Weyerhaeuser's western expansion

TTOMPLETION of a new Weyer- V haeuser Co. wood products distribution facility in Phoenix, Az., is expected this month.

Located on 14.7 acres, the complex will serve customers throughout the greater Arizona market, according to Jack Spiller, customer service center mgr.

"The facility will enable us to carry expanded inventories," he explains. "That, plus a streamline ability to load, handle and unload all types of shipments, will allow us to do a better job of wholesale distribution."

Costing more than $2.4 million, the facility includes a warehouse, office building, and covered loading areas totaling more than 76,000 sq. ft. and a storage shed of7,000 sq. ft. Weyerhaeuser wood products including lumber, plywood, wall paneling, exterior siding, Iaminated wood beams, girders and columns are used in the construction.

The new facility will offer a complete line of wood building products including kiln-dried dimension lumber, green dimension, clear lumber, hardboard siding, doors, pre-finished paneling, plywood and particleboard. It replaces a smaller Phoenix facility.

According to Jim Fisher,Western zone mgr., Burlingame, Ca., the Weyerhaeuser Co. has built or modernized eight similar facilities in the Western States recently. Six more wholesale distribution centers are planned for the West.

Among the recently upgraded facilities is the new $1.3 million

Story at a Glance

Weyerhaeuser opens new service center in Az. part of Western expan- sion plan...Upgradedfacility in operation at Greenacres, Wa.

customer service center in Greenacres, Wa., eight miles east of Spokane.

Built to serve Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana, the complex is on 9.4 acres of land and includes a 45,000 sq. ft. warehouse, loading/unloading area, all under cover, a 8,000 sq. ft. covered storage shed, and 2,000 sq. ft. office. Al Shustoff is the manager.

W000 PB00UCTS distribution lacility built lor Weyerhaeuser Co. in Phoenix, Az., {top photol will open this month. Replacing a smaller center. it is oart of their Western state expansion pr0gram. Eight similar facilities including llower pholol one at Greenacres. Wa.. have been comoleted in recent m0nths. Plans call for six more wholesale distribution centers in the West this vear.

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