r SUPPLIER Briefs

Sierra Pacific Industries, Anderson, Ca., will reopen its main sawmill in Standard, Ca., in May 2011, reviving 130 jobs.

In July, SPI began converting the near-century-old plant, closed since last August, to handle small logs.

Boise Gascade's former mitt in Yakima, Wa., lost two buildings in a June 21 fire caused by exploding propane tanks.

Boise closed the facility in 2003 and two years later sold it to Melvin and Norman McDougal, timberland and mill owners in Eugene, Or. They leased it ro Yakima Resources.

BlueLinx Holdings is evatua! ing a proposed $49.6-million offer by Gerberus to buy all outstanding shares of its common stock. The private equity firm already owns 55.4% of the dishibutor.

Georgia-Pacific's Phitomath, Or., planer mill was briefly evacuated June 29 when smoke appeared in part of the plant.

A smallfire, likely caused by a piece of wood that became lodged in the planer, was quickly doused by automatic sprinklers and workers with hand-held extinguishers.

International Barrier Tech. nology, Watkins, Mn., has acquired from Pyrotite Corp., Seattte, Wa., all of Pyrotite's interest in its lntegrally Treated Oriented Strand Board technology used in creating fire-resistant OSB panels.

Fiberon is expanding manufacturing capacity at its facilities in Meridian, ld., and New London, N.C., due to growing demand for its Horizon Decking. Production capacity has already grown by 300% since January.

Roseburg, Roseburg, Or., is now exclusive supplier of Duramine thermally fused,melamine panels for California Closets' Lago cottection for the West Coast.

ilevel by Weyerhaeuser is now distributino Versatex PVC trim products trom Wolfpac Techno. logies, Pittsburgh, Pd. Dealers can now order smaller quantities of Versatex trimboard in one skid and still receive a bulk discount.