oppers Buys Osmose Units
Koppers Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., has completed the acquisition of the Wood Preservation and Railroad Services businesses of Osmose Holdings for $494.1 million. The Wood Preservation business has been renamed Koppers Performance Chemicals. The Railroad Services business is now Koppers Railroad Structures.
Builders FirstSource Adds 3 ards in Sout
Builders FirstSource, Dallas, Tx., has opened a larger facility in West Knoxville, Tn., and purchased lumberyard/truss plants in Groveland, Fl., and Sherman, Tx. In Florida, BFS bought West Orange Lumber Co. from Neil Britt. West Orange’s sales were approximately $15 million in 2013. John
Arellano, v.p. of West Orange Lumber, will remain as general manager of the operation. In Texas, BFS acquired Truss Rite. Randy Rice remains general manager. The new 14-acre West Knox facility features a 50,000-sq. ft. warehouse and a paved, 8-acre lumber shed, overseen by general manager Greg Birtsch. It replaces an older yard, which will be reopened once the location reaches capacity.
Anot er Canadian Producer Wants Lumber Mills in U.S.
Newsprint giant Resolute Forest Products, Montreal, P.Q., is looking to expand its Canadian lumber business into the U.S. In particular, Resolute is eyeing the South and Southeast—where it already operates pulp and paper mills—to buy or build sawmills.
SUPPLIER Briefs Schroth Industries , White Township, Pa., was up and running two days after a July 26 fire destroyed its warehouse, but spared its main facility. Damage estimate: $350,000. Kodiak Building Partners, Denver, Co., has purchased fabricators/distributors AO, Inc., Dallas, Tx., and Barnsco Inc., Dallas. Wagner Lumber has begun rebuilding its Owego, N.Y., sawmill, which was destroyed in a Feb. 16 fire. Construction should take a year. Quality Hardwood Sales , Nappanee, In., will move all production in-house by adding 50,000 sq. ft. to its 78,000-sq. ft. operations by April. Independence Lumber will invest over $5 million to rebuild and expand its Independence, Va., sawmill, which was destroyed by fire in 2012. Cedar Siding Inc., Rochelle, Il., has become the first prefinisher to stock LP SmartSide lap siding in the full standard 12-color palette.
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Custom Windows Systems, Ocala, Fl., has been sold by Highlander Partners, Dallas, Tx., to another private investment firm, Nautic Partners, Providence, R.I. Feeney Inc. , Oakland, Ca., added an 87,000-sq. ft. DC in Cranbury, N.J., to service dealers east of the Mississippi River. CalStar Products has started up a new 100,000-sq. ft. masonry products plant in Columbus, Ms. Weaber Lumber Co., Lebanon, Pa., is protecting its new line of Finish Coat interior trim products with PPG Industries’ AQUALINK baked-on coating. Robert Bowden Inc., Marietta, Ga., is switching to Epicor BisTrack business management software.
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Forest Products Supply is now distributing Boral TruExterior trim from its Newton and Kansas City, Ks., locations. The Kansas City warehouse will join Newton and Indianapolis, In., DCs in carrying Boral Versetta Stone.
September 2014
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