Stock Closes 3Oo/" Of lts Yards

Stock Building Supply is closing 86 branches and pulling entirely out of l6 markets and six states-Arizona, Alaska, Alabama, Ohio. Louisiana, and Kentucky.

In the West, specific locations closing includc Bakcrsfield. Santa Barbara and San Bernardino, Ca.; Phoenix and Kingman, Az., and Reno, Nv.

Coupled with 3,000 more layoffs, the closures leavc Stock with approximately 8,700 employees at 209 locations in 27 states.

Thc 86 branches to be closed represent about 25% of Stock's revenue and 28c;/r, of its headcount.

Over the last two years, Stock had cut headcount bY :10% and closed 70 branches, but continued to rack uP hundreds of millions of dollars in quafterly losses.

Over the past six months, its board had considered four options: selling the company, finding a joint venture partner. shuttering the entire business. or reorganizing. It chose the Iattcr.

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Geo. M. Huff Lumber Company has teamed up with Forest Grove Lumber to become the exclusive Southern California stocking distributor of Tru-Dry Timbers.

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convinced "that there remains significant potential to create long-term value in the business."

Fiberon In, WeatherBest Out Fiber Composites

LLC, New London. N.C.. is phasing out the WeatherBest name and will focus all of its product development and mzrrketing efforts on the Fiberon brand of decking. railing and fencing products.

The company acquired thc WeatherBest brand and manuf'acturing facility from LP Building Products one year ago, but LP recentlY announced a product advisory warning of premature deterioration in a small percentage of old WeatherBest decks. WeatherBest products produced bY Fibcr Composites were not included in the advisoly. since they used the proven Fiberon formulation, yet evidently there would be room for confusion on the part of customers.

"Fiberon has achieved an unblemished reputation for quality and has strong preferencc among deck builders throughout the marketplace," said Doug Mancosh, owner and c.e.o. of Fiber Composites. "After a careful examination of our brand strategy going forward, it became clear that the Fiberon brand was our choice to cary the mantle of our extensive array of composite decking, railing and fencing products."

WeatherBest branded materials will now be offered under thc Fiberon Premium Grain name.

Other decking lines include Fiberon Prof-essional, Fiberon Tropics, Sanctuary PVC, and the new Fiberon Horizon with PermaTech Innovation. combining superior surface resiliency with stain. scratch und mold resistance.

Logging Museum Planned

A dedicated group of volunteers are working to open a new logging museum in the Antique Powerland Museum complex in Brooks. Or.

Dubbed the Pacific Northwest Logging Museum, the project is the brainchild of Don Boman, formerly of Boman Industries. and Paul Skirvan, a partner in ESSI Logging. Quinn J. Murk is president and board members include Fred Heller, Bob Luoto, Mike Miller. Fritz Skirvin, Paul Skirvin, Kevin Smith, and Roy Zimbrick.

Powerland has set aside three acres for the new museum. Donations of equipment, artifacts, and building materials have already been pledged to help get the museum established.

Weyco Selling TJ Division

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal WaY, Wa., has agreed to sell its Boise, Id.based Trus Joist commercial division to Atlas Holdings, Greenwich, Ct.

The deal includes manufacturing plants in Chino, Ca.; Hillsboro and Stayton, Or., and Delaware, Oh., and 13 sales and engineering offices across the U.S. It has 428 employees employees, primarily in the Northwest. Southwest and East.

"Our goal is to ensure that the commercial business is optimized for long-term growth," said Carlos Guilherme, ilevel v.p. of sales, noting the sale will "allow Weyerhaeuser to narrow its focus on core strategies in the residential structural frame market."

The transaction, subject to final negotiations and board approval, is expected to close in fourth quarter 2008.

Tom Denig is chairman and Bill Walter vice chairman of the commercial division, which will remain headquartered in Boise.

Depot Plans DC In Redlands

Home Depot will open a distribution center in Redlands, Ca., in first quarter 2009-its second in the Inland Empire, joining a five-year-old DC in Mira Loma.

At 658,000 sq. ft., "this is one of the bigger buildings you'll see out there," said Pat Maloney, a first vice president in the Los Angeles regional office of Prologis, which is based in Denver. Co.. and will oversee the center for Depot.

Kathryn Gallagher, a regional spokesperson for Home DePot, said that the Redlands DC is Part of a nationwide restructuring of the company's distribution systems that is scheduled for completion by 2010.

Blaze Strikes Foster Lumber

An Oct. 20 blaze at Foster Lumber yard, Vallejo, Ca., destroyed a large storage structure with an estimated 100,000 ft. of lumber and damaged another building.

"It was tremendous. The flames were probably 30-40 feet," said assistant fire chief Ray Dandridge.

At a nearby restaurant, intense heat from the blaze cracked windows and damaged a car. There were no reported injuries, however, and the business opened as usual the next day.

Store manager Jack Hart said he realized the magnitude of the blaze when fire crews bulldozed piles of wood to get to the flames underneath. He added that some structures were damaged by smoke and water, but the main store was untouched.

The cause of the four-alarm fire is "potentially suspicious," according to fire chief Russell Sherman, because there was "no obvious ignition source."

Menards Moves Into WYoming

Midwestern

Big Box Chain

Menards has opened its westernmost location, with the Sept. 16 unveiling of a 204.000-sq. ft. superstore in Casper, Wy.

Matt Toulouse is store manager.

Sources say the chain maY next expand into Montana.

Based in Eau Claire, Wi., Menards is the nation's third largest home improvement center operator, with more than 240 stores in 12 states.

Dunn Expands To Be Seen

Dunn Lumber hopes that adding 80,000 sq. ft. to its store in MarYsville, Wa., will make the store more noticeable to potential customers.

"We'll have a lot more visibilitv,

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