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Western Wood Preservers Institute

7017 NE Highway 99 Suite 108 Vancouver, WA 98665 . I-800-729-WOOD

FIRST CLASS: Builders learned more about engineered wood at the June 24 inauoural session of Desert Lumber and Trus Joist MacMillan's new Engineeied Lumber Training Facility in Las Vegas, Nv.

ELP Training Facility Opens

Desert Lumber and Trus Joist MacMillan have teamed up to open a training center in North Las Vegas, Nv., to educate builders on the advantages of using engineered lumber products.

"Our goal is to create an awareness and an educational process whereby builders can build better homes and homeowners can buy better homes," says Steve Conboy, engineered lumber mgr. at Desert Lumber.

Even before the training facility opened June builders already had booked every session through entire month of July.

News Briefs

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CertainTeed Corp. has acquired GS Roofing Products, Inc., which operates seven residential roofing plants (including Portland, Or.; Southgate and Wilmington, Ca.), three stand-alone roofing granules facilities (including Rancho Cordova, Ca.), and two commercial roofing plants ...

Simplex will add six new branches this year, including Tacoma, Wa., and Colorado Springs, Co. ...

Jacuzzi 1nc., Walnut Creek, Ca., has acquired Gatsby Spcs, Plant City, Fl., for $17 million cash

Owens Corning, Style-Mark Inc., Vantage Products Corp. and Seamless Gutter Corp. have formed a joint marketing alliance for exterior products.