Boise Cascade Co. announced it has reached an agreement to purchase Brockway-Smith Co. (BROSCO), a wholesale distributor specializing in doors and millwork. The purchase price for BROSCO, including the acquisition of its two full-scale distribution centers, is $172 million, subject to certain closing adjustments. Officials for Boise Cascade said the company plans to fund the […]

During a two-day 2023 Conference on Texas at the Witte Museum, the 12th annual Texas Trailblazers Award Luncheon honored the Steves family, of Steves & Sons Inc., for their history of philanthropy and community involvement. The award celebrates “Texas’ wild and vivid lands, especially its people, their resilience and how they adapted to or impacted […]

Late last week, Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) announced its acquisition of Seneca and its affiliates is now complete. First announced in August, the combination of these two companies positions SPI as a “West Coast forest products leader with more than 2.3 million acres of sustainably managed timberlands, 18 sawmills and eight renewable biomass energy cogeneration […]

On the heels of its inaugural investment, the assets of SourceCut Industries, Inc., North American Specialty Laminations (American Laminations), a platform company of the investment firm Building Industry Partners (BIP), has acquired Haida Industries (Haida) out of Sparks, Nev. Going forward, Haida will operate as SourceCut West. SourceCut Industries is an expert in window, millwork […]

Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Novo Building Products LLC to Hardwoods Distribution Inc., a large, North American distributor of architectural grade building products to the residential, repair and remodel, and commercial construction industries. Headquartered in Zeeland, Mich., Novo […]

Builders FirstSource Inc., US supplier of building products, prefabricated components and value-added services, recently announced it has purchased the assets of John’s Lumber, which operates two locations serving the greater Detroit metropolitan statistical area. John’s Lumber has been family-owned and operated since it was founded by Roy Aggeler in 1947. The company is a supplier […]

Huttig Building Products Inc., a domestic distributor of millwork, building materials and wood products, released its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021. “The continued execution of our strategy combined with strong demand in residential construction resulted in substantial gains in our first quarter operating results,” said Jon Vrabely, president and CEO. […]

In mid-June, The Federal Register published a preliminary determination regarding wood moulding and millwork products from the People’s Republic of China, where the Department of Commerce determined that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters. The investigation took place from January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, and covered wood moulding and millwork […]

The Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) International Trade Administration (ITA) announced yesterday that it would initiate antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on wood mouldings and millwork imports from Brazil and China. This announcement is in response to a petition that was filed on January 8 by the Coalition of American Millwork Producers (CAMP) […]

The Coalition of American Millwork Producers (CAMP) filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) yesterday to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on China and Brazil for wood mouldings and millwork products. CAMP, an alliance of large and small American-millwork producers, filed antidumping charges against both countries […]