NEWS BRIEFS

Two-unit Southern Oregon dealer Diamond Home Improvement has been acquired by Kodiak Building Partners, Highlands Ranch, Co.

The acquisition of DHI will expand Kodiak’s market reach in the Northwest. With locations in Klamath Falls and Grants Pass, Or., DHI was started in 2000 by the late Tim Steiner and his brother Jay with the vision of providing highquality service and great prices to Oregon’s building community.

“Tim Steiner built a 22-year track record of success by combining deep industry expertise, longstanding client relationships, and solutions that address local needs,” said Kodiak CEO Steve Swinney. “This acquisition strengthens our ability to serve the Pacific Northwest and increase our capabilities in the Southern Oregon area and align us with one of the region’s most highly regarded home improvement companies.”

Kelly Fox, senior VP of General Lumber at Kodiak, said, “Kodiak has been successful in extending its general lumber operations in the Pacific Northwest and has the right focus, assets, and capabilities to realize the full potential of Diamond Home Improvement and its strong market presence. Tim Steiner built the best team and an industry legacy through DHI, and we will continue to support that legacy with local autonomy, customer focus, and innovation in the building materials space.”

Before the founding of Diamond Home Improvement, Tim Steiner joined his family business, Lumberjack, where he developed a love of business and a passion for serving customers and employees in the home improvement industry. Following Tim’s passing on Oct. 16, 2022, John Steiner took over as president of DHI.

“My uncle founded the company as a customer-first operation, and joining Kodiak gives us more resources that we can use to better serve the business and people that count on us,” said John Steiner, now general manager.

NEW OWNER FOR FRAZIER PARK

Brothers Harry and Curt Spyrka have sold Frazier Park Lumber & Hardware, Frazier Park, Ca., which will now be operated by Crown Ace Hardware.

The Spyrkas are selling so they can retire. They began working at the store as teenagers, when their parents acquired it in 1976.

Frazier Park Lumber will retain its name, under new manager Robert Welty, who has relocated from Crown’s Riverside, Ca., store.

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nia that it owns, 12 owned by LLC’s which operate under names with more meaning to their communities. “We like to keep it super local,” said Mark Schulein, president of the Huntington Beach, Ca.-based chain.

The move also expands Crown further into lumber and garden, with inventories more robust than the “convenience” offerings of its Crown hardware stores, if not quite as “full blown” as the lumberyards in Arizona purchased three years ago from Tri-State Building Materials or the nurseries at its Ace stores in Davis and Fallbrook, Ca.

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Ridley’s, Twin Falls, Id., will open Ace Hardware store #13 early this year in Greybull, Wy.

Restoration Forest

Products is preparing to install a new Wood-Mizer custom edger unscrambler new edger in Bellemont, Az.

International Wood Pro-

ducts, Clackamas, Or., is now distributing Allura fiber cement siding products from five western locations to Oregon, Washington, Northern and Central California, northern Idaho, western Montana, Hawaii and Alaska.

Rugby Architectural

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Surfaces in New Mexico. Rugby ABP already distributes Wilsonart products in Arizona, Texas, New York, and Florida.

TruStile is incorporating Accsys’ Tricoya wood products into its new Resilient Wood Entry System.

Home Depot presented

2022 Innovation Awards to FastenMaster’s Cortex Hidden Fastening System, Hubspace String Lighting, and Glidden Max Flex spray paint.

Regal ideas’ Crystal Rail aluminum railing system was awarded Best in Show in the Outdoor Living category at the recent Deck Expo in Las Vegas.

Owners Mark and Monica Walters are targeting a February opening for 1610 Hardware in Santa Fe, N.M.

The Do it Best store is moving into a 23,500-sq. ft. space formerly occuped by Office Max.

The name 1610 is a nod to the year the city of Santa Fe was founded.

METRIE ACQUIRES FRED TEBB’S ALDER, HEMLOCK BUSINESS

Metrie, the largest manufacturer and distributor of millwork in North America, has acquired the hemlock and alder manufacturing and distribution business of solid wood moulding specialist Fred Tebb & Sons, Gig Harbor, Wa.

The sale includes the machinery from Tebb’s plants in Dallas, Or., and Salt Lake City, Ut., which will be shuttered.

Tebb will continue selling hemlock and alder rough stock, Sitka spruce, animal bedding, pallets and firelogs from facilities in Dallas and Corvallis, Or., and Hoquiam and Elmo, Wa.

“As well as being the largest MDF moulding manufacturer and distributor in North America, Metrie also has nearly 100 years of expertise in solid wood production. We know quality solid wood products and services when we see them,” said Kent Bowie, president and CEO of Metrie. “Tebb has long been a leader in sustainably sourced and certified Pacific coast hemlock and western red (knotty) alder moulding products. This acquisition enhances our solid wood product mix and service offering to existing and new customers.”

“Like Metrie, we are a fourth-generation, family-owned millwork company, with hopefully many more generations to come,” noted Rick Tebb, president, Fred Tebb & Sons. “However, now is a good time to pass on the alder and hemlock trim part of our business, and I am sure Metrie will continue to build on the excellent customer service and product lines we have established.”

This is the fourth acquisition by Metrie in the last two years, following the purchase of Tinder Wholesale and EL & EL Wood Products in 2022, and Pacific MDF Products and Canadian MDF Products in 2020.