Saint-Gobain has named Julie Bonamy Racine as the Chief Executive Officer of CertainTeed Canada Inc., its Canadian building products subsidiary. Bonamy is CertainTeed Canada’s first female chief executive and succeeds Richard Juggery, who led the company for four years before being named CEO of Saint-Gobain Benelux in July. Bonamy comes to her role in Canada […]
Mortgage Applications Decrease in September 7th MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications decreased 0.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (“MBA”) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 2, 2022. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 0.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted […]
Request for Delisting of Hunter Douglas N.V. Common and Preferred Shares
With reference to the joint press release dated 23 June 2022, the Majority Shareholder and Hunter Douglas N.V. (“HDNV”) jointly announce that: (i) Following the Purchase of the majority of the shares in HDNV on 25 February 2022, the Majority Shareholder has purchased additional shares and now owns 96% of the common shares and 99% […]
San Group Announces Expansion of San Forest Products and Acorn Sawmill
The San Group announced it is expanding the company’s flag ship value added division, San Forest Products in Port Alberni and the newly acquired Acorn Sawmill in Delta, BC. The $23 million dollar investment will help develop new markets with a focus on high quality shelving products for big box stores such as Ikea. The […]
Home Hardware Appoints Marianne Thompson as Chief Commercial Officer
Home Hardware Stores Limited is pleased to announce Marianne Thompson has been appointed to the new role of Chief Commercial Officer, effective Monday, September 12, 2022. In this role, Marianne will be responsible for Home Hardware’s overall commercial strategy with a focus on driving business growth and expanding market share. As Chief Commercial Officer, Marianne […]
JELD-WEN Appoints Catherine A. Halligan to Board of Directors
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of building products, today announced the appointment of Catherine A. Halligan to its board of directors, effective September 5, 2022. Today’s announcement adds a fourth woman to JELD-WEN’s board of directors and expands it to eight members, seven of whom are independent. “Cathy brings extensive board experience and […]
Floor & Decor Launches the Grand Opening of its Mooresville, North Carolina Store
Floor & Decor a leading specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring, will expand its nationwide footprint when it opens the doors to its newest location in Mooresville, North Carolina on September 14, 2022. The Floor & Decor warehouse store and design center will open with a team of about 50 full-time and part-time associates led by […]
ABC Supply Co. Inc. Opens Location in Cheswick, Pennsylvania
ABC Supply Co. Inc., the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of roofing, siding and other select exterior and interior building products, has opened a new location at 460 Nixon Road in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. Michael Mrakovich will manage the branch. Mrakovich joined ABC Supply in 2009 as an inside sales associate and in 2014 managed a storm […]
Roseburg Investigating Possible Failure of Ash-Spraying Machinery as Source of Mill Fire
Roseburg Forest Products Co. (“Roseburg”), the operators of the veneer mill at the center of the Mill Fire, is investigating whether the possible failure of a water-spraying machine from a third-party equipment manufacturer led to the ignition of the Sept. 2 structural fire. Roseburg’s mill produces its own electric power in a co-generation facility fueled […]
Madison’s Reporter: Lumber Prices Drop as Labour Day Approaches
An old adage often used by Madison’s to explain the typical seasonal cycle of lumber prices is, “Labour Day is the beginning of the end and US Thanksgiving in the end of the end.” Meaning that lumber prices usually drop around Labour Day then keep falling until US Thanksgiving, which normally marks the lowest prices […]