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Federal data on worker pay indicates that truck drivers are losing ground to other workers in their pay. That's one likely reason why the number of truck drivers has fallen.
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Featuring: Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Boston Cedar, Do it Best Corp., Lumbermens Merchandising Corp., Capital Lumber, Emery-Waterhouse
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Building materials co-op Do it Best Corp., Wednesday announced plans to construct a new Retail Service Center in Sikeston, Mo., replacing its distribution facility in nearby Cape Girardeau built in 1971.
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Featuring: Advanced Building Products, Azek, Boise Cascade Building Materials, Cedar Creek, Do it Best Corp., Gaiennie Lumber Co., and Russin Lumber.
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Operating profit at Allied Building Products jumped 22% from the year prior to reach €45 million (US$62.3 million) for 2011. The report revealed an 8% in sales to €1.33 billion (US$1.81 billion), as well as 8% increase in EBITDA to €65 million (US$90.3 million).
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Featuring: Absolute Distribution Inc., BlueLinx, Do it Best Corp., DW Distribution, Fortress Railing Products, Manufacturers Reserve Supply, Weyerhaeuser, and White River Hardwoods
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BlueLinx reported a net loss of $10.3 million during the fourth quarter, marking an almost 50% improvement in net loss from the same period a year ago. Net sales rose 6% to reach $391 million during the quarter ended Dec. 31. For the year, the company reported a net loss of $38.6 million.
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Wolf, the York, Pa.-based cabinetry and building material distributor, announced the creation of the Wolf Home Products division, which will focus on selling U.S.-made products for contractors and do-it-yourselfers.
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High efficiency and low prices will continue to be Orgill Inc.’s focus when serving pro dealers in coming years, the distributor’s president and CEO told ProSales in an interview during the distributor's Spring Dealer Market.
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The Northeastern Retail Lumber Association recognized 11 lumber persons of the year, gave one lifetime achievement award, and presented a special award related to its youth group.
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ENAP announced the opening of a sales office in Monroe, La., as part of its regional growth strategy intended to increase its membership base in the South.
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Wolf, the York, Pa.-based building products distributor, renamed a division, announced an leadership realignment, and created two new shared services divisions as part of a organizational restructuring that also cut the company's business units from 13 to seven.
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Allied Building Products announced it purchased the assets of United Products Corp., a roofing and siding distributor with 15 branches in five Upper Midwest states.
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American Woodmark Corp. more than halved its net loss, from the same period a year ago, to $2.9 million in its fiscal second quarter. The kitchen cabinet manufacturer and distributor, whose brands include Timberlake and Waypoint Living Spaces, also reported a 19% increase in net sales to $128.4...
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Two-step distributor Parksite transforms inventory accuracy and worker efficiency with a technology overhaul.
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L and W Supply, the distribution arm of USG, improved its operating loss by $7 million from the same period a year ago to end the third quarter with a $17 million deficit. Sales for the division also increased $2 million to $283 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30.
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Kim Coleman, former co-owner and president of Hamilton Building Supply, has been named general manager and chief operating officer of Philadelphia Reserve Supply Co., a distributor serving the mid-Atlantic region.
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ENAP Inc.'s board of directors announced it has made permanent Stephen Sallah's job president and chief executive officer of the New Windsor, N.Y.-based co-op.
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Cedar Creek announced the signing of a letter of intent to purchase Wholesale Wood Products, an Alabama-based distributor. The transaction is expected to close within the next two months.