Building Materials
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Heartland Building Center Locations Acquired by Mead Lumber
By Phil Garcia / July 6, 2021Heartland Building Center, with locations in Hays, Stockton, and Russell, Kansas, has been acquired by Mead Lumber. Heartland Building Center, founded in 1892, is a full-service lumber and building...
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Sto Launches Rainscreen System for Thin Brick Masonry Veneer
By Glenn Pierce / July 3, 2021Sto Corp. is expanding its ventilated rain-screen cladding system offering with StoVentec, a new product designed specifically for thin brick masonry veneer facades. According to the manufacturer, this new...
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84 Lumber Opens a New Truss Plant in North Carolina
By Glenn Pierce / July 2, 2021With the opening of its newest dedicated truss plant in Statesville North Carolina, 84 Lumber is continuing its 2021 expansion plans. Roof trusses and floor trusses are the primary...
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PrimeSource Acquiring Wolf Home Products
By Glenn Pierce / June 29, 2021PrimeSource Brands, a North American provider of specialty branded building products, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Wolf Home Products, a provider of branded kitchen and...
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Envision Building Products Introduces an Outdoor Living Collection
By Daniel Moore / June 26, 2021For building professionals and their customers, the product line combines a comprehensive selection of Envision composite decking and Fairway Railing solutions. Envision Building Products has completed the integration of...
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Fiberon Partners with Breezesta to Offer Premium Collection of Outdoor Furniture
By Phil Garcia / June 23, 2021Fiberon has partnered with Breezesta, an industry leader in the outdoor furniture market, to offer Fiberon Furniture by Breezesta. Fiberon has collaborated with Breezesta to bring you Fiberon Furniture...
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Spahn & Rose Lumber to Acquire Georgia’s Metro Building Products
By Owen Everett / June 19, 2021Metro Building Products, based in Marietta, Georgia, has agreed to be purchased by Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. “Metro Building Products shares the same values and corporate culture as...
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Dupont Launches a New Froth-Pak Spray Foam Formula Without HFC
By Jack Bjorklund / May 21, 2021DuPont has reformulated its Froth-Pak two-component polyurethane spray-foam insulation, eliminating hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blowing agents and lowering the product’s overall global warming potential by more than 99 percent when compared...
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Builders FirstSource Has Purchased John’s Lumber
By Chris Gordon / May 18, 2021Builders FirstSource (BFS) acquired the assets of John’s Lumber, based in Michigan. According to BFS, John’s Lumber operates two locations serving the greater Detroit metropolitan statistical area, the No....
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NAHB: Softwood Lumber Prices Still Rising in April
By Jack Bjorklund / May 17, 2021Softwood lumber prices have risen by 121.1 percent year on year. According to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices paid for...