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Pacific Coast Building Products Inc., Sacramento, Ca., has formed a joint venture with Weitblock Products /nc., Salem, Or.; dubbed Westblock Pacffic LLC, it combines Westblock's three concrete block plants (two in Portland, Or., and a newly built $7 million plant in DuPont, Wa.) with an undisclosed amount of cash from Pacific Coast

PlyGem Industries has enlisted N.Y. investment bank Bear, Stearns & Co. to explore various strategic alternatives, including possible sale of the firm

Outwater Plastics plans to open a West Coast sales office and warehouse late this year in Phoenix, Az. ...

Domtar Inc. is considering the sale of its gypsum and melaminepanels divisions and acquisitions to expand its forest products businesses ...

Custom Building Products, Seal Beach, Ca., has agreed to sell its wallcovering adhesive line to The Gibson-Homans Co. to concen-