r SUPPLTER Briefs

Capital Lumber, Phoenix, Az., has relocated its Tangent, Or., DC to a 40,000-sq. ft. warehouse on three acres in Woodburn. Or.

Bow Hill Mill Go., Burlington, Wa., restarted its cedar mill Feb. 7, five months after a fire destroyed its custom edger.

PulteGroup willshutter its Pulte Building Systems LLC component plant in Tolleson, Az., by August. The facility, opened in 2003, manufactures doorframes, window frames, mouldings and trusses.

D.R. Johnson Lumber's sawmill in Riddle, 0r., will be down for at least a month after a Jan. 9 fire damaged equipment in the edger portion of the mill.

Las Plumas Lumber & Truss, which filed for bankruptcy '15 months ago, sold its former lumberyard in Riverside, Ca., to aluminum products wholesaler Rexco, ontario, Ca., for $3.3 million.

Premier Lumber, spokane Valley, Wa., suffered damage to its sawdust hopper and building in a Jan. 25 fire.

Officials traced the origin of the blaze to the engine of a large huck that was housed in the building.

Gedarsource Manufacturing Inc., Portland, 0r., has installed a new industrial sander.

ilevel by Weyerhaeuser distribution centers serving California, Colorado, Oregon and Utah are now offering the Rosboro X-Beam, the only full framing-width stock glulam in an architectural appearance.

Snavely Forest Products is now distributing prefinished ceiling and wall products from Synergy Wood Products in Denver, Co., and five other regional markets.

Boise Distribution, Satt Lake City, Ut., is now distributing Versatex Trimboard in Utah. Nevada, ldaho and Wyoming.

GAF Materials Gorp. is now offering a limited lifetime warrany on every GAF laminated shingle it sells.

Bob Brass, ex-LowGradelumber, has launched BJB Milling & Lumber, Eugene, Or.

Eric Marr has been named mgr. of Alpine Lumber, Durango, Co., replacing Bill Bader, who has retired after 32 years in the industry. Lou Ulrich is now assistant mgr.

Bob Scanlon, general mgr., Consolidated Pine, Prineville, Or., has retired after 40+ years.

Grady Mulbery has joined Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Or., as v.p. of composite manufacturing, based in Atlanta, Ga. Mark Allen is the new plant mgr. at Roseburg's Missoula, Mt., particleboard mill.

Lisa O'Kelly, ex-Lumber Yard Supply, is a new account mgr. for Capital Lumber, Spokane Valley, Wa.

Al Schuler has retired after 1l years as research economist for the USDA Forest Service.

Victor '6victt Grizzle was named executive v.p. for Armstrong Buildins Products.

Kelly Hibbs has been promoted to v.p. and controller at Boise Cascade, Boise, Id., succeeding Bernadette Madarieta, who has resigned. Changes in Boise's new sales, marketing and technical team for Canada include: Chris Reiten, ex-BMC Select, now general mgr.-Canada; Pedro Da Silva, Montreal, P.Q., national marketing mgr.; Steve Flett, ex-Taiga, area mgr., B.C.; Erik Andersen, area mgr., Atlantic Canada; Darren Chambers, ex-All-Fab, area mgr., Prairies; Marko Merhar, exTaiga, area mgr., Ontario; Jon Balingit, Toronto, software trainer; Dom Lavoie, Montreal, professional engineer, andMaria Stefanescu, Toronto, professional engineer.

Peter Johnson, ex-PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, has joined the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Washington, D.C., as managing director, office of sustainability.

Michael K. Brown has been promoted to chief information officer and executive v.p. of Lowe's Cos., replacing Steven M. Stone, who has left to pursue other interests.

Manfred Seitz is retiring at the end of next month as chairman. president and c.e.o. of Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Terry Horan becomes president and c.e.o. April l.

Robert B. Clemence and Louis A. Oleksy, Jr. have been promoted to v.p.s of sales for Hyde Tools.

Edward t'Butcht' Baumann, owner of Rim Forest Lumber. Rim Forest. Ca., was named 2010 Outstanding Citizen of the Year by the Lake Arrowhead Communities Chamber of Commerce.

Morris and Sandy James and Lillian and the late Joe Lovato, founders of Hadlock Building Supply, Port Hadlock. Wa.. were nominated as Business Leaders of the Year by the local Chamber of Commerce.

Pryce S. Wright is the new purchasing mgr. at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Northern California's newest state-of-the-art sawmill opens its doors February 2011.

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