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Atlas Holdinqs subsidiarv Wood Resources LLG nas signed ais-year leas6 with Colville Tribal Federal Gorp. to reopen its plywood mill in Omak, Wa., which closed in 2009.

Green Diamond Resource Go., Eureka, Ca., had its California timberlands certified to Forest Stewardship Gouncil standards.

The company's wholesale arm, The California Redwood Co., Arcata, Ca., also received FSC chain-ofcustody certification.

Plum Creek Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., has compteted the purchase of roughly 46,000 acres of timberlands in western Georgia and eastern Alabama from the Gampbell Group for apiproximately $72 million.

Johns Manville Gorp., Denver, Co., will open a 125,000-sq. ft. DC in Grand Prairie, Tx.

Aspen Planers Ltd., Merritt, 8.C., has acquired Ardew Wood Products' Merritt mill site, idled since Jan.11.

Hampton Affiliates, Portland, Or., purchased milling equipment from Gorman Bros. Lumber, Westbank, B.C., to replace machinery lost at Babine Forest Products, Burns Lake, B.C., in a fire 16 months ago.

The purchased equipment was culled from the idled Canoe Forest Products miil in Canoe, 8.C., which Gorman acquired in 2012.

PPG Industries completed its $1.O5-billion acquisition of the North American architectural coatings business of Akzo Nobel, including Glidden, Flood and Liquid Nails brands.

Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, Tn., earned green product certification for its Perennial Wood decking from Home lnnovation Research Labs (formerly NAHB Research Center).

Inteplast, Livingston, N.J., added new variegated colors (burnished maple and harbor gray) to its TUFboard Porch line.

Osmose completed its acquisition of the wood preservatives business of New Zealand's Mattersmiths Holdings Ltd. ano Mattersmiths Technologies Ltd.

TYR Wood Products, Portland, Or. (www.tyrwood. com); Tropical Roofing Products, Los Angeles, Ca. (www.tropicalroofingproducts.com), and AERT, Springdale, Ar. (moistureshield.com), have redesigned their websites.

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Our 2013 Top Treaters list (April, p. 11-16) inadvertently omitted Permapost Products Co., Hittsboro, Oi. (www.permapost.com), which treats with pentachlorophenol, copper naphthenate, Hi-Clear ll IPBC/permethrin, and fire retardant.

Pleasanton Dealer Aces Expansion

Richert Lumber, Pleasanton, Ca., recently held a grand reopening to show off its newly enlarged-and rebranded-store.

After being affiliated with True Value Hardware for 28 years, the store has switched to Ace Hardware. When Matt Richert took over the business last year from his father, Tom, they decided to expand, particularly in categories Ace specializes in, such as housewares and home improvement items.

They also tripled the sales floor from 5,000 to 15,000 sq. ft.

The city will not be without a True Value for long, however; Workbench True Value Hardware is renovating a local storefront for a mid-summer opening.

Higgins Liquidation Continues

J.E. Higgins Lumber's former DC/office in Livermore, Ca., was sold by bankruptcy court-appointed receiver Douglas Wilson Cos., San Diego, Ca., for $5.1 million to an auto parts distributor.

The 7l,680-sq. ft. facility was the second large Higgins property sold by the receiver.

Wilson has also recently engaged Woodland Hillsbased Great American Group, Woodland Hills, Ca., to complete the liquidation of the 125-year-old lumber company's other assets.

Stores Renamed to Honor History

Third-generation hardware store operators Richard and Eric Hassett have rebranded their four Bay Area stores as Hassett Ace Hardware.

Ocean Shore Hardware, Half Moon Bay, Ca.; Palo Alto Ace Hardware, Palo Alto, Ca.; Willow Glen Ace, Willow Glen, Ca., and Wisnom's Ace, San Mateo, Ca., are all making the change, adopting a new logo, signage and overall look.

"With our father, Larry Hassett, retiring from a long and celebrated career, and with our family of stores continuing to grow, we have decided to bring all of the stores back to the original family name," said the brothers, whose grandfather opened his first Ace Hardware with his brother in 1956.

Thief Hits Montana Sawmill

A 45-year-old man has been charged with stealing batteries and electrical wiring from logging equipment and trucks at F.H. Stoltze's mill in Columbia Falls, Mt.

Tim Bauer pleaded not guilty to the charges, but faces up to l0 years and a $50,000 fine for each of the two charges. According to court documents, a Stoltze employee contacted the Flathead County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 27, 2012, after a log loader wouldn't start and workers discovered the missing electrical parts. The logging equipment hadn't been used for about two weeks.

In all, six batteries and various wiring harnesses and battery cables valued at $3,138 were missing from a Mack truck, a Dart log stacker, and a Kenworth truck. Stoltze estimated labor costs to repair the equipment at $3,000.

The sheriff's deputy who responded to the scene located some of the missing items in a ditch not far away, along with an alternator and pruning shears with 2 ft. handles wrapped in duct tape.

Simpson's Shelton Mill Suffers Fire

Simpson Lumber sustained an April 2O fire at the power house of its Shelton, Wa., sawmill.

Firefighters arrived to discover flames in the wall extending to the second story of the building.

Investigators suspect the cause to be a hot ember that lodged itself under metal sheeting outside the power house.

HD Supply Files for IPO

HD Supply, Atlanta, Ga., has filed for a $1 billion initial public offering.

The company, which operates more than 600 locations in the U.S. and Canada, was sold six years ago by Home Depot for $8.5 billion to a group of private-equity firms that includes Carlyle Group, Bain Capital, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

OSH's Suitvs. Depot Dismissed

Orchard Supply Hardware, San Jose, Ca., has lost its bid to pursue an antitrust claim against Home Depot and two power tool manufacturers.

OSH claimed that Home Depot demanded exclusive supply contracts with Makita USA and Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., both of which then stopped supplying OSH. A federal court rules that those allegations alone were not enough to state a viable antitrust action.

The decision rejected each of OSH's theories. First, the court ruled that it would not be inherently illegal for a large dealer like Home Depot to seek and obtain an exclusive distribution agreement with a supplier. It also ruled that two suppliers simultaneously reaching exclusive arrangements with the same large dealer does not constitute an unlawful agreement under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The court ruled that unless two suppliers agree with each other to take parallel action, no horizontal conspiracy exists.

The court also rejected OSH's claim that competition was harmed in a relevant geographic market, under the "rule of reason" for weighing antitrust claims.

On similar grounds, the court also dismissed claims under California's state antitrust statute and other law.

Ace Expands Site for Store Sellers

Ace Hardware, Oak Brook, Il., has expanded HardwareStoresforSale.com to sell equipment, in addition to the stores themselves.

Newly added is a Marketplace section that offers fixtures, signage and equipment. Items can be listed for 60 days for a listing fee of $9.95.

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Utah Dealer onLookout for Bandit

The owners of Moroni Feed Hardware, Moroni, Ut., are hoping that a new surveillance system will help catch thieves who have robbed the store four times in the past few months.

"They are spending a short amount of time in there, just a couple of minutes, grabbing a few items, and back out again," said Justin Aagard, deputy sheriff of Sanpete County.

In each of the burglaries, the thieves broke a plate glass window to gain entry. Video from break-ins on April l l and April 24 shows at least three men, some wearing masks. All have on rubber gloves on, apparently to conceal any fingerprints they could leave behind.

"They are running in, grabbing some strange itemsflashlights, BB guns, things like that," said store manager Neil Johnson.

"One time is one thing, but to come back here four different times? We've got to have some help to get it stopped. Somebody out there has got to recognize them," said Aagard.

The store is offering a $500 reward for information leading to an arrest. "Just help us out and find them," said Johnson.

Asbestos Products to Be Labeled

Home-improvement products containing asbestos must be clearly labeled to be sold in Washington State under a new bill that goes into effect next year.

The bill, prompted by a request from the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency, covers shingles, wallboard and other construction products that legislators admit aren't typically a problem when they are installed, but may release asbestos durins demolition.

John Cencak has been promoted to president of Jones Wholesale Lumber, Lynwood, Ca. Rick Jones is now v.p. Rod Jones continues as c.e.o.

Casey O'Neill, ex-Zeeland Lumber & Supply, has joined ProBuild, Denver, Co., as senior commodity buyer for SPF. Jonathan Massopust is a new assistant buyer.

Doug Nedved, ex-USP Structural Connectors, is now with Capital Lumber, Denver, Co.

Steve Willis, ex-Parr Lumber, has joined the millwork department at Dixieline Lumber, San Diego, Ca., in inside sales.

Adrian M. Blocker has joined Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., as v.p. of lumber, succeeding Robert Taylor, who is retiring this month.

David Hindmarsh, ex-Capital Lumber, has joined Nu Forest Products, Healdsburg, Ca.

Carl Christoferson, ex-Windsor Mill, is new to sales at Disdero Lumber, Portland, Or.

Chris Olsson, ex-Talon Forest Group, has joined Tumac Lumber Co., Portland, Or.

Callee Setzer has joined the sales team at Setzer Forest Products, Sacramento, Ca., sales department. Her greatgrandfather, Curt Setzer, founded the company.

Chris Bailey, ex-Collins Cos., is now in sales at Spokane Forest Products, Boise, Id.

George Mealer, ex-Honduras Mahogany International, has joined TYR Wood Products, Portland, Or., repping tropical hardwoods.

Louise Zirbel is new to sales at J&H Forest Products, Boise, Id., focusing on low-grade dimension.

Tracy O'Campo, ex-Golden State Lumber, is new to outside sales at Central Valley Builders Supply, Woodland, Ca.

Rick Green has retired after22 years with Potlatch Co.p., Spokane, Wa. Mike Flynn will now handle plywood sales.

Robert Turbes, ex-Prairie Pella Wyoming, is new to millwork & decking sales at Win-Dor Industries, Billings, Mt.

Dave Vail, ex-Fowler & Peth, is new to sales at IDI Insulation Distributors, Denver, Co.

Casey Garland, ex-Bridgewell Resources, has joined Priaulx Forest Products, Portland, Or.

Robert F. Rugg, v.p.-strategic accounts, James Hardie Building Products, Mission Viejo, Ca., has been appointed to the board of directors at Grabber Construction Products, Alpine, Ut.

Todd Spivey has joined Jeld-Wen, as regional builder development mgr. for Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.

Greg Clarke has been named senior v.p. and chief financial officer at Johns Manville. Denver. Co.

Eric Watson, ex-Roofing Supply Group, is now territory mgr. for Shake & Shingle Supply, Fort Collins, Co.

Mark Warriner, ex-Pella, has joined Dimensional Millwork of Arizona, Mesa, Az., as Los Angeles territory mgr. of window & door sales, based in Oxnard, Ca.

Jeannine Laitres, Canyon Creek Cabinet Co., Monroe, Wa., has been promoted to national training mgr.

Dennis Hardman, president of APA-The Engineered Wood Association, Tacoma, Wa., since 2005, is retiring at the end of the year.

Huck DeVenzio, mgr.-marketing communications, LonzalArch Wood Protection, Smyrna, Ga., retired April 12 after 40 years promoting Wolmanized wood products.

David Tetzlaf, ex-HD Supply, has been named marketing mgr. for Solatube, Carlsbad, Ca.

Bob Powell has opened a sales office in Alice, Tx., for Matheus Lumber, Woodinville, Wa.