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Liberty Cedar
Leading top quality specialty wood products, tropical lumbers & domestic hardwoods, custom milling and flooring, trim packages, timbers and other materials serving Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Long Island with excellent customer service. Delivery to other areas via common carrier.
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Westlake Chemical To Acquire Boral’s North American Building Products Business
By Jack Bjorklund / June 21, 2021Westlake Chemical Corp. will pay $2.15 billion for Boral Ltd.’s North America building products business, the companies announced. Westlake, a Houston-based manufacturer of petrochemicals, polymers, and building materials, stated...
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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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Tractor Supply Breaks Ground on New Ohio Distribution Center
By Chris Gordon / June 18, 2021Tractor Supply Company, the nation’s largest rural lifestyle retailer, has begun construction on its new distribution center in Navarre, Ohio. The site in Northeast Ohio provides access to workforce...
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ABC Supply Expands in Kentucky; Acquires Exterior Supply
By Glenn Pierce / June 17, 2021Exterior Supply’s assets have been acquired by ABC Supply, a wholesale distributor of roofing, siding, and other select exterior building products. Exterior Supply’s two Kentucky locations, Elizabethtown and Somerset,...
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May 2021 Sees an Increase in Housing Starts
By Phil Garcia / June 16, 2021According to the most recent residential construction report, new home starts increased despite builders facing challenges such as high lumber prices and material shortages. The seasonally adjusted annual rate...
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Installed Building Products Announces Two Acquisitions
By Zach Myers / June 15, 2021General Ceiling & Partitions in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Reliable Glass & Mirror in Louisiana were acquired by Installed Building Products (IBP). Installed Building Products (IBP), a provider of...
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McCoy’s Building Supply Opens New Liberty Hills, Texas Location
By Alex Matthews / June 15, 2021The newest McCoy’s Building Supply location in Liberty Hill, Texas, opened on June 7. The new store has 15,000 square feet of retail space on the inside and a...
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Orgill Opens Distribution Center in Rome, New York
By Zach Myers / June 11, 2021Orgill’s Rome New York facility is now fully operational and will soon begin serving customers in New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. The...
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ABC Supply Collaborates with GAF QuickMeasure
By Vince Harvey / June 11, 2021ABC Supply Co. Inc. has partnered with GAF to provide contractors with faster access to aerial roof measurements via their myABCsupply accounts. Customers of ABC Supply can now order...
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Heritage Landscape Supply Group Expands to Six Texas Locations
By Glenn Pierce / June 10, 2021Under the Irrigation Supply brand, Heritage Landscape Supply Group opened six locations across Texas. The new locations in Katy, Conroe, San Antonio, Austin, Mansfield, and Richland Hills will offer...