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Co-ops PAL, ENAP to Merge

LBM buying groups Progressive Affiliated Lumbermen, Grand Rapids, Mi.. and ENAP. New Windsor, N.Y., have agreed to merge, targeting a first quarter 2015 close.

ENAP president/c.e.o. Steve Sallah will be president and c.e.o. of the new company and PAL c.e.o. Paul Dean will be executive vice president, heading a leadership team that includes v.p.s and managers from both co-ops.

They will operate out of New Windsor, Grand Rapids, and Monroe, La., serving 447 members that possess T42lumberyards in 33 states.

Busy Beaver Back Growing

Busy Beaver, Pittsburgh, Pa., opened its l5th store Oct. 2 in Lawrenceville, Pa.-its first new store opening in eight years.

The new 23,000-sq. ft.location will employ l5 full-time, with additional part-time seasonal positions.

The new store stocks new and expanded lines, such as luxury vinyl plank flooring, which will roll out to the chain's other locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Founded in 1962, Busy Beaver was purchased by new ownership in Seotember 2013.

US LBM Holdings, Green Bay, Wi., acquired 1 1O-yearold Standard Gos., operator of six Standard Supply & Lumber DCs, a component plant, and eight kitchen showrooms in western Michigan.

Schroeder Lumber, Kendall, Wi., is closing Nov. 15 after 112years.

Builders FirstSourco, Dallas, Tx., has completed its purchase of Trim Tech of Austin, Hutto, Tx.

Alexander Lumber Co. closed its Woodhull, ll., yard last month after 106 years and held an Oct. 24 grandreopening at its newly remodeled store in Canton,ll.

Stantons Hardware & Building Supply, W. College Corner, In., has closed, with the retirement of owners Don and Sue Stanton. The property is up for sale.

Graber Building Supply, Sullivan, ll., sustained $20,000 to $30,000 in damage from an Oct. 9 arson fire.

Bud Lott True Value HardW?IO, Douglas, Ga., was deshoyed bY an early morning fire Oct. 2.

True Value Hardware, David City, Ne., has been sold by Raymond and Janis Cameron to Blake Burgess, owner of York Ace Hardware, York, Ne. The store, which the Camerons bought in 1983, is being converted to an Ace and will be managed by Erin Hotovy.

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Burney True Value Hardware, Aberdeen, N.C., recently held a grand re-opening to show off its extensive remodel.

Westlake Ace Hardw?IO will shutter its Lenexa, Ks., distribution center July 31 , 2015.

Summit Materials, Denver, Co., acquired Southwest Ready. Mix, Houston, Tx.; Golorado CounW Sand & Gravel, colorado County,ix.; and Concrete SuPPIY/ Builders Ghoice Concrete, Topeka, Ks.

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Canfor Buying Southern Lumber

New South Companies, a subsidiary of Canfor Corp., Vancouver, B.C., has agreed to purchase Southern Lumber Co., Ridgeland, Ms., from the Dearman and Sulser families for $48.7 million.

The deal, anticipated to close at the end of first quarter 2015, includes Southern's Ridgeland headquarters and sawmill in Hermanville, Ms., providing 90 million bd. ft. of SYP production capacity annually. Current management is expected to remain.

In recent months, Canfor has picked up several other SYP mills, including Balfour Lumber and Beadles Lumber in Georgia and Scotch Gulf Lumber in Alabama.

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Home Supply Millwork has sold its 9_0,000-sq..ft. home in touisvill'e, Ky., to Reese Central Wholesale, but will lease back about 9,000 sq. ft. until it can relocate to 2.3 acres it recently purchased in Jeffersontown, Ky.

Georgia-Pacific will invest $37 million to increase capacity by 60% at its Gurdon, Ar., lumber mill by next fall.

Fraser Timber agreed to sell its Masardis, Me., sawmill to Quebec's Maibec.

Genova Products has taken over the 100,000-sq. ft. plant in Paducah, Ky., formerly operated Oy Infiniti Plastic Technologies, to produce PVC building products.

Beacon Roofing Supply has purchased distributors Wholesale Roofing Suppfy, Dallas, Tx., and S-branch Applicators Sales & Service, Portland, Me.

Gvpsum Manaqement & Supply, Tucker, Ga., agreeAio acquire 3-uniiDrywall Supply, Ljncoln, Ne.

Interfor is now marketing llim Timber's European lumber products in North America.

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David Hogan, ex-Specialty Woods, has been named president of Lumber Source, Monow, La.

Ken Schmitt has been promoted to regional v.p. of the Northeast for Huttig Building Products, overseeing DCs in Me., Ct., Ma., N.H., and N.Y. Vin Dibiasio succeeds him as general mgr. in Hooksett, N.H. Bob Kern Sr., ex-Milliken Millwork, is new to Huttig's Wilkes-Barre, Pa., branch, as territory mgr. for southern N.J.

Mark Spargo, Snavely Forest Products, Denver, Co., has been promoted to v.p.-national accounts for the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based business.

John Edwards has retired after 36 years in the industry, the last 30 in sales with Hoover Treated Wood Products, Thomson, Ga.

Brad Hodgins, ex-Wholesale Millwork, is now in outside sales with Coastal Lumber Co., serving northern New Jersey from Newton, N.J.

Shawn Kitts, ex-SPEC Building Materials, has been named store mgr. of 84 Lumber, Huntsville, Al.

Mike Haas and Scott Passino have joined the outside sales team at Russin Lumber, Montgomery, N.Y., Haas covering central/western Ma. and Ct., and Passino serving eastern, central and northern N.Y.

Keith Keegan, Weyerhaeuser Co., has been promoted to area general mgr. for north Texas, based in Carrollton. Tx.

Kevin O'Connor, ex-DMSi, joined DQ Technologies, San Antonio, Tx., as senior account mgr.

Colin Sexton has joined the sales team at Alexander Lumber, Eagle, wi.

Brent Harris is now in inside sales at Bluelinx, Atlanta, Ga.

Ken Galubinski, ex-Sears, is new to Stock Building Supply, Atlanta, Ga., as market sales mgr.

Sean French, ex-Boston Cedar & Millwork, has joined the Wolf Organization, York, Pa., in sales.

Drew Dickman is new to sales at Dickman-Hines Lumber Co., Pottstown, Pa.

Shane Graham, ex-Pella, has been named general mgr. of Frontline Building Products, Green Bay, Wi.

Roger Redenius, ex-Stock Building Supply, is now window mgr. at G$F & Basco, Houston, Tx.

Troy'Baker, SRS Distribution, has been promoted to area v.p for Mo., Ks.. Ok.. and Ar.

Nick Cwikla has joined Tarco, Little Rock. Ar.. as Midwest district sales mgr., based in Chicago, Il.

Jonathan S. DeArment has been named president and chief operating officer of Channellock, Meadville, Pa. He succeeds his father, William DeArment, who continues as c.e.o. and chairman.

Travis Hendren has been appointed v.p. of mergers & acquisitions for Gypsum Management & Supply, Tucker, Ga.

Jim Keller has been appointed legal counsel for Deceuninck North America. Monroe. Oh.

Jack Barry was named chief financial officer for CalStar, Racine, Wi.

Jim Smith, Dane, Wi., is now Midwest regional mgr. for the American Wood Council.

Robert Scoble, president, Hyde Tools, has been promoted to president of parent The Hyde Group, Southbridge, Ma.

Joseph Hayden, Pella Corp., Pella, Ia., was honored by the National Fenestration Rating Council as Dariush Arasteh Memorial Member of the Year.

Eaton Wright and Liv Good are implementing a new wellness program at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Curtis Adding Arkansas Yard

Curtis Lumber Co., Wynne, Ar., will build a new $5-million store in West Memphis, Ar., by next July.

The 32,000-sq. ft. facility will include a full-service Ace Hardware and a drive-thru lumberyard.

Presently, Curtis will also rebrand its Caldwell Lumber yard Wynne to the Curtis name.

RSG Expands In South

Roofing Supply Group, Dallas, Tx., has added new locations in Greenville, S.C.. and Mobile. Al.

Walter Fulmer is branch manager in Greenville; J.J. Fountain has relocated from Atlanta to oversee Mobile.

Tool Retailer Adds DC for Online Sales

Acme Tools has opened a new distribution center in Grand Forks. N.D.. to support its growing Internet sales division.

The nine-acre, 40,000-sq. ft. facility has 20 employees and, with room for expansion, expects to double that number in five years.

"The online marketplace continues to record rapid year-over-year growth rates," said v.p. Steve Kuhlman. "Completion of the new distribution center centralizes our Internet sales operation and increases fulfillment efficiency, which will benefit our web customers and retail operations who expect timely order processing and fast, on-time delivery."

Acme also operates 10 retail stores in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.

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Since being forced to shutter my second generation family lumber and building material distributorship in June of '10, BPD has become an even more valued monthly periodical than when I was still operating the business. The magazine keeps me updated on issues, trends, moods and products, so I feel more engaged with the industry I love.

Alan Oakes' last two columns ("Two-by-fourish," Oct., p.6; "Hey,I'm Not Dead Yet," Sept., p.6) are particularly germane to our industry and the entire economy. The antibusiness environment of California is truly appalling, but the same attitude in Washington, D.C., is the bottom line reason that housing and, indeed, our entire economy are in the fifth year of a shadow "recovery." It is not possible for the U.S. to have a growing job market, manufacturing index, and overall GDP without a vibrant home construction industry. That just simply isn't going to happen with current anti-business, uber regulatory attitudes from the legislative side. What would the politicians who brought that ridiculous suit against Lowe's have said if, in response. Lowe's closed every store in their jurisdictions and laid off the hundreds of their citizens who depend on that company to feed their families and pay county and state taxes?

Excessive taxation and regulation discourage business origination and expansion. Califomia thumbed its high tax-andregulation nose at Tesla. Well, Texas, Ohio, my state of South Carolina, and others welcome new businesses-and the jobs they provide-with incentives. Jerry Brown would choke on his tofu to know that last year S.C.'s Republican legislature, under the able, pro-business leadership of Gov. Nikki Haley, passed a law extending a 35Vo tax credit for every dollar invested in new CapEx for businesses expanding in or moving to S.C.! Has it been successful? Wildly so. BMW is adding a billion-dollar expansion to its plant in Greenville. Michelin is having to expand because of BMW, and on it goes.

I don't see conditions favoring the type of strong housing construction we enjoyed coming out of the four previous recessions to take hold in the U.S. for several more years. Onerous federal banking regulation that discourages mortgages, coupled with the lethargic growth of good, high-paying jobs, has socked the millennial age group, who should be first-time home buyers now. We are blessed that our 32-year-old son, although still single, does have a great job and owns a 1,200-ft. condo in a cinder-block-and-stainless-steel building in uptown Charlotte. Many of his college friends are not so fortunate.

So, when conditions do improve, what kind of domocile will the millennial generation seek? I believe they will be forever conservative, remembering their struggles in the down years of their 20's and 30's, and wanting to make as small an environmental footprint as possible. Ergo, Alan's last two "Totally Random" pieces are inherently tied together. Lessen regulation and taxation, business recovers and takes off, and housing construction benefits! I will be a most interested observer to see iust what size and kind of home they build.

Jack Aden, former owner Rawles-Aden Building Products, Petersburg, Va.