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Upgrades Help Roseburg Compete

More than $20 million in capital improvements at its mill in Coquille. Or.. rvill allorv Roseburg Forest Products to be more competitive in the global market for engineered-wood products.

"The goal of this whole thing is rve have to compere with the best," said Dave Week, the plant's operations manager. "When all is said and done, there are certainly fewer full-time positions, but we have secured a good future for the plant."

In early May, Roseburg Forest Products laid off 17 fulltime workers at the plant. Another 25 to 35 are expected to be laid off within the next year. Plant officials said the layoffs were the result of further automation, which reduced the number of shifts needed. As a result, the company will save an estimated $1.2 million a year in salary and benefit costs.

One of the improvements at the mill is a newer. more automated plyrvood hot press. Another hot press. which had not been updated since the l96o's. was rebuilt. Week said that similar improvements are planned for the company's other plants over the next several years. "We are competing with operations overseas." he said. "We have to get more efficient."

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Company officials hope the improvements and layoffs will help offset rising costs. The cost of resin-one of the chief ingredients of engineered-wood products-has added an additional $1.5 million to rhe plant's annual expenses. said Week. The cost of employee benefits. including health care and pensions. has also risen.

"We're very definitely rvorking hard to secure a future for this plant." said Week. "We believe rve will be here a long time."

Keith Brown Opens In Madras

Keith Brown Building Materials, Salem, Or.. opened in Madras, Or., in the former Madras Builders Center (see Feb., p. 50).

"We wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get into central Oregon," said store manager Tim Brorvn. Because of building in the area. he expects the volume of business to grow.

"I've noticed in the building developments around torvn that a lot of the building materials are from outside Madras," said Brorvn. "Our goal is to encourage them to buy local and help the local economy."

After the store was purchased in February from former owner Don Aitken. rvho rvas retiring. remodeling got underway. Improvements include fresh paint inside and out. new trucks and forklifts. and completely computerizing the business.

"We wanted the yard to look professional and have ease of getting in and out for contractors and our retail customers," said Brorvn. rvho added that almost all of the former employees were hired back.

Activant Sale Finalized

Private equity firms Hellman & Friedman LLC. Thoma Cressey and JMI Equity have completed their acquisition of softrvare provider Activant Solutions Inc., Livermore, Ca.

Activant chief operating officer Pervez Qureshi has been promoted to president and c.e.o.

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Honsador Acquires Aloha Lumber

Aloha Lumber Co.. Kapaa. Kauai. Hi.. has been acquired by Honsador Holding LLC. Kapolei. Hi.. for an undisclosed amount.

"We plan to retain the same operations and sales staff in each of Aloha's fbur locations on Kauai." said Honsador c.e.o. Carl Liliequist. "This acquisition improves our ability, to support professional builders and developers rvith expanded services. larger inventories. and convenient locations in Kauai."

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Wallboard Plant Comes West

National Gypsum Co.. Charlotte. N.C.. rvill double its presence in the West ivith the construction of a ne* wallboard plant near Phoenix. Az.

The $ 140-million operation rvill have an annual capacity of I billion sq. fi. of rvallboard-enou-9h to complete 100,000 average-sized homes.

The facility'rvill serve Phoenix. Tucson. Las Vegas. Nr'.: Los Angeles

Has'aiian islands. plus a purchasing and distribution tacilitl in Portland. Or.: Ariel Truss. Honolulu. and Honolulu Wood Treating. Kapolei.

Aloha Lumber. a l-5-r ear-old building material distributor. uas Ied b1 the fhther-and-son team of Russ and Randy Bo1.er. The trvo recentl\ *'ere named Small Business Persons of the Year in Ha*aii br the U.S. Small Business Adntinisrration.

Honsador Holdin-s is ou ned br Ke1 Principal Partners. a prirare equit;'firm. u'hich acquired Honsador Lumber Corp. from o* ner Jim Pappas in 2004.

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"We are excited about erpandin-s in the West and ,ercl* in-e * ith those markets." said c.e.cl. Thomas C. Nelson. "We expect the plant to bcoperational b1' mid-2008. Wc- are in thc' flnal stastes of site selection. rr ith our prc-f'erred site bein-c in Elor. Az.. about 60 miles south of Phoenir. Plant operations s ill be based on ()ur successtul klr'-cost model. supported br a nearbr rock source. hieh-speed technolost. dirc.ct rail access. and large-scalc' production."

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