busineis Unil has changed its name to Larnson Home Prodrcts ... Squore D Co. is donating l% of itselectrical equipm€nt sales to the Red Cross for Midwest flood recovery prciects ...

Cedi-labeled urcsErn red @de strakes produced by Cedor Shoke and SWiglc Bweur members have been aproved as the onlY wood roofing material allowed in Dade County, Fl. ...

I-owe's Cos. formed a, Home Safety Council, including former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Iack IGnP, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Louis Sullivan and former U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander, to promote home safetY edrcaion pracdces ...

Housing storts leaPed 7.8% n Aug. Qatest ngs.) to an annual rde of 1,323,C1n units single frmily starts rose ll% ... multi starts of 5 or more unis rose 2.6%,2 rg 4 unis fell 49% Permis wre uP 7.5% ... starts in the South climbed 6.4Vo ...

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Siding Continues Steady Climb

Demand for siding products is forecast to inqease 4.7Vo armually through 1997, due to a rejuvenated U.S. construction market, according to the Freedonia Group.

Pent-up demand for new housing and continuing repair and replacement will fuel gains in the residential sector, which accounts for about 70Vo of siding demand. Siding growth will also reflect an aging stock of existing homes, expanding d-i-y activity and the continued development of siding products witlt enhanced performance, aesthetic appeal and durability characteristics.

Prices for siding products will increase well below the general rate of inflation due to changes in product mix, as low-cost vinyl supplants metal and wood, and decelerating market growth opportunities, which are creating a more price-driven environment. As a result, dollar value gains should only slightly exceed the predicted 6.87o annual unit growth.

Among siding materials, vinyl will show the best gains over the intermediate to long-term. Plastic and metal panel siding will enjoy above-average growth, gaining market share from other siding materials.

The South Atlantic, Mountain and Pacific regions will offer the best growth opportunities for siding, benefiting from a healthy pattern of growth in population, employment, business formations and economic activity in general.

Residential Roofing Sales Growth

Residential roofing demand will increase to 130 million squares by 1997, but taper off as housing strrts drop after that year.

An aging housing stock which will require new roofs and continued advances in product design and performance will contribute to the growth, The Freedonia Group reports. The replacement/improvement segment of the residential roofing market will use 86 million squares in 1997 compared to 44 million squares for new housing.

Growth opportunities for roofing will be best in the South Atlantic, Mountain and Pacific regions.

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