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ARIZONA

Boise (Phoenix) 800.289.9663

Cooley Foresf ProducB (Phoenix) 800.223.51l4 londmork Producls (Phoenix) 800.647.67 47

CATIFORNIA

Abel Building Moferiols (Stockton) 800.848.5545

Boise (Riverside) 800.548.91 l6 lond mo rk Prcducts ( Ro ncho Cu co mon go) 800.647 .67 47

Redwood Empire (Morgon Hill) 800.800.5609

Redwood Empire (Temeculo) 800.743.6991

IDAHO

Boise (Boise) 800.635.6854

MONTANA

Boise (Billings) 800.548.7020

OREGON lumber Producfs (Tuolotin) 800.926.7103

Coos Heod Foresl Producls ([oos Boy) 800.872.3388

UTAH

Boise (Solt Loke Ciry) 800.562.2443

WASHINGTON

Boise (Woodinville) 800.391.3887

Boise (Spokone) 800.541.0529

Boise (VoncouverAokimo) 800.62 1.8896 ilanulaclured By /yroovER

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Up until eight years ago, BMD's primary market was in California. Last December, the company opened its sixth California distribution center in Stockton-the city where BMD got its start back in 1943.

At the same time, however, the company acquired its first distribution center outside California when it purchased Whitewater Forest Products in Spokane, Wa. A two-step distributor, Whitewater served Washington state and parts of ldaho and Montana.

"Whitewater filled a void in the marketplace for us," said Tabor. "A big part of what we're doing now is getting a larger profile throughout the West." The company's goal, he said, is to have distribution centers in Portland, Or.; Denver, Co.; Boise, Id., and Salt Lake City, Ut.

"We apply the same equation to each acquisition opportunity," he explained. "Each one must benefit the rest of the company, by adding extra value and fitting into our ongoing plans for each of our divisions."

BMD already maintains sales offices in Vancouver. 8.C.. and

Phoenix, Az. The Phoenix office will expand to include a commodities trading center. A sales office in Tokyo, Japan, opened in 1995, two years after BMD started doing business there.

"Most of our customers in Japan specialize in high-end, western-style