Culpeper Wood Preservers, a leading producer of pressure-treated wood, is proud to announce the appointment of three new regional sales managers. Mike Elmore will manage the Southern market, Brad Marks will manage the Northeast market and Jim Powell will manage the Midwest market. As Regional Sales Managers, their role will be to support our sales […]
White Cap Completes Acquisition of the Assets of Tri-Boro Construction Supplies
White Cap L.P. (“White Cap”), a distributor of specialty construction supplies and safety products for professional contractors, has closed on the previously announced agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Tri-Boro Construction Supplies, a Pennsylvania-based concrete accessories and construction supply company. “Through Tri-Boro’s strong local presence, dedicated team, and product offerings, we look forward […]
Statistics Canada: Building Permits April 2023
The total monthly value of building permits in Canada dropped 18.8% to $9.6 billion in April, the lowest level since December 2020. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), the total value of building permits fell 18.5% to $5.6 billion in April 2023. Non-residential permits down following the strongest month on record Following a record high in March, the total monthly value […]
CoreLogic: Home Price Growth Continues Annual Single-Digit Slowdown in April
CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast™ for April 2023. Nationwide, single-family home price growth rose by 2% year over year in April. This marked the 135th consecutive month of annual growth but the sixth straight month of single-digit gains, which have slowed from […]
Uniboard Val-d’Or Particleboard Plant Modernization Program Going to Plan
Uniboard is proud to annouce that Val-d’Or Particleboard Plant Modernization Program Going to Plan! In June 2022, Uniboard announced the third phase of its modernization program for its particleboard and TFL mill, a total project investment of $350 million. Uniboard split the project into 3 phases. Over $100 million were invested in Phase 1 and Phase […]
Champion Homes, A Sustainable & Smarter Way to Build
A Smarter Way to Build® reflects Champion Homes’ approach to building attainable homes. It encompasses the ease, timeliness, and value of the customer experience Champion Homes delivers, and it highlights how their homes are built with sustainable methods and materials, at or above code standards. As a direct example of the Company’s commitment to responsible […]
Ferguson plc Reports Third Quarter Results
Third quarter highlights Kevin Murphy, Ferguson CEO, commented “The year is progressing as expected and our associates again delivered solid results, leveraging our scale and core strengths to help our customers navigate their complex projects. Our balanced business is serving us well in challenging markets. During the quarter we continued to take targeted actions to […]
PPG Launches Low-Temperature Cure Electrocoats for Automotive Manufacturers
PPG announced the launch of PPG ENVIRO-PRIME® EPIC 200R coatings, a suite of electrocoat (e-coat) products that cure at lower temperatures than competing technologies. The products provide sustainability benefits for customers, including lower energy use and reduced CO2 emissions at manufacturing facilities. “This is a game-changing technology,” said Garry Grant, PPG global product manager, substrate protection […]
Simpson Manufacturing Announces Appointments to Board of Directors
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the “Company”) , an industry leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, today announced the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Chau Banks and Felica Coney as independent directors of the Company, effective on June 1, 2023. The Board has also appointed Ms. Banks to serve on its […]
Foundation Building Materials Announces the Acquisition of Sices Material Products
On June 1, Foundation Building Materials (“FBM”) completed the successful acquisition of Sices Material Products, Inc. in Gary, Indiana. The Sices Material Products business was started in 1948 and has been a consistent supplier of building materials to contractors in Gary, Indiana for the past 75 years. Sices Material Products distributes drywall, steel framing, ceiling […]