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Spring 2011

February 19 - Kansas City, MO, MCC Exhibit Hall

March 5 & 6 - Baltimore, MD, Howard County Fairgrounds

March 19 &20 - St. Charles,IL, Kane County Fairgrounds

April2 - Middletown, NY, Orange County Fairgrounds

April g - Manassas, VA, Prince William County Fairgrounds

April 16 - Berea, OH, Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds

April30 - Indianapolis, IN, Marion County Fairgrounds

May 7 - Detroit, MI, Gibraltar Trade Center North

May 14 - Greenville, SC, York Expo Center

November 20 - Charlotte, NC, Carolina First Center

December 4 & 5 - Baltimore. MD. Howard County Fairgrounds

(Schedule Subject to Change. Visit Our Website For Updates and Changes) ilevel by Weyerhaeuser's DCs in Chartotte, N.C.; R_ichmond, Va., and Atlanta, Ga., are now distributing Versatex PVC trim. iLevel DCs in Baltimore, Md., and Easton, Pa., are now stocking Kleer cellular PVC trimboard.

Goodman's Hardware, Fair Lawn, N.J., closed, following the Nov. 13 death of Richard Singer, 60, who owned the store for more than 40 years.

Valley Hardware, san Juan, Tx., is closing after 86 years.

Ace Hardw?tc will open a 10,000-sq. ft. store in Falmouth, Me., in the spring.

Langula's Hardware, w. St. Paul, Mn., is closing after 96 years, with the retiment of owners Gary and Mary Langula.

Holmes Building Materials, Baton Rouqe. La., acouired industrial/ commerciai supplier Pelican State Supply, Baton Rouge. Existing management and staff remain.

THV Stores, Paducah, Ky., added its 4th exterior products showroom, in Madisonville, Ky.

PAubuchon Hardware, wesr minster, Ma., reopened its store in Easton, N.Y., which was destroyed in a June 27 fire.

Habitat for Humanity opened ReStore discount LBM outlets Dec. 7 in S. Buffalo, N.Y.; Nov. 16 in Mooresville, N.C.; is doubling the size of its branch in Chattanooga, Tn., to more than 9,000 sq. ft.

Anniversaries: Red Wing Ace Hardware, Red Wing, Mn., 25th.

Lumber Timber Group has relocated its corporate office from Winter Haven to Cape Canaveral, Fl.

Dudley Lumber Go. has acquired Potlatch's former sawmill in Prescott, Ar., to use some of its machinery to rebuild its Salem, Al., sawmilldestroyed in a Sept. 14 fire.

Nicholson's Lumber Yard, Springfietd Township, Pa., was destroyed by a Nov. 16 arson fire, The sawmill's owner is embroiled in litigation with his son, whose property was set fire to about 20 minutes prior.

Wasco Skylights is relocating its headquarters and plant to Wells, Me., after 55 years in Sanford, Me.

PGT Industries is shutting down its plant in Salisbury, N.C., and consolidating window and door production at its facility in Venice, Fl.

Tarkeft, Chagrin Falls, Oh, acquired Centiva, Florence, Al., from International Floors of America, Ftorence.

Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co.'s Atanra, Ga, DC is now distributing AZeX products in Georgia. DixiePly already sells Azer products in Florida and Tennessee.

^ Boise Cascade, Houston, Tx., is now distributing Curtner Lumber's Ozark Natural Paneling in east Texas.

Ainsworth's three Canadian mills have earned SFI certification. All Ainsworth wood products are now available chainof-custody certified under SFI and PEFC,

AbitibiBowater emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Fortune Brands, Deerfieled, ll., will spin off its home and security products division, to focus on its liquor unit. Home and security brands include Moen, Aristokraft, Omega, Diamond, Kitchen Craft, Therma-Tru, Simonton, Master Lock, and Waterloo.

_ SBS A_cquisition, McKinney, Tx., acquired Acadian

Laravette' La" to toio intb its southern

lrving Upgrading Maine Mill

Irving Forest Products has begun a $3.5-million renovation of its sawmill in Dixfield, Me.

More than half of the budget is being spent on replacing an edger. The facility will also add steam turbines and generators to convert steam from its largest boiler into electricity, providing 25Vo to 30Vo of the plant's power. The mill's existing biomass boilers heat the buildings and dry wood.

AnthonyWon't Rebuild Mill

Anthony Forest Products Co., El Dorado, Ar., has decided against rebuilding its Atlanta, Tx., sawmill, which was destroyed in a Feb. 27 fire.

President and c.e.o. Aubra Anthony Jr. pinned the decision on two problems-"the exceptional business risk of the continuing weak demand for lumber for homebuilding and, second, the daunting financial risk of proposed new Environmental Protection Agency regulations related to industrial boilers using wood waste for fuel."

Gouncil Refuses to Open Up LEED

Wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council will continue to be the only kind qualifying for LEED points, after a motion to open it up to other certification programs failed to win a two-thirds majority from members of the U.S. Green Building Council.

Of the 965 members who voted, 557o voted yes, 42Vo voted no, and37o abstained.

Although certified wood earns just one LEED point, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, American Tree Farm System, and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Systems are fighting to be included.

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Decorative Panels International, Totedo, Oh., has merged with American Standard Brands. Dptc.f.o. Tim Clark is now president of DPl, succeeding Mike Kilbane.

CMI's CraftMaster doors have been certified for pre-consumer recycled wood content bV SCS.

MoistureShield's new DeckLife online design toot is free of charge at www.moistureshield.com/deck-design-tools.

Relaunched websites: Smith Flooring, Mountain View, Mo., at www.smithflooring.com; Enduris,,tacksonville, Fl., www.enduris.com, and American Wood Council, www.awc.org and woodaware.info,