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Bill Lodge, ex-James Hardie Building Products, is new to the marketing department at Hoover Treated Wood Products, Thomson, Ga.

Ken Sartin, ex-Wickes Lumber, is new to OSB sales at Louisiana-Pacific, Schaumburg, Il.

Keith Bradford has joined Swift Supply, Atmore, Al., as installed sales mgr. Norman Earls has rejoined the sales team.

Bob Scarborough, ex-Weyerhaeuser, is now v.p., distribution and national accounts, at Weekes Forest Products, St. Paul, Mn. Tom Lindquist is new to the industrial sales staff.

Bob Baxter is the new general mgr. of Northeast Texas Milling, Greenville, Tx.

Tim Williams, ex-Pan Pacific, is new to Tampa International Forest Products, Tampa, Fl.

Jimmy Garza has been named store mgr. at McCoy's Building Supply Center, Corsicana, Tx.

Sean Ryan is the new director of plans, programs & corp. sales for Trex Co. in Winchester. Va.

Larry Broadway has joined Universal Building Specialties, Charleston, S.C., in outside sales, covering N.C. and S.C. regions.

Mike Coffey, ex-Tampa International Forest Products, is opening an office in Tampa, Fl., for Vandermeer Forest Products, North Vancouver. B.C.

Dave Morton, Allied Midwest, Sioux Falls, S.D., retired Sept. 30 after 43 years in the industry. Dana lverson will assume Morton's position.

Beryl Buley, ex-Kohls, has joined Sears, Roebuck & Co. as senior v.p./general mgr. of home stores, including Sears Hardware and Orchard Supply Hardware. He replaces Dan Laughlin, who has been promoted to senior v.p./general merchandise mgr. of appliances and electronics.

Joe Cone, ex-Diversified Forest Products, has established Cone Wood Products Inc.. Blackshear. Ga.

Marvin Willey has established Willey Land and Lumber Co., Port Neches, Tx., to trade southern pine lumber.

Roger Ball is store mgr. of the new Home Deoot in Sherman. Tx.

Eric Carey and Bryan Trussell have joined the sales team at Conner Industries, Inc., Fort Worth, Tx. Also new to sales are Bobby Meade, Conroe, Tx., and Jeremy Studdard, Jackson, Ms. Richard Bell is now with the Conner Packaging and Crating division.

Elizabeth Hill has transferred from Loxley, Al., to the outside sales team at Klumb Forest Products Center, Greeneville. Tn.

Nathan Potter has been promoted to v.p. of sales for DW Distribution, Desoto, Tx.

Scotty Booth, formerly rvith Williamette Industries, has joined Anthony Forest Products as procurement mgr. for its Urbana. La.. sawmill region.

Alyssa King is new to 84 Lumber Co., Murrysville. Pa.. as an inventory mgr. New mgr. trainees include Vincent Huck, Harmarville, Pa.; Nathan Gordon, Lancaster, Oh., and Rob Evenhouse, Raleigh, N.C. Valarie Bueil is a new components accounting clerk and Matthew Yuvan a computer programmer at corporate offices in Eighty Four, Pa.

Jon Grass, ex-North St. Louis Lumber Co., is new to International Forest Products' Industrial Division, Tampa, Fl.

Robert R. Buck has joined Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., Peabody, Ma., as president and c.e.o.

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Garnett McCollum, ex-MeadWestvaco, has joined G-Plex Forest Products, Peachtree City, Ga.

Martha Finn Brooks, president, Alcan Rolled Products Americas and Asia, and senior v.p. of Alcan, has been elected to the board of International Paper, Stamford, Ct.

Gary Finseth, Flood Co., Hudson, Oh., has been promoted to v.p.-marketing.

Rick E. Keup has been named president of Simonton Windows, Parkersburg, w.v.

Patrick J. Kenny has been promoted to business mgr. of PPG Industries' construction market team in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Marilyn Morgan, formerly with Acco Brands, is the nerv marketing mgr. for the Chamberlain Group's retail division, Elmhurst, Il.

Steve Synnott has been elected president and c.e.o. of the Pro Group Inc. 's board of directors. Richard Page will remain c.e.o. and Gary Cosgrave will stay chairman of the board.

John Plassmeyer, ex-BMA, is now an account rep for The Buying Source, Greenville, S.C., in the Midwest and North Central regions.

Alden Robbins, Robbins Lumber Inc., Searsmont, Me., joined a week-long trade mission to Ireland organized by the Maine International Trade Center.

Lois Carmen Denominator is the new hiring director for Mungus-Fungus

Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Chain Buys Indianapolis Yard

Builders FirstSource has acquired Indianapolis, In.-based Davidson Lumber Co. and its installed sales division, Space Concepts.

Currently under third generation owners Larry Davidson and his sister, Debbie Hillenburg, Davidson Industries, Inc. had operated its lumber business for the past 75 years in the Indianapolis market, introducing products such as wood roof trusses, pre-built wall panels and pre-hung door units to the area. Facilities included a component plant and supply center on 40 acres in Franklin, In., and a distribution center in North Indianapolis.

The facilities will be incorporated into Builders FirstSource's Central Division. "Davidson fits our strategy perfectly," noted Builders Firstsource chairman and c.e.o. Floyd Sherman. "The company is the clear market leader in a strong area and has a significant truss and wall panel manufacturing capability."

Based in Dallas, Tx., Builders

FirstSource operates 82 manufacturing facilities and 58 distribution centers in I I states.

Two Die In Ohio Yard Blast

Two firefighters were killed and nine other people injured from an explosion inside a silo at Hoge Lumber Co., New Knoxville, Oh.

The Oct. I blast occurred about about two hours after fire crews were called to a fire in the concrete silo. The explosion blew off the top of the silo, launching chunks of concrete up to 100 yards away.

Killed were John Garman and Kenneth Jutte, who was on top of the 70-ft. tall silo. Another firefighter in an aerial bucket was thrown to the ground.

Among the injured were seven firefighters and four employees, including v.p. Jack Hoge.

The silo held wood shavings and sawdust to feed the boiler. Investigations continue into the causes ofboth the fire and the explosion.

The 99-year-old, family-owned lumber company produces cabinetry, building supplies, and bills itself as the world's largest maker of wood bowlins lanes.

Fortress Wood Products uses Osmose" Naturewood' and CCA wood preservatives, and our treated wood products carry a limited lifetime warranty against termites and fungal decay. Our products are third party inspected by SPIB and Fortress quality control provides testing by our own laboratory to insure quality of treatment and proper retention of preservative.

Fortress has recently upgraded our treating plant to a fully automated treating system. Upgrades such as this one, enable Fortress to remain your low cost producer.

With production facilities in Greensboro, Henderson and Elizabeth City, NC, Fotress is ideally positioned to service lumberyards throughout the Mid-Atlantic states

APA-The Engrneered Wood Association held its annual meeting Sept. 14-18 in San Diego, Ca. (1) Steve Killgore, John & Chrissy Murphy (2) Bob Maurer, Pat Harris. (3) Bil |r/ tchel , Clary & Frankie Anthony. (4) Conrad Chmielewsk , Benny Teai (5) Tony Vuksick, Mark Alness. (6) Melinda Lilley, Ben Floyd, Cathy Lynch (7) Donna Meade, Greg Brzozowski, (8) Chris Chappell. Ray Turenne, Rod de Sequera. (9) Heri Baum, Ole Sorensen, (10) Steve Blankenship, Michael Pratt. (11) Tony Bowman, Lisa Phlllips, Alex Brown. (12) Roger Roatch. Ruth & Claire

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Vermedahl. (13) Linda Kaye, Bill Corbin. (14) Craig & Lynne Adair, Gary Rupert. (15) Conn e Rexroad. Mike St. John. (16) Chuck Malpass, Spike Bruggeman. Ken Caylor, Mark Gryziec, (17) Tom & Claudia Westbrook. (18) Peter Lynch. Jimmy Hunt. (19) Aaron Babcock, Jeff Redd (20) Jennifer Cover, Ed Underwood, Dennis Lapierre. (21) Linda & Doug Calvert, Sabrina & Jim Enright, (22) KaIhy & Dave Larecy, Lucie

Gauthier, Mark Craig, (23) Michelle Simmons, Rick Chaney. (24) Kerlin Drake. Dave Crane.

L-P Moving Home Base To Nashville

As part of its onging consolidation, Lousiana-Pacific Corp. will relocate its corporate headquarters from Portland. Or.. to Nashville. Tn.. over the next 12 to 15 months.

The move follows a major restructuring in which L-P divested non-strategic operations to reduce debt and improve financial flexibility, enabling the company to focus on growing its retained, strategic business.

Charlotte. N.C.. and Richmond. Va.. as well as its existing location in Portland, Or., were other places being considered,

"All four cities demonstrated their desire to attract or retain our headquarters," said L-P chairman and c.e.o. Mark Suwyn.

"Our center of gravity has certainly moved to the East," said L-P spokesman David Dugan, "Nashville is very centrally located, and it has the best proximity to our mills, customers and investors."

The company said it will keep about 130 positions in Portland, where they now employ 210, and plans to move approximately 15 more positions to the Northwest as part of the overall consolidation. Additionally, L-P will centralize many employees from its office in Charlotte, N.C., which it plans to shut down by the end of 2004. Employees from other administrative offices in Hayden Lake, Id., Conroe, Tx., Shaumburg, Il., Troy, Mi., and Montreal, Quebec, will move to the new headquarters.

The company expects the impact of the move to vary by location. "Some will see minimal impact, while others will consolidate in greater numbers to the new headquarters," said Suwyn.

G-P Gypsum Files Patent Lawsuit

Georgia-Pacific Corp. has filed suit alleging BPB America is infringing on the U.S. patents for its Dens family of interior and exterior gypsum panel products.

The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, De., claims BPB's Glasroc products infringe on Dens lines' fiberglass mat-faced gypsum board technologies.

Home Builders Prefer Wood Panels

When using structural panels in home construction, builders overwhelmingly prefer engineered wood products, such as OSB and plywood, according to a new survey.

A Forintek Canada Corp. study indicated builders are continually satisified with the two types of wood products in single-family residential construction. Builders gave wood structural panels a high satisfaction rating and reported they use them SOVo of the time.

An initial report based on research detailed the residential construction industry's current demand for wall product, product usage and possible future use in prefabricated building. The primary concern of builders was that the wall be straight and square, followed by on-site concerns, such as speed of assembly, ease of handling, and level of waste.

The researchers concluded panelized walls represent l87o of the single-family construction market share in the U.S., and more than 40Vo of builders have tried panelized walls, suggesting there is a growth market for them in single-family residential construction, based on demographic forecasts of qualified labor shortages and probable consolidation of residential builders.

"With the qualified labor force declining and manufacturers consolidating, this should lead to more in-plant manufacturing of housing components," said Craig Adair, director of market research at APA.

The results of the first study spurred the researchers to delve deeper into the specific markets of wall panels and roof trusses, which identified specific species of lumber preferred by manufacturers, and consumer satisfaction rating levels of lumber and structural panels.

The second study confirmed the same trend as the first one-panelized walls are the wave of the future in singlefamily home construction.

With OSB reigning as the top sheathing used at over 70Vo and plywood at just under lU%a nationwide in2OOl, wood structural panels dominate the panelized wall market.

Nationwide, wall panelizers' use of other sheathing products, such as foam, fiberboard and foil-faced kraftboard remain at less than 57o.

The percentage of panels consumed varied per region as well. Plywood stood at 22Vo in the West, but only 57o in the North and 4Vo in the South.

Lumber Retailers As Role Models

Juergens Do it Center, Huntington, In., and Gilman's Do it Best Home Center, Connersville, In., were honored by U.S. Senator Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, for their success as small business role models.

Sen. Bayh said small businesses such as these two are engines for economic growth in Indiana because they provide high-quality jobs for people in their community, and have the ability to foster growth even in the midst of a weak economy.

Juergens Do it Center obtained a loan at a secured low rate to help expand its existing store, which made it easier for the company to get an additional loan from the local bank since it spread out the risk, said mgr. Dan Juergens.

Gilman's Do it Best Home Center acquired an SBA loan last year as well, and used it to help open its third store in Connorsville. "I strongly suggest that businesses pursue SBA loans," said Charlie Gilman, president.

Three-Roller Belt Sander

The DeWalt DW433 belt sander has been redesigned with a variable ample speed control and S-amp motor. The belt speed ranges from 850 to 1,400 surface ft. per minute. The tool is said to mark the first use of a threeroller design to improve balance and provide the lowest center of gravity on a3"x2l" sander.

Double-Sided Deck Planks

Two decking surface options in one plank are now available from TimberTech. The TwinFinish 5/4" Plank features one side with a brushed surface, while the other side has a woodgrain texture.

The planks are made from a formulation of pure plastic resins and wood flour, which reportedly provides resistance to rotting, warping and insect damage.

They come 5-Il2" wide and l" deep, in 12', 16' and 20' lengths. The planks span 16" on-center, are backed by a lO-year limited warranty, and come in cedar, gray and redwood.

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