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Fox-Gal Sells Roofing Firm

Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. has sold its wholesale roofing products subsidiary, Consolidated Roofing Co., Gilbert, Tucson and Phoenix, Az.,to ABC Supply, Beloit, Wi.

The sale, said pres. and ceo Walter Foxworth, "allows us to focus our resources on doing what we do best, namely the wholesaling and retailing of building materials."

Founded as a roofing contractor operation in 1931 by Foxworth-Galbraith, Valley Feed and other investors, Consolidated Roofing became strictly a distributor in 1945. In 1994, Foxworth-Galbraith purchased the remaining stock of the company as part of the larger acquisition of Arizona Sash & Door Co.

Anawalt Expands Rentals

Southern California's Anawalt Lumber and Sam's-U-Rent are joining forces to expand both companies' services.

Sam's will display some of its larger equipment at Anawalt's Hollywood, Ca., store, augmenting Anawalt's existing line of rental equipt ment. Customers at Anawalt's West Hollywood and West Los Angeles yards will have access to the wider rental selection through a referral service.

In addition, Anawalt will take orders for lumber, building and garden supplies from Sam's West Los Angeles location and, depending on the size and nature of the order, deliver them tojobsites at no extra charge.

The move is an effort bY both companies to provide one-stop shopping to the local construction and entertainment industries to combat the big boxes' entrance into the rental business.

Rail Merger Moves SP West

The recent Union Pacific-Southern Pacific rail merger may lead to more southern pine moving west.

According to Southern Forest Products Association's transportation consultant Gene Harris, UP/SP is expanding its fleet by 300 new 73-ft' centerbeam lumber cars-that can be loaded at sawmills or reload centers in Louisiana and East Texas and shipped to customers in California, Oregon and Washington.

Meanwhile, BN/ATSF, as a result of the merger, received track connecting Southern California and Washington. Now its 73-ft. centerbeams can be used to ship southern pine from reloads in Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas to its 18 reload centers in California, l0 in Washington, and six in Oregon.

Parker Adds Sales Otfice

Parker Lumber, Bremerton, Wa., has added a sales office in Bothell, Wa., run by Phil Gassman and GarY Oxner.

Although materials will be shipped from Bremerton, Parker has instituted the "Parker Promise," guaranteeing next day delivery for orders placed by noon the preceding day.

Owner Rick Barnes plans on carrying inventory in the Bothell location once he finds a suitable location.

Largest Show Comes To U.S.

Batimat-Europe, rePortedlY the world's largest building products trade show, is adding a U.S. counterpart sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders.

The inaugural Batimat-North America International Construction Industry Exposition will be held July lO-12 at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Thousands of builders. remodelers, contractors, decorators, retailers, wholesalers, distributors, architects and developers are expected to tour about 250 exhibits from Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America.

Batimat-Europe held in France attracts more than 600,000 attendees and 4,000 exhibitors from more than 42 countries (see Jan., p. 14-15).

HomeBase Workers Give Big

HomeBase empioyees contributed $188,000 in a companywide fundraising campaign for the City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute.

For over a decade, the chain has aided City of Hope as a member of the City of Hope Hardware/Home Improvement Industry Council. In 1993, HomeBase developed the industry's first employee fundraising campaign in conjunction with City of HoPe's Workplace Alliance program.

Gemini Forest Products would like to thank those that sponsored the Lumber

As soc iation of Southern C a I ifo rnia g o If to urnam e nt.

Albert's Trucking Albert O'Neal

Anderson & Anderson John Miller

Arcata Redwood Co. Mike Cameron

J.H. Baxter Dean Rogers

Blue Lake Forest Products

Richard Anderson

Boise Cascade Terry Fischer

Britt Lumber

Russ Britt

California Cascade Al Reed

Galifornia lnterstate Express

Ray Dekoning

Camus Transport lnc. Lori Kasal

Chozen Trucking Louie Escobedo

Collins Pine Co.

Kent Goodyear

Eel River Sawmills Curt Wood

Fraser Pacific Lumber Co.

Hambleton Brothers Lbr.

Bob Mackey

Floyd Hambleton

Hampton Lumber Sales

Gordon Beach

Hanvood Products Art Hanvood

Herbert Lumber

Milt Herbert lnternational Forest Products

Phit Butterfietd

MILLRIVER Architectural Hardwoods' new building in a Hayden, ld., industrial park provides 3,600 sq. fl. of office and warehouse

MDF Now A Trademark

No longer a generic acronym, MDF is now a registered trademark, according to furniture manufacturer/ retailer Ikea of Sweden.

Quality control director Magnus Bjork said a French government agency contacted the company regarding its use of a registered trademark without a permit.

Ikea discovered a registered trademark for MDF was listed Februarv 22, 1995, in the building materiali and furniture sectors of France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Italy,

Spain, Belgium and Holland.

Ikea is now preparing a defense for its use of the term.

Slow Climb For Coatings

U.S. demand for paints and coatings is forecast to increase 1.9% annually to 1.3 billion gallons in 2000, predicts the Freedonia Group.

Key developments for both interior and exterior paints include formulations that are low in odor, possess good single coat coverage and are easy to apply. By contrast, lacquers will remain a static, mature market.

Wayne Gardner

Lumber Association of Southern Calilomia

The Merchant Magazine Dave Cutler

Pacilic Lumber Co. Will Riegel

Pacif ic Wood Preserving of Bakerslield Chad Niedermeyer

Redding Lumber Transport, lnc.

BillWeber

Schmidbauer Lumber Rich Graham

Sierra Forest Products Doug Hansen

Superior Lumber Christie McDowell

Trinity River Lumber Charlie Brittain

U.S. Forest lndustries Ron Doyle

Weaver Forest Products

Michele Alexander

Weyerhaeuser Co. (Canada) Peter Lys

Weyerhaeuser Co. (U.S.A.) Erik Wdz

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ErnstGlosing All Stores

Deducing "that an orderly sale of its assets is in the best interest of the company's estate and will maximize values," Ernst Home Centers board of directors has decided to close its 53 remaining stores in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.

Ernst, which operated 86 stores in nine states when it filed for Chapter 1 I bankruptcy protection in July, began going-out-of-business sales last month that will continue through midJanuary.

"There is a possibility some stores could be sold as going concerns and will remain open," said spokesman Jim Fox.

Reportedly, Sears, Roebuck & Co. and an Ernst management group are negotiating to acquire some stores, and the company's board of directors has already refused one such offer by Ernst management.

During the going-out-of-business sale, Ernst will also attempt to market the leases it holds on the vast majority of its sites.

Ironically, the lO3-year-old chain became an industry leader in the Pacific Northwest during the 1960s by promoting self service and massive size, tactics big box competitors took even further to overwhelm Ernst in the 1990s.

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