News Briefs

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HomeBase will add a store in San Diego, Ca., later this year, one of 14 new locations planned to open by January 2001 ...

Western Wood Preserving Co., Sumter. Wa.. has added a new Binford 2000 incisor ...

Osmose, Inc. has acquired Protim Solignum, a U.K.-based supplier of low pressure/vacuum timber treatment products with operations in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East ...

Cooper Industries is consolidating all of its power tools and hand tool divisions into one global business unit, Cooper Tools, Lexington, S.C.

Distributor Allied Building Products and its local rep Coastal Atlantic Associates are now exclusive providers in Washington State for B.C. concrete roof tile manufacturer Columbia Concrete Products Ltd....

Johns Manville Corp., Denver, Co., donated the insulation for a Jimmy Carter-organized Habitat for Humanity project in Plains, Ga.

Enterprise Automation division of Enterprise Computer Systems acquired Harbinger Corp.'s Trustedlink Procurement catalog

Universal Forest Products was listed in Fortune magazine's latest list of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies; its 48vo total return to shareholders was tops in its industry group

Stanley Works was named Tools Vendor of the Year bv Payless Cashways

California Forest P roducts Commission was recognized for Best Overall Communications Program by the International

Business Communicators

New Web site: Solatube International Inc., Vista, Ca., www.solatube.com.

Personals

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James P. Kelly, cha.irman and ceo, United Parcel Service of America, was appointed a director of Georgia Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.

Mike Samis has been promoted to chairman and ceo for Macklanburg-Duncan. Loren Plotkin has been promoted to president and chief operating officer.

Jim Morley is now v.p.-business development for Fiskars Consumers Products Group.

Greg Haupt has been promoted to v.p.-wholesale sales at Weaber, Inc. John Georgelis is now national accounts mgr.

Victor Nuila is now director of international project development for Celotex Corp. Robert E. Grant is director of employee relations.