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G-P Joins Wood Divisions

Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., has merged its industrial wood products group with its structural panels and lumber units to form a new wood products division.

Combining the units allows G-P to operate one cohesive sales and manufacturing group. According to Dave Patterson, building products division president, "While these businesses will continue to make and sell their distinct product lines and focus on maintaining their leading positions in the building materials marketplace, there are distinct advantages to directly sharing the wood products manufacturing and sales expertise that each of these units possesses."

Over the last two years, G-P has been increasingly focusing on consumer products, while streamlining and looking for a buyer for its building products business. "We are proceeding as planned with our exploration of options for distribution, and the process is going smoothly and as timely as possible to achieve a positive outcome," Paterson said.

The new wood products division is headed by executive v.p. Ron Paul and Elliott Savage, senior v.p. of wood product sales.

Other units within G-P's buildins products group. such as the gypsum division, will remain separate.

Yard Locks Down Substitutes

Barrons Lumber, Gaithersburg, Md., is going the extra mile to sell alternative building materials, thanks to its new jobsite storage services.

"You have to compete on price, but you really succeed on service," said owner Terry Michnya. "That's why we came up with the BOSS program (Barrons On-Site Service) for our builder customers."

Designed to build loyalty, the BOSS program provides a trailer that can be padlocked during off-hours for storing Azek Trimboards, Trex decking, Masonite doors and Norco bulk windows and doors, all higher ticket items that might be vulnerable to theft or damage at the construction site.

"Some of these higher end doors are worth 920,000," said Michnya. "And a $6 million home can have about 80 to 90 windows."

The logos of the sponsoring companies are on the trailer, and it is provided free of charge to Barrons customers. The trailer can be unloaded over three or four days at the crew's leisure, as they need the materials. "We just drop them off padlocked on site." he said. "The builders love it."

In a sense. Barrons Lumber is making a new name for itself. "You really can't call it a lumberyard anymore," explained Michnya. "There is so much demand for the man-made alternatives."

Rug Pulled From Under Gang

Three suspects have been arrested for allegedly switching the bar codes on rugs and cheating Lowe's and Home Depot out of $150,000.

Georgians David Oliver, 34; wife Mindy Oliver,38, and Marcus Abercombie, 33, reportedly affixed bar codes from less expensive items on pricey rugs at home centers in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. They would end up paying about $29 apiece for rugs worth hundreds of dollars each. According to investigators, the trio would later return the rugs for a refund in cash or gift cards.

Gift cards would be resold on eBay or at Abercrombie's pawn shop, or used to buy products the culprits would resell.

AF&PA Adds Wood Group

American Forest & Paper Association has formed a new Forest Products Group to enhance its suppotl of wood manufacturing, product acceptance and product promotion.

Aubra Anthony, Anthony Forest Products Co., El Dorado, Ar., is chair- man of the new group, which would operate in a similar fashion to AF&PA's existing Paper Product Groups.

"An unfairly biased and discriminatory green building code, toxic mold litigation, and unfair international trade-all are of serious con- cern to those of us making building products from wood," Anthony said.

"Now we have in the new Group a more powerful voice as well as better focus of our resources to serve our membership, lead our industry and shelter our fellow Americans."