IMPORTED HARDWOOD LUMBER SPECIALISTS

Our new Oregon plant means we have capacity to deliver almost double the amount of lowenvironmental impact treated wood. That means that you've got almost double the opportunity to del iver customer satisfaction,

Your clients can have the preserved products that make them feel good about using real wood and you can deliver to your customers in a timeframe that keeps them coming back.

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. Jrlore west coast capacity than any other wood treater

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Milgard Adding Tualatin Plant

Milgard Windows, Tacoma, Wa., has broken ground on a vinyl window manufacturing facility in Tualatin, Or.

Scheduled to open in April, the 124,000-sq. ft. facility will nearly double the size of Milgard's current Portland-area facility in Wilsonville, which covers 68,000 sq. ft.

Milgard anticipates adding another 36,000 sq. ft. ofcapacity over the next five years.

Heavy Duty Rentals At Depot

Home Depot is expanding its rental program to heavy equipment through a pilot program at six stores in the Las Vegas, Nv., market.

In mid-September, the stores' rental centers began offering bobcats, scissors lifts, dirt rollers, and other construction equipment.

Eventually, they will carry over 50 products, including mini-excavators, light towers, towable compressors, and skidsteers.

The Las Vegas trial is expected to be expanded to stores in the Houston, Tx., and Chicago, Il., areas by the end of the year.

The chain currently operates tool rental centers in more than a third of its nearly 1,500 stores.

By 2005, Depot expects rental centers in 807o of its home centers.

Sierra Harvest lrks Hikers

A decision by Sierra Pacific Industries, Anderson, Ca., to log along a portion of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail in Northern California has drawn fire from environmentalists.

Sierra Pacific Industries has begun harvesting selected larger trees from 1.813 of the 2.880 acres in its harvest plan, including 300 acres in three sections of old growth forests, along the hiking trail that runs from Canada to Mexico.

Local environmentalists say the old growth trees along the trail should be spared so that generations of hikers can study the trees.

Petitions have been passed in the Lake Tahoe area to block the harvest along with accounts of tree sit-ins in the area.

Company spokesman Ed Bond said Sierra Pacific encourages people to hike through the area to learn more about harvest practices.

Bond said the company has no plans to trade the land to the U.S.