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Oak Mouldings

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Pressure Theated Plywood

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Fire Retardant MDF

MDF Board

Ranger Board

UltraLight Board

Slat Wall

Rigid Insulation (R-Max, Dow Blue Board) (White Insulfoam)

Cement Board

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Commercial Hardware, Reno, Nv., moved to a smaller, 17,000sq. ft. location in Sparks, Nv., cutting its workforce SOVo to 15

Building MaterialsHolding Corp., San Francisco, Ca., has spun off BMC West's Texas operations in a separate South-Central division

B arrelhead Building Supply, South Beach, Or., is adding 4,000 sq, ft. of warehouse space to store plywood, sheetrock, roofing materials and other building supplies...

Parr Lumber, Hillsboro, Or., opened a 1,500-sq. ft. Pan Design Center and sales satellite office in Redmond, Wa. ...

Home Depot has closed escrow on five lots in Anaheim, Ca.; has broken ground on I I acres in Mission Valley (San Diego), Ca., for a June opening, and is considering a site in Inglewood, Ca. the chain expects to spend at least $92,500 and six to eight months answering 628 questions posed by the Redwood Empire Merchants' Association about the effects of Depot opening a store in Santa Rosa, Ca. ...

Payless Cashways expected to emerge Dec. 3 from Chapter I I after the U.S. Bankruptcy Court okayed its reorganization plan

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Carroll Moulding Co., Hunting- ton Beach, Ca., has sold its Andersen, Chemcrest, HB&G and White River assets to OrePac Millwork Products, Chino, Ca., and is winding down operations after 42 years...

Conrad Wood Preserving broke ground last month for a new treating plant in Rainier, Wa.

Springfield Forest P roducts, L.P., Springfield, Or., has filed Chapter 1l bankruptcy

Cunningham & Associates, Newport Beach, Ca., is a new firm started by Vince Cunningham wholesaling lurnber and paekaging materials ...

Las Plumas Lumber & Truss Co., Riverside, Ca., has opened a distribution yard at Jake's Crane, Rigging & Transport, Las Vegas, Nv....

Mid-Pacific Trading Co., Rancho Cordova, Ca., has opened a Surrey, 8.C., Canada office headed by former Doman Forest Products exec. Bob Tennant

U.S. Timberl^ands Co., Klamath Falls, Or., has completed its initial public offering of approximately 7.5 million common units

Noranda Inc., one of Canada's largest and oldest companies, has placed its 66Eo interest in Noranda Forest.lnc., Totonto, up for sale, along with its oil and natural gas assets to refocus on mining and metals

Hardware Wholesalers Inc., after signing a definitive agreement, expects to combine with Our Own Hardware Jan. I HWI is also cross-marketing Purina Mills'new pet and outdoors-oriented America's Country Store, with four locations including Walla Walla, Wa.

MacMillan Bloedel will close its remaining operations- at Kennedy Lake logging division, Ucluelet, B.C., Jan. 31 setting the stage for start-up of a new joint venture company in Clayoquot Sound...

Universal Forest Products has agreed to buy the assets of Structural Lumber Products, Inc., Austin, Tx., for $19 million

Johns lulanville Corp., Denver, Co., has agreed to buy all assets of thermoplastic roofing manufacturer Seal-DryNSA Inc.,Little Rock, Ar....

McGuire-Nicholas, City of Commerce, Ca., has opened a workwear mfg. plant in Mexico and a DC in Germany

J ewett- Cameron Trading Co. &d., North Plains, Or., was n-amed building materials Supplier of the Year by Fred Meyer Home Improvement Centers -

White Bros, Oakland, Ca., was named exclusive Braided Accents distributor in the San Francisco Bay Area

Rio Grande Floortng Distributors, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., is a new Bruce Floor distributor for N.M., and Denver Hardwood Co., Denver, Co., for Co. and Wy. ...

Califurnia Hardware, Cityof Industry, Ca., has become the first U.S- hardware/home improvement distributor to endorse the Chep pallet pooling program ...

Pella Corp. is acquiring Cole Sewell to become the nation's third largest storm door and window manufacturer ...

A.O. Smith Water Products Co. is relocating its Seattle, Wa., mfg. facility to a new 107,000-sq. ft. building in Renton, Wa. ...

Fluidmaster, Inc., Anaheim, Ca., has broken ground on a new 170,000-sq. ft. office and production facility on 13acres in San Juan Capistrano, Ca.

Tivoli Industries, Inc., and Targetti Sankey SpA of Florence, Italy are opening a jointly-owned U.S. lighting fixtures company, Targetti USA LLC, based at Tivoli's Santa Ana, Ca., Hq.

Anniversaries: Pacific Lumber & Shipping Co., Seattle, Wa., 65th Tubafor MiII, Morton, Wa., 50th ... QB Corp., Salmon, Id., 20th...

Chozen Trucking moved from Carson to Long Beach, Ca. ...

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's Washington, D.C., Hq. burned to the ground Sunday Nov. 16; NLBMDA had been trying to sell the old converted house for several years

Housing starts in Oct. (latest figs.) crept up LVo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.528 million single-family construction rose ZVo to 1.086 million units, while multi-family reached 390,000 permits remained flat at 1.2257 million.

Listings are often submilted montlu in advance, Always verify dates and locations with sponsor before making pl.ans lo attend

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Lumber Association of California & NevadaDec. 11, Second Growth meeting, Sheraton, Industry Hills, Ca.; (916) 369-750 l.

Portland Wholesale Lumber AssociationDec. 12, holiday party, Doubletree Inn, Jantzen Beach, Portland, Or.; (503) 6142540.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's ClubDec. 19, holiday dinner dance, Queen Mary, Long Beach, Ca.; (213) 467-9473.

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TruServJan. 5-7, winter LBM show, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl.; (773) 695-5000.

American Fence AssociationJan. 6-9, FenceTech '98, New Orleans, La.; (800) 822-4342.

International Mass Retail AssociationJan. 6-9, logistics conference, The Pointe Hilton on South Mountain, Phoenix, Az.; (703\ 841-2300.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's ClubJan. 8, dinner meeting, Il Ghiotto Ristorante, Fullerton, Ca.; (909) 386-7040.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo ClubJan. 8, past presidents night/initiation, Stockyards Inn, Spokane, Wa.; (509) 62+4551.

Ace lfardware Corp.Jan. 8-9, LBM show, Walt Disney World Dolphin, Lake Buena Vista, Fl.; (630) 990-6600.

International Housewares ShowJan. 11-14. McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 292-4200.

Hardware Wholesalers, Inc.Jan. 12-13, winter LBM market, Walt Disney World Dolphin, Lake Buena Vista, Fl.; (219) 748-5300.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationJan. 12-16, estimating school, Radisson Hotel, Albuquerque, N.M.; Jan. 19-23, estimating seminar, Days InnGreenwood Village, Denver, Co.; (303) 793-0859.

Building Products International ShowcaseJan. 13-14, trade show, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Wa.; (206) 842-8995.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo ClubJan. 14, industry nite, Broiler Steakhouse, Redwood Valley, Ca.; (707) 462-37W.

California Forestry AssociationJan. 14-16, annual meeting, Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey, Ca.; (916) 444-6592.

Simpson Timber Co.Jan. 15, mill and nursery tours, lunch, Korbel, Ca. ; (707) 268-3082.

Ilumboldt Hoo-Hoo ClubJan. 15, crab feed, Eureka Inn, Eureka, Ca.; (707) 268-3082.

Inland Empire Hoo-IIoo ClubJan. 16, initiation, Indian Hills Golf Club, Riverside, Ca.; (909) 783-0470.

Shasta Cascade Hoo-IIoo ClubJan. 16, initiation, Best Western Hilltop, Redding Ca.; (916) 223-5062.

National Association of Home BuildersJan. 16-19, annual convention & expo, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Tx.; (800) 368-5242.

National Retail FederationJan. 18-21. annual conventior/ expo, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, N.Y.; (202) 783-797r.

American Hardware Manufacturers AssociationJan. 2527, manufacturing excellence conference, Marriott's Marco Island Resort, Marco Island, Fl.; (847) 605-1025.

Our Own HardwareJan. 27-29, expo, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nv.; (612) 882-4115.

Western Building Material AssociationJan. 29.Feb. l, Young Westerner's conference, Tacoma Sheraton, Tacoma, Wa.; (360) 943-3054.