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75-Year-Old Northern California Dealer Closes

DeCou Lumber Co., Atascadero, Ca., filed for bankruptcy June 5 and will close after a liquidation sale is complete. The company owed about $1 million to Mission Community Bank and an additional $300.000 in merchandise was not paid for.

"Some people have been shopping here for 40 and 50 years, and they're devastated," said president Jay DeCou, whose family purchased the business in 1937

DeCou said that the market doesn't carry the demand it once did, and competition with national retailers and online suppliers has been tough. "I've lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in lumber sales to the Internet," he added, noting that online outlets can offer cheaper prices because there is no sales tax.

BMD Buys Fastener Firms

Building Material Distributors, Galt, Ca., has acquired Master Fasteners International, Long Beach, Ca., and sister company Fastener Source, importer/wholesalers of fine wire and pneumatic fasteners with a DC in Memphis, Tn.

BMD will be merging Fastener Source under the Master Fasteners International name, and will operate the company as a wholly owned subsidiary of BMD.

"We believe that Master Fasteners' proven capabilities in the fastener market align very well with BMD's strategy and enhance our ability to drive value in the channel by making our customers and suppliers more successful," said BMD president/c.e.o.

Jeffrey Gore. "Master Fasteners adds to our already significant capabilities in this product line, with a depth of technical expertise and strong channel partnerships that clearly open up new markets and opportunities."

BMD operates DCs in Stockton, Riverside, Eureka and Visalia, Ca.; Colorado Springs, Co., and Santa Fe/ Albuquerque, N.M.

Historic Yard For Sale

The family that owns Mill Valley Lumber, Mill Valley, Ca., has put the 120-year-old business up for sale for $1.8 million.

"As a family, we've decided that it's time to have closure and end on a high note instead of putting more money into this business and never seeing it back," said general manager Dan Cerri, who has owned and operated the business for 14 years with his father, Tom, and his brother, Tony. "We're trying to find someone who can buy it and maintain it as a lumberyard, to continue its history."

As the sixth owners, the Cerris had anticipated passing the family business on to the next generation, but the recession erased that hope.

Colonial Lumber, san Mateo. Ca., is closing with the retirement of owner Jim Baly. His grandfather, Hal Baly, co-founded the company in 1953.

Builder's Surplus NorthwOSt has opened in Chehalis, Wa. (Larry Ledl, mgr.).

Hoyt Lumber closed its Upland, Ca., yard June 1, but continues in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.

The Upland yard, opened in 1929 by Rugg Lumber, was acquired by Hoyt in 1996.

Old West Lumber, choteau, Mt., held a grand re-opening June B to show off its extensive remodel.

The renovation doubled the size of its showroom to more than 2,400 sq. ft. and expanded inventory, courtesy of OrgillHardware.

Scarborough Home Center, Scotts Vallev, Ca.. late this summer will open two +2OO-sq. tt. Carmel Ace Hardware stores in the same Carmel, Ca., shopping center-one focusing on hardware, the second on home & garden, outdoor living, outdoor power equipment, and patio furniture.

DOMESTIC SALES: Jerry Long, Michael Parrella, Janet Pimentel, Pete Ulloa, George Parden, Vince Galloway, Chris Hexberg, Matt Wright, Bert McKee, Joe McCarron.

INTERNATIONAL SALES: Nestor Pimentel.

Orchard Supply Hardware, San Jose, Ca., plans to expand beyond California to the Pacific Northwest in 2013.

ProBuild Holdings cut 127 positions at its Denver, Co., headquarters, primarily in the finance, marketing and human resources departments.

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