CNYRLDA Annual Dinner
On Friday, October 20, the Central New York Retail Lumber Dealers Association (CNYRLDA) convened for its Annual Meeting at the Greek Peak Mountain Resort in Cortland, N.Y. The picturesque setting was host to an evening of festivities, featuring an open bar reception, dinner, awards ceremony, and live musical performance. Leading the event as emcee was […]
Novo Building Products Unifies Distribution Brands with an Eye to Enhance Customer Service and Future Growth
Novo Building Products, a U.S. distributor and manufacturer of architectural grade building products to home centers and ProDealers, announced plans to consolidate its distribution brands Empire Moulding & Millwork and Southwest Moulding & Millwork. Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Empire and Southwest will each operate as Novo Building Products. “This change will unify all of Novo […]
Kodiak Building Partners Raises $500,000 to Support Children & Families
Kodiak Building Partners, a premier distributor of building materials and construction products, recently brought in $500,000 for its foundation through its first annual charitable golf tournament. The event brought together golf enthusiasts, philanthropists and industry leaders for the largest philanthropic effort organized by the Kodiak Building Partners Foundation, which was established as a 501(c)(3) organization […]
Weyerhaeuser Completes Sale of Initial Carbon Credit Offering
Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement for the sale of nearly 32,000 forest carbon credits at $29 per credit. This agreement marks Weyerhaeuser’s first transaction in the voluntary carbon market and represents the sale of all credits issued by ACR for the first year of the company’s Kibby Skinner Improved Forest Management (IFM) Project in Maine. Weyerhaeuser will immediately retire […]
RDI Elevation Rail from Barrette Outdoor Living Selected as 2023 Product Innovation Award Winner
Barrette Outdoor Living, a division of Oldcastle APG, announced that RDI Elevation Rail has been selected a 2023 Product Innovation Award (PIA) winner by Architectural Products. The annual awards program identifies several innovative solutions that help architects create beautiful, unique and high-performance projects. RDI Elevation Rail — an innovative horizontal cable railing system that installs 38% faster than […]
Woodgrain Completes Trimco Millwork Acquisition
Woodgrain, a millwork and building products company, has completed the purchase of Trimco Millwork, which has three total locations in Boise, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Denver, Colorado. Trimco Millwork is a wholesale distributor of mouldings, exterior doors, interior doors, and other specialty building products. With the acquisition, Woodgrain increases its distribution center network […]
Simpson Strong-Tie Adds Steel Concealed Beam Hanger for Mass Timber Applications in Seismic Regions
Simpson Strong-Tie, continues to grow its lineup of mass timber hardware with the addition of the SCBH steel concealed beam hanger suitable for high-drift, high-capacity seismic applications. The new beam hanger provides a concealed connection to preserve a wood-only look while offering an allowable design load of approximately 20 kips (equivalent to 20,000 pounds of […]
Masonite Announces Transformative Acquisition of PGT Innovations, Creating a Door and Window Solutions Company with Over $4 Billion In Combined Revenue
Masonite, a global designer, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of interior and exterior doors and premium door systems, and PGT Innovations, a designer and manufacturer of patio door and premium window solutions, and recognized leader in technically advanced products for impact rated glass applications, today announced a definitive agreement under which Masonite will acquire PGT Innovations […]
Northeastern Retail Lumber Association Welcomes Doug Ford of Curtis Lumber as New Chair, Extends Gratitude to Outgoing Chair Nick Kuiken
The Northeastern Retail Lumber Association (NRLA) is proud to announce the election of Doug Ford, of Curtis Lumber Company, as the new Chair of the association. This election occurred during NRLA’s annual business meeting, coinciding with the LBM Expo at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Doug Ford assumes the role following the commendable two-year tenure […]
Patwin Plastics Wins Best Featured Product at LBM Expo 2023
Patwin Plastics has been honored with the Best Featured Product Award at LBM Expo 2023 for its American Pro Cladding with InvisiClip Technology. The accolade was presented following a vote by retail attendees in the “Featured Product Pavilion” during LBM Expo 2023, hosted on December 6 & 7, 2023, at Mohegan Sun’s Earth Expo & […]