Taiga Expands In California

Taiga Building Products, Burnaby, B.C.. has expanded its presence in California, with a new distribution center that will serve the Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley.

The I10,000-sq. ft. warehouse is located on l4 acres in Sanger, Ca., and will be managed by PatZan. Although it is a full-service center, it will specialize in cut-to-size engineered wood packages.

"We're entering an area that was previously serviced by only one com-

Lausmann Adds Cedar Brand

Lausmann Lumber, Loomis, Ca., is now producing improved, name brand cedar siding and trim.

Superior brand 1007o usable STK cedar sidings come in lx6 through lxl0 in all patterns. Superior trim is available 1x4 through 2x12.

"We've upped the quality to make a better product, and added a trademarked name, so people will know what they've got and ask for it by name," said Chuck Luzader, sales and marketing manager.

In addition, Lausmann recently pany," said Tim Todd, sales manager for California and Nevada. "Now customers will have more choice." warehouse on Commerce Ave. is being torn down to make room for a three-story, 41,000-sq. ft. office complex for Fibre Federal Credit Union. Workmen will salvage some of the massive beams and aged lumber that make up the all-wooden structure. became the exclusive distributor in California, Arizona and Nevada of Cedar Valley's panelized shingle line.

According to Todd, the new DC will allow Taiga to gain new customers outside the Central California area served by its DC in Rocklin, Ca. "Typically, 150 to 170 miles is about as far as you can go on a daily basis," said Todd. "The new facility will allow us to sell to a territory we couldn't cover before."

The structure was built in 1924 and remodeled in 1941. It later housed the Amos J. Peters Construction Co. and recently was used for firefighter training.

The company has been the exclusive California distributor of Haida Forest Products' Wavey Edge Siding for two years.

End For Long-Bell Warehouse

Crews have begun demolishing one of the last remaining buildings occupied by the Long-Bell Lumber Co., the now-defunct company that founded the city of Longview, Wa.,

The 66,000-sq. ft. lumber storage

Demolition is expected to take about a month, after which only one Long-Bell building will remain in the area-the company's colonial-inspired headquarters at the Port of Longview, nicknamed the White House.

Hampton Adds Wa. Sawmill

Hampton Affiliates, Portland, Or., has acquired Longview Fibre's shuttered sawmill in Leavenworth, Wa. Hampton has no immediate plans to restart the facility, which closed in December.

The deal, which was completed in late December, includes an agreement for Longview Fibre to supply logs to Hampton for l0 years in return for Hampton's wood chips.

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