Dixieline Lumber Rolls Out Big Plans

Lanoga Corp. subsidiary Dixieline Lumber Co., San Diego, Ca., is planning major expansions.

According to Joe Lawrence, Dixieline president, the company has outgrown its 33,000-sq. ft. building in Poway, Ca., and needs at least 50,000 sq. ft. so builders hardware and truss operations can be combined at one site. "Our current lease on the Poway warehouse expires in September, so hopefully we can get in late July or early August," said Lawrence.

The company wants to move to the National Distribution Center, a 342,391-sq. ft. facility run by the port authority and located on San Diego Bay in National City, Ca. Some 77,129 sq. ft. will be available July I when St. Thomas Creations, a bathroom fixtures supplier, moves. Dixieline also wants another 51,000 sq. ft. that is scheduled to become available April 2007.

The new spaces also could be used to process the 200 or more containers of materials items that are stocked annually in Dixieline's home stores. Because National City cannot accommodate large container ships, the con- tainers are brought into Long Beach and trucked to San Diego county. Lumber is barged from the company's dock on the Columbia River in Washington.

Although Dixieline is now concentrated in the San Diego area, the company is looking to expand in nearby areas. "We have a lumber distribution center in Colton (Ca.) and will be leasing in a retail center in Murrieta (Ca.) next year," said Lawrence. "We also are definitely looking in Bakersfield (Ca.), in Victorville (Ca.), and in Las Vegas (Nv.)."

Healdsburg Buys Gualala

Healdsburg Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Ca., has purchased Gualala Building Supply, Gualala, Ca.

In the mid-1950s, the lumberyard and hardware store was started by John J. Bower, as Bower Building Supply. In the early 1960s, the business was purchased by contractor R.T. Andersen and renamed Gualala Building Supply. When he realized that he liked building homes better than working behind a counter, he sold the business to Fred and Annabelle

Tremblay, whose daughter and son-inlaw took over the business.

Eric Ziedrich, owner of Healdsburg Lumber, said that the company has been in business since 1972-but the site itself has been a lumberyard since 1875. He plans to keep both the Gualala name and any employees who wish to remain.

Ziedrich will, however, place less emphasis on housewares and more on construction materials and service to builders and contractors.

USG Files Bankruptcy Plan

Five years after an avalanche of asbestos lawsuits drove the building materials manufacturer into bankruptcy, USG Corp. has filed a reorganization plan enabling it to emerge from Chapter 1 I protection before the end of the year.

Chicago-based USG said the official committee for its asbestos claimants and its counsel back the plan. In January, Chicago, Il.-based USG reached a nearly $4 billion settlement to resolve all current and future asbestos claims against it.

A court hearing was scheduled for Aoril3.

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Joe Andrews. ex-Plum Creek Timber, has joined McKenzie Forest Products, Springfield, Or., as general mgr.

Allan Hurd and Mark Kleps, both formerly with Lewis County Forest Products, have opened a Lake Oswego, Or., office for Burns Lumber, Medford, Or. Kelly Brown is new to Burns' sales staff in Phoenix. Az.

Huey Long, Pnlco, Scotia, Ca., has been promoted to v.p.-sawmill operations & services.

Tom Maher, ex-Glenwood Springs True Value Hardware. is the new mgr. of Big John's Ace Hardware, Glenwood, Co.

Ryan Palma and Pat Duchien, exTripp Lumber; Dennis Ebel, exTeton West Lumber. and Brad Damaskos, ex-J&R Planing, are now in sales at Bitterroot Valley Forest Products, Missoula, Mt.

Tim Maple is new to the sales force at Spokane Forest Products. Spokane, Wa.

Scott Vairo. ex-BMD. is norv tvith J&H Forest Products. Boise. Id. Mike Bland has been promoted to general mgr. at Boise Building Materials Distribution. Riverside. Ca.. replacing Terry Garrett. rvho has retired after 33 years and is returning to Idaho. Bob Marks and Shawn Knight have been promoted to lumber product mgrs. Bill Harshman. ex-USA Steel Products, and Yvette Pursley are new to outside sales. and Laurel Miller. ex-Stone Truss. is new to inside sales.

Don Moses has been named president of North American operations for BPB. effective May l. He succeeds Brent Thomson. who will be taking an early retirement rvithin the next l2 months.

Pat Hefrernan has returned to North Pacific Building Materials East. Concord. N.H.. as senior v.p.. from Norpac's Portland. Or.. Hq.

Mark Ferro. ex-Piedmont Lumber Co.. has moved to the outside sales team at Dolan's Lumber Co.. Concord. Ca.

Robert Martin. ex-Anthony Forest Products. is new to Capital Lumber's EWP technical sales support in Chino. Ca. Chad Perkins has been promoted to sales mgr. at Capital's Dallas. Tx.. division.

Paul Rust. previously rvith Boise Building Material Distribution. has joined the sales staff at Tree Island Industries. Nerv Westminster. B.C. Suzanne Morgan has joined the International Wood Products Association. succeeding government affairs staff professional Brigid Shea.