Jlews Briefs

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5.77o to a 680900-unit pace, while multi-family starts dropped 24.67o ... in the West, starts fell 5.77o, while permits slid 207o

Allied Building Products Corp., East Rutherford, N.J., has earned Forest Stewardship Council chainof-custody certification through the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood program for 27 of its 200+ branches, including Phoenix Az.; Anchorage, Ak.; Anaheim, Berkeley and Norco, Ca.; Denver, Co.; Honolulu, Hi.; Provo, Ut., and Edmonds, Wa. ...

Simpson Investment Co., Tacoma, Wa., is building a $100million cogeneration facility at the site of its Tacoma Tidelands paper mill, anticipating an August 2009 start-up, wood waste from its sawmills in Tacoma and Shelton, Wa., will help power the plant ...

Southwall Technologies, Palo Alto, Ca., and Sound Solutions Windows & Doors, Chicago, Il., have formed joint venture Southwall Insulating Glass. incorporating an automated production system to produce Heat Mirror insulating glass more efficiently

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., is shuttering its Hudson Bay, Sask., OSB plant by early July and will permanently close its OSB facility in Miramichi, N.B., June 6; the company has been unsuccessfully trying to find a buyer since it idled the Miramichi plant in January 2OO7 ...

Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wa., took a $13.7-million charge against earnings to close its lumber mill in Prescott, Ar.

Woodgrain Millwork, Fruitland, Id.. has purchased a majority interest in Redstone Custom Door, Calgary, Alberta

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American Mold Guard, San Juan Capistrano, Ca., has gone out of business ...

Nelson's Ace Hardware, Whitefish. Mt.. was named Business of the Year by the local Chamber of Commerce...

McCoy's Hardware, Corning, Ca.. was recentlv named Business of the Year by the local Chamber of Commerce ...

Canyon Creek Cabinet, Monroe, Wa., selected Refined Designs, Peoria, Az., as its Dealer of the Year.

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