Univest Bank and Trust Co. recently presented Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County with a check for $2,500 earned through the Lehigh Valley IronPigs “Double Plays Pay” sponsorship. The Lehigh Valley team is the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies. Each time the IronPigs made a double[Read More…]
Past Issues
Lumber Company Earns Six National Safety Awards
The National Safety Council (NSC) announced last month that six Hammond Lumber Company stores in Maine have won the 2018 Industry Leader Award for outstanding safety. The award goes to the top 5 percent of NCS member companies, units, and facilities that have qualified for the Occupational Excellence Achievement Award[Read More…]
GP Building New Softwood Lumber Mill in Georgia
Georgia-Pacific Lumber plans to build a new softwood lumber mill at Dougherty Industrial Park in Albany, Georgia, the company reports. This is GP’s third new softwood lumber mill announcement in 12 months, following investments in Talladega, Alabama, and Warrenton, Georgia. Construction on the $150 million, 320,000 square-foot, facility is scheduled[Read More…]
Builder Updates Look of Offices
In June, The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages updated its Ellington, Connecticut, offices with reclaimed barn board siding for a rustic look and an authentic timber frame porch, the company reports. The company crafted the timbers at its Ellington facility with its CNC machine. The Barn Yard also says[Read More…]
PPG Marks 135th Anniversary of Its Founding
PPG marked the 135th anniversary of its founding with Michael H. McGarry, PPG chairman and chief executive officer, and members of the company’s leadership team ringing the bell to signal the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) July 10. “Ringing the NYSE closing bell puts an[Read More…]
Industrial Products Leadership Shifts at Roseburg
Jim Buffington, Industrial Products business director for Roseburg Forest Products, has assumed full responsibility for the Industrial Products business, with accountability for the sales, marketing, and manufacturing of the company’s composite and hardwood plywood products, the company reports. Buffington has served as the face of Roseburg’s Industrial Products business in[Read More…]
Storage Solution Business Adds Gazebos to Line-up
Capitol Sheds, a storage solution company in Virginia that delivers its products nationally, is now selling gazebos. The company says its gazebos are offered in six styles: vinyl gazebo, vinyl pergola, vinyl pavilion, wood gazebo, wood pergola, and wood pavilion. “A gazebo is the perfect way to add value to a[Read More…]
Roseburg Reorganizes Structural Products Sales Team
Phil Odom has been named business director for structural products at Roseburg Forest Products, the company reports. In his new role, Odom will have commercial responsibility for the structural products businesses, including plywood, lumber and engineered wood products. He joined Roseburg from BlueLinx Corporation in January as business manager for[Read More…]
Universal Forest Products Moves Up on Fortune 1000 List
Universal Forest Products Inc., a holding company that provides capital, management, and administrative resources to subsidiaries that supply wood, wood composite, and other products, has climbed to number 610 on the Fortune 1000, the publication’s list of the largest companies in the United States based on annual revenue, the company[Read More…]
The Wood Shed Life
Alan and Alice Bradshaw are known in the Meridian, Idaho, community. What are they known for? Sheds. So much so that people can get confused about the name. “Someone actually thought Alan’s last name was Woodsheds,” relates Alice. It’s an understandable mistake since the shed-building business the couple runs is[Read More…]
