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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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UFP Industries acquired Endurable Building Products
By Daniel Moore / May 4, 2021UFP Industries, Inc. announced today that Endurable Building Products, LLC’s assets have been acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of UFP Construction, LLC. Endurable, headquartered near Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a...
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Certainteed Introduces New Tile Backer Products for Use in High-Humidity Environments
By Vince Harvey / May 4, 2021CertainTeed is expanding its GlasRoc wall and ceiling material portfolio with two new gypsum tile backer panel options: GlasRoc Tile Backer and Glas Rock Tile Backer Type X. The...
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US LBM Acquires Higginbotham Brothers
By Glenn Pierce / May 3, 2021Higginbotham Brothers, a building products dealer with 38 locations in Texas and two in Oklahoma, has been acquired by US LBM, a leading distributor of specialty building materials in...
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Palmer-Donavin Expands Siding Offering With ProVia Manufactured Stone
By Bobby Craig / May 3, 2021Palmer-Donavin is expanding its exterior siding offering with ProVia manufactured stone. According to Palmer-Donavin, manufactured stone enhances the beauty of home exteriors while also increasing the value and return...
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Soaring Lumber Prices Add Close to $36,000 to the Cost of New Single-family Home
By Jack Bjorklund / May 2, 2021The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported in February that high lumber prices had added more than $23,000 to the average cost of a new home. The rising...
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Employees Acquired Ward Lumber
By Chris Gordon / May 2, 2021Ward Lumber employees have purchased the 130-year-old company as a worker-owned cooperative. The transaction represents the first employee ownership transition of its kind in New York’s North Country region....
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RoyOMartin Increases Capacity for Eclipse OSB Radiant Barrier
By Glenn Pierce / May 2, 2021At its Corrigan Texas facility, RoyOMartin is adding a new production line for Eclipse OSB Radiant Barrier. Bobby Byrd, RoyOMartin’s director of sales, stated, “As always, RoyOMartin strives to...
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OZCO Building Products Acquired by Hillman Companies
By Zach Myers / April 29, 2021OZCO Building Products has been acquired by The Hillman Companies. OZCO is a leading manufacturer of outdoor hardware in the United States and Canada, with annual net revenue of...
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Professional Builders Supply Establishes Distribution Center in Charlotte
By Daniel Moore / April 29, 2021Professional Builders Supply (PBS) has opened a new distribution facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, to increase its capacity and product offering in the market. The exterior trim and siding...
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NewLife’s $80 Million Arizona Sawmill Kicks Off Production
By Glenn Pierce / April 29, 2021NewLife Forest Restoration with its operating entity, NewLife Forest Products, celebrated the opening of their new 425,000-square-foot sawmill and remanufacturing facility in Bellemont Arizona, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended...