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BMC West agreed to purchase AC Houston Ismber Ca. b lGacre tnrss plant in Min&n, Nv.

Builders Components opened a ftrll-service retail lumberyard to complement its 6-month-old Kalama, Wa., truss plant; mgr. Jerry Keefe, owner Wally Jacobson ... the company will open an identical truss plant in Snoqualmie and possibly one in Olympia Wa.

Welch Hardware, Seattle, Wa., has closed after S?years

White Cap Industries, Costa Mes4 Ca., has acquired Sun City Constntction Supply, El Paso, Tx., allowing expansion into Az., N.M. ardTx....

Anderson Inmber is building a replacement store near its truss plant in Idaho Falls, Id. ...

Eagle Hardware & Garden opened a 155,000-sq. ft. location in Chino Hills, Ca., a 138,000-sq. ft. unit in Westminster, Ca., and a 194,000-sq. ft. store with a 61,000-sq. ft. drive-thru lumber ygd in Sparks (Reno), Nv., Dec. l7 ...

I-oweb Cos. is considering sites lqr stores^in Seal BeacF and Riverside, Ca. ...

HomeBase, Irvine, Ca., will open a new store in the spring in El Centro, Cfl., and selected agency Ad Americas, Los Angeles, forits $1-2 million Hispanic ad account

Home Depot opened new storcs Jan. 7 in San Matrcos, Ca., and Jan. 14 in Napa, C;a., Lakewood, Co., and Albany, Or. ... the company broke ground on 10 acres in Bend, Or.; is negotiating for a site in Walnut Creek, Ca.; received preliminary approval to build a 111,555-sq. ft. store with 24,050sq. ft. outdoor garden center in lMhittier, Ca., and got the go- ahead to build next to ths fofinfr Lawry's Restaurant site in Cypress Park (Los Angeles), Ca. ...

Home Depot expects to increase its store count from 723 to l,6W by the end of 2@2 ... the chain will call its first hardware store "Villager's Hardware, a Home Depot company;" it's set !o open in mid-1999 in East Brunswick, N.J...

Ace Hardware Corp.b Web site (www.acehardware.com) won the Web Marketirrg Association's 1998 Outstanding Consumer WebAward out of a field of more than 500...

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Landmark Building Products has moved from San Bernardino to Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. ...

Horizon Distriburton, /zc. is the new name for Yakima Hardware, Yakima"Wa....

Crown Pacific Partners, L.P., Portland, Or., has started up a new stud mill in Port Angeles, Wa., and a replacement sawmill in Bonners Ferry,Id. ...

Distribution Americahas reorganized into three groups: the Retail Profit Marketing Group, Category Profit Marketing Group and Licensee Group

Maxitile, Inc. has relocated its offices to a slightly larger facility in Carson, Ca.

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. opened a 190,000-sq. ft. plant and showroom in Monroe, Wa.

Triad Systems Corp., Livermore, Ca., is partnering with Amarok, /nc., Phoenix, Az., to market, install and implement Triad's systems to Amarok gypsumdealers...

Wking Salcs Co.,Portland, Or., has been acquired by Michael

Grabow & Associates, Portland, from Hoagie Anderson, who has retired...

Johru Manville Corp., Denver, Co., has conpletd its prchase of Building Materials Corp. of America's perlite insulation producing assets ...

I-ouisiana- Pac ific Co rp. donated a truckload of OSB and treated wood siding to help rebuild the town of Spencer, S.D., devastated last year by a tornado ... L-F will permanently close its Lockhart, Al., sawmill and wood treating facility Feb. I and temporarily shut down its Urania, La., plywood plant

Pope & Talbot, /nr., Portland, Or., has formed Pope & Talbot Pulp Sales, Inc., to sell for its Hainac and Halsey mills

Universal Forest Products has acquired a 45% stake in moulding manufacturer Pino Exporta, Durango, Mexico, and renamed the company Pinelli Universal S. de R.L. ie i.U ...

UDI Corp.,Corvallis, 0r., has relocated to Redmond, Wa.; the firm packages and distributes impulse merchandising items to hardware, home center and lumber outlets ...

W.F. Taylor, Fontana, Ca., is now distributing Eosrik underlayments along with its own adheslves...

Round Valtey Indian Tribe parchased 11,000 acrcs of timber and grazing land in Mendocino County, Ca., from the Harwood family...

Nascor Inc. has signed its {5th I-joist manufacturing licensee, Hyne & Son Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ...

Housing starts in Nov. (latest figs.) slipped 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.65 million ... single family starts surged 57o to 1.353 million, the highest level since Feb. l9E4 multifamily starts dropped 26.9% permits fell 2Vo to an annual rate of 1.651 million...

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International Housewares ShowJan. 10-13, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 292-42W.

Building Products International ShowcaseJan. 11-13, Bell Harbor Conference Center, Seattle, Wa.; (253) 922-66/;0.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn.Jan. 1l-15, estimating seminars, Holiday Inn, Casper, Wy.; Jan.18-22, Embassy Suites SE, Denver, Co.; (800) 365-0859.

TruServ Corp.Jan. 12-14, lumber market, Bally's Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nv.; (773) 695-5000.

Western Hardwood AssociationJan. 14, board meeting, Doubletree Inn at the Quay, Vancouver, Wa.; (360) 83+5202.

Inland Empire Hoo-Hoo ClubJan. 15, initiation, Indian Hills Country Club, Riverside, Ca.; (909) 591-4861.

International Builders' ShowJan. 15-18, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Tx.; (800) 368-5242.

National Retail FederationJan. 17-20, annual convention, New York, N.Y.; (202) 783-7971.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo ClubJan. 20, industry nite, Broiler Steak House, Redwood Valley, Ca.; (707) 462-3700.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo ClubJtn. 21, crab feed, Eureka Inn, Ca.; (707\ 462-3700.

Ace Hardware Corp.- Jan 2l-22, winter convention, Phoenix Civic Plaza, Phoenix, Az.; (630) 990-6600.

California Forestry AssociationJan. 21-23, annual meeting, Napa Valley Marriott, Napa, Ca.; (916) 4446592.

International Solid Surface Fabricators Assn.Jan.2l-23, annual show, Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv.; (702) 567-8150.

Western Building Material AssociationJan. 2l-24, Yotng Westemers' Conference; Jan. 25, estimating workshop, Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, td.; (888) 551-9262.

Shasta Cascade IIoo-Hoo ClubJan. 22, initiation, Best Westem Hotel, Redding, Ca.; (530) 824-1118.

American Hardware Manufacturers AssociationJan 2426, manufacturing excellence conference, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, Az.; (847\ 605- 1025.

DIY & Home Improvement ShowJan 24-26, Olympia 2, London, England; (01 l) ,f4-l8l-462-0721.

Do it Best Corp.Jan. 26-27, winter market, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Az.; (219) 748-5300.

American Fence AssociationJan. 27-30, FenceTech '99, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Ca.; (800) 822-4342.

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National Association of Wholesaler-DistributorsFeb. 1-3, annual convention, Washington, D.C.; (202) 872-0885.

Hardware/Ilousewares & Building Material Show of the CaribbeanFeb. 5-7, San Juan, Puerto Rico; (?87) 76453r5.

Window & Door Manufacturers AssociationFeb. 6-10, 72nd annual meeting, Marco Island, Ft.; (800) 223-2301.

National Rooling Contractors AssociationFeb. 7-10, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Phoenix, Az; (847) 299-9M0.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers AssociationFeb. 914, annual meeting, Monterey Hyatt Regency, Monterey, Ca,; (800) 550-7889.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn.Feb. 10, millwork course, Denver, Co.; (800) 365-0859.

Western Building Material AssociationFeb. 10-11, marketing seminar; Feb. 12, estimating workshop; WBMA Hq., Olympia, Wa.; (888) 551-9262.

- Ken Thurrnan, owner, dffirentiating his Home Center Liquidators from his Pay 'n Pak hardware store

$1.2 Billion Asbestos Deal

Owens Corning agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle asbestos-related lawsuits, resolving about 90Vo of 176,000 pending cases over the next two years and helping to settle new claims without litigation.

Analysts predict the so-called National Settlement Program, devised completely outside of the court system, may become a prototype for other firms still facing asbestos suits or other future litigation over mass injuries.

The company ceased selling asbestos products in 1972.