PGT Innovations, a leading manufacturer of premium windows, doors, and garage doors, was recently named a winner in the 2022 Window + Door Awards by Window + Door Magazine. The annual awards program highlights the best products in the residential fenestration industry. As the award recipient for Most Innovative Support/Marketing Program, PGT Innovations was recognized for […]
Koppers Named to Newsweek’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies for Third Consecutive Year
Koppers Holdings Inc., an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, has been named as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek magazine for the third consecutive year. Koppers ranked No. 179 out of 500 finalists and No. 20 out of 55 companies in the Materials & Chemicals category. “This […]
Computerworld Names Tractor Supply to 2023 List of Best Places to Work in IT
Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, announced today it has been named to Computerworld’s 2023 list of Best Places to Work in IT. The award recognizes the top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. Selection is based on the excellence and quality of […]
Patrick Industries, Inc. Announces Increased Share Repurchase Authorization
Patrick Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that on December 12, 2022, its Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized an increase in the amount of the Company’s common stock that may be acquired over the next 24 months under the current stock repurchase program to $100.0 million, including the $38.2 million remaining under the previous authorization. […]
Lynx Announces the Acquisition of Fort Lauderdale’s Resource4Floors
Lynx is pleased to announce the synergistic acquisition of Fort Lauderdale’s Resource4Floors (“Resource” or “the Company”). Since 1980, Resource has been providing full-service commercial flooring solutions to general contractors and end-users in the education, healthcare, hospitality, and retail sectors. Over the last four decades, Resource has fostered a strong reputation for its quality of services and […]
Greif Announces 2030 Sustainability Targets
Greif, Inc., a global leader in industrial packaging products and services, announced today ambitious new sustainability targets, reinforcing the company’s commitment to building a more sustainable and equitable future. These targets set specific and measurable goals that build on the company’s announcement in 2021 to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions […]
Kodiak Building Partners Acquires Diamond Home Improvement
Kodiak Building Partners, a leading building materials distribution acquisition firm based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and Diamond Home Improvement (“DHI”) announced today the acquisition of DHI. The acquisition of DHI will expand Kodiak’s market reach in the Northwest, providing building materials and lumber, doors and windows, moulding and millwork, and more quality tools and materials […]
Boise Cascade Adding Distribution Centers in Two New Markets
Boise Cascade’s Building Materials Distribution (“BMD” or the “Company”) division announced the expansion of its distribution capacity in two markets. The Company finalized the acquisition of 45-acres in Walterboro, SC, to build a new distribution facility. Located approximately 45 miles west of Charleston, the property will be Boise Cascade’s first distribution center in the state. The location is rail-served […]
Statistics Canada: Investment in Building Construction, October 2022
Nationally, investment in building construction in October was largely steady, up 0.2% to $20.9 billion, with Ontario accounting for nearly all the gains. The residential sector edged down 0.1% to $15.4 billion, while the non-residential sector increased 0.9% to $5.5 billion. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), investment in building construction increased 0.3% to $12.3 billion. Single family and multi-unit investment head in […]
Mortgage Applications Increase in December 14th MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 3.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 9, 2022. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 3.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index […]