Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, recognized its top vendor partners at the Company’s annual partnership conference held on August 31, 2022. Each company was selected for their remarkable commitment, partnership and relentless focus to provide the products needed to support the Out Here lifestyle of Tractor Supply’s customers. […]
AHF Products to Move the Manufacture of Select Solid & Engineered Wood Products from Titusville, PA to Other U.S. Plant Locations
AHF Products announced it will move manufacturing of select solid and engineered wood flooring products to its Beverly, WV, Somerset, KY and Only, TN facilities in the U.S, and will be closing its factory in Titusville, PA where these products are currently made. Production will stop in the Titusville location, which employs less than 100 […]
PGT Innovations Supports Team Members’ Educational Goals with over $1 Million in Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarships
PGT Innovations, a national leader in the premium window and door category, is helping its team members and their dependents pursue their educational goals through its tuition reimbursement program and Inspire the Future scholarship program. Through these two programs, the manufacturing firm has contributed close to $1.2 million in funding over the past four years. […]
Builders FirstSource Closes Acquisition of Trussway
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (“BFS” or the “Company”), the nation’s largest supplier of structural building products and value-added components and services, today announced it has acquired Trussway, a leading provider of pre-fabricated roof and floor trusses as well as value-added building components and services, including for the multifamily sector, with annualized sales of approximately $340 million. […]
James Hardie Industries Announces CEO Appointment
James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX; NYSE: JHX), a world leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Aaron Erter as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr Erter joins James Hardie from a distinguished leadership career in large global and North American industrial, consumer and manufacturing […]
VERSATEX Announces New Distributor & Appointment of New Marketing Development Specialist
VERSATEX Building Products continues to bolster its national system of distribution partners while adding depth to its market-development bench. This week, Sales and Marketing VP Rick Kapres announced two advances in customer service. To begin, he said, Woodford Plywood, Inc., which was founded decades ago in Albany, Ga., now carries precision-crafted, weather-impervious VERSATEX PVC trim […]
Mickey, a Commodities Technology Startup, Joins Forces with MaterialsXchange to Create Industry’s Leading Exchange for Lumber
Mickey, a technology startup that brings the trading of physical commodities online, today announced it has joined forces with MaterialsXchange (MX), a B2B eCommerce and digital marketplace that matches lumber buyers and sellers across the United States and Canada through its online platform. The proposed transaction will expand Mickey’s footprint into commodity lumber verticals which […]
idX Corporation Announces Retirement of Jim Comarata
idX Corporation announces the retirement of Jim Comarata, Executive Vice President of Business Development, effective September 9, 2022. Mr. Comarata, a nearly 40-year veteran of the retail store merchandising industry, spent 28 years with Hamilton Fixture Company before joining idX in 2012. Jim has led idX’s commercial sales team successfully for the past 10 years […]
IWP & Fortress Building Products Expand Partnership
International Wood Products (IWP) and Fortress Building Products have a long history of building business together, and have entered an exclusive distribution agreement for the California and Northern Nevada markets. This monumental move will provide dealers in these areas the unique opportunity to purchase the entire outdoor living equation from one solution-provider. IWP is a […]
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Continue to Move Up
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.66 percent. “The market’s renewed perception of a more aggressive monetary policy stance has driven mortgage rates up to almost double what they were a year ago,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “The […]