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Koppers Chemical Sale Close

A management group and The Sterling Group, Houston, Tx., expect to complete this month a $660 million purchase of Koppers Chemical and Allied Products from Koppers Co. Inc. which was acquired in June by an affiliate of Beazer.

The business, which will be headquartered in the Koppers Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., will be called Koppers Chemical Co.

Gordon Cain, head of The Sterling Group, will be chairman; Glen C. Tenley, former president and coo at Koppers Co., Inc., president and ceo. Robert K. Wagner, vice president and general manager ofthe Tar and Wood Products Sector of Koppers, will become one of four senior vice presidents.

Homestead Buys Back Seven

Homestead Supplies, Inc., Apple Valley, Ca., has repurchased its seven stores sold three years ago to Hayward Lumber Co., Claremont, Ca.

As soon as the sale became final, Homestead sold the Big Bear Lake,

Ca.. unit to Bob Butcher. whose nearby Butcher's Block & Building Materials lost its lease to a shopping mall developer.

Homestead regains control of the Apple Valley, Victorville, 29 Palms, Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley and Needles, Ca., stores from Hayward, which recently had meetings with creditors regarding its debt repayments.

Since 1985, Homestead had concentrated on construction projects. George Robinson is now president and Patrick McConnell, vice president/general manager.

No other stalI changes are anticipated, although the corporate offices will be relocated from Yucca Valley to the Apple Valley unit.

Hayward has also sold its Delano, Ca., store to 8-unit Floyd's True Value, Bakersfield, Ca., and closed its stores in Blythe, Ca., Parker and Kingman, Az.

Hayward president Kingston McKee continues to operate Hayward Lumber stores in Barstow and Lucerne Valley, Ca., and Imperial Valley Lumber units in Imperial, Brawley and Calexico, Ca.

Ganadian SoftyYood Talks

Softwood lumber talks between Canada and the U.S. have resumed. intensified by charges that Canada violated last year's settlement.

American lumber producers contend the British Columbia government broke the December agreement by lowering timber-cutting fees on some trees and ignoring a scheduled July I general adjustment fee. Canadian officials agreed to charge higher cutting rates to avoid import or export taxes, but say they have lowered fees only on trees not covered by the agreement.

Redemptions Outdo Rebates

Following the theory that merchandise redemption promotions outperform rebate offers, OwensCorning is strengthening its 1988 National Football League jacket promotion.

"We set another redemption record last fall - 160,000 jackets went out to homeowners and remodeling contractors," says Thomas Seymour, marketing manager of the company's Retail Insulation Division.

This year's promotion from Sept. 23 to Oct. l6 for both insulation and roofing products involves a display contest for retailers, a d-i-y direct mail compaign, and national and local advertising in tv, radio, and print.

More Wood For Fewer Homes

Fewer houses being built does not necessarily translate into less lumber being used.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PRE-STAINING "YOUR MATERIAL" IN ALL OLYMPIC COLORS, COATING ALL 4 SIDES OF EXTERIOR SIDING AND DIMENSIONALTRIM. PLUS ,I COAT APPLICATION ON ALL SIZES OF PLWVOOD, ENCLOSED WAREHOUSE FACILITY.

In 1987 with 8o/o fewer starts than the norm (1979), residential construction required 17.6 billion board feet. This is 8o/o more lumber than was used in 1979 with 1.76 million units built and lumber consumption for residential construction at 16.3 billion B.F. More lumber is being used per house than a decade ago, notes the Western Wood Products Association.

They also point out that in spite of housing cycles, the overall lumber demand trend will be upward into the next century. This is despite arguments by proponents for expanded forest preservation that the demand for forest commodities is on the wane, citing lower house construction rates as an example.

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