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Rawles-Aden Building Products, petersburg, Va., has closed after 50 years.

Century Lumber & Land, Century, Fl., pushed back start-up four weeks to Oct. 16.

-_.Along_with. sister companies Railmark Holdings anO Milton Timber, the complex willtreat railroad crossiies, kiln dry lumber, build and sell kilns, repair railcars and track, and process paulownia as wood products and biomass.

Amerhart Ltd. opened a DC in a former North Pacific facility in Traverse City, Mi., to serve its lumberyard and industrial accounts.

The company also purchased the hardware division of Jaeckle Wholesale Inc., Madison, Wi.

Seemac Inc., Carmel, In., is looking for a buyer for its 2}-acre hardwood concentration yard in Boston, Ky.

Rice Lumbot, Shelburne, Vt,, lost a storage building and box truck in an Aug. 31 fire.

Roseburg Forest Products curtailed operations indefinitely Oct. 1 at its 40-year-old particleboard plant in Vienna, Ga. Possible restart will be evaluated on a month-tomonth basis.

Foley Hardwoods, Bargersville, In., suffered heavy damage to its building in a Sept. 15 fire.

Historic Downturn in Lumber Markets Shows in Final 2009 Totals

U.S. demand for lumber has been slashed in half over the last five years, according to a final production figures tallied by Western Wood Products Association. Domestic ourpur totaled 31.3 billion bd. ft. in 2009.

The lack of home building in the U.S. contributed to the historic decline. Just 554900 houses were built in 2009, a 39Vo decline from the previous year. It was the lowest annual total since 1945, when just 326O00 houses were built.

Consequently, just 7.3 billion bd. ft. was used for residential construction in 2009, compared to 27.6 billion ft. used in 2005.

Lumber production in the South declined 19.5Vo to 11.79 billion bd. ft., while output in the West fell to 10.38 billion ft. Imports, mostly from Canada, lost more market share in 2009, droppin g 30Vo to 8.9 billion bd. ft.

Wilsonart Dumps Flooring Line

Wilsonart International, Temple, Tx., is getting out of the high pressure laminate flooring business, due to the sluggish economy.

The manufacturer is discontinuing its Wilsonart Flooring product line, as of Oct. 29 , and shutting down the plant in Temple that manufactures flooring, as well as cast sinks, Dec. 3. Approximately 50 jobs will be eliminated.

Wilsonart Flooring is the only flooring of its type still made in the U.S.-and one of the most expensive.

The company is reportedly attempting to sell the laminate flooring business and factory.

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