To Our Valued Customers, I am excited to announce a branding update to our current brand mark. The purpose of this change is to give Golden State Lumber and Golden State Window & Door Design a united brand logo that encompasses both sides of the business. Our Golden State brand mark represents three generations of […]
LP Building Solutions Awards $95K in College Scholarships
LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, today announced it has awarded more than $95,000 in scholarships to the children of LP employees for the 2020–2021 school year. Sixty-five students from Jacksonville, Florida to Golden, British Columbia were selected as recipients of this year’s LP Scholarship Program. The LP Scholarship Program […]
Mortgage Applications Decrease in August 21st MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications decreased 6.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 21, 2020. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 6.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, […]
Stora Enso to Build a Pilot Plant for Bio-Based Packaging Foam
Stora Enso will build a pilot facility for producing Cellufoam™ by Stora Enso, a lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning. Bio-based foams are renewable and recyclable and can be used in packaging, for example, to replace oil-based polymer foams which are widely used today. The pilot plant will be located at Stora […]
Koppers Holdings Inc. Provides July 2020 Business Update; Reaffirms 2020 Outlook
Koppers Holdings, Inc. (“Koppers” or the “Company”), an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, today reported its regularly scheduled monthly business update and will conduct a conference call and related webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. This is part of an ongoing series to share recent developments and […]
The Home Depot Mobilizes to Support Communities Facing Hurricane Laura
As Hurricane Laura marches toward the Gulf Coast, The Home Depot® will activate its Hurricane Command Center to support communities preparing for the storm. This year, the Hurricane Command Center will be virtual to prioritize safety and social distancing. More than 250 associates from the company’s merchandising, operations and supply chain teams are working around […]
American Woodmark Corporation Announces First Quarter Results
American Woodmark Corporation (the “Company”) announced results for its first fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2020. Net sales for the first fiscal quarter decreased 8.7% to $390.1 million compared with the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. The Company experienced declines in all sales channels during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 as both […]
Steelcase Announces Carbon Neutrality and Goal to be Carbon Negative by 2030
Steelcase (the “company”) announced it has achieved carbon neutrality for its own operations. The company also announced new 2030 goals that have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. Building upon this momentum, Steelcase has established a goal to become carbon negative by 2030. In 2020, Steelcase reported the achievement of a greater than […]
Koppers Holdings Inc. Announces Amendment to KJCC Sale Agreement
Koppers Holdings Inc. (“Koppers”), an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, today announced an amendment to its definitive agreement to sell Koppers (Jiangsu) Carbon Chemical Company Limited (“KJCC”) to Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd. and C-Chem Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., […]
Weston Forest Purchases Monterra Lumber Mills
Steve Rhone, President of Weston Forest, announced an agreement to purchase Bolton, Ontario-based Monterra Lumber Mills Ltd. Monterra is one of the most respected lumber remanufacturers in Ontario. They produce a wide range of high quality lumber products for home centres in Canada and the United States, as well as a diverse range of industrial […]