(Updated June 26, 2024)
Openings, Closures, and Acquisitions
- Nation’s Best acquired Big Bear Hardware.
Click here to view previous openings, closures, and acquisitions from the second quarter.
Dealer, Distributor, and Manufacturer News
- Bensonwood has completed the acquisition of its production facility in Keene, N.H.
- Amborn Lumber in Sherburn, Minn., is now known as Local Lumber, following its purchase by Marcus Eytcheson.
- GAF Energy will build a state-of-the-art solar roofing testing facility and launch a new round of Building Integrated Solar testing thanks in part to a U.S. Department of Energy investment.
- Sto Corp. broke ground on a new manufacturing facility in Muncipio de Dalina, Victoria, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
- Armadillo Decking announced a new partnership with K+R Building Materials.
Click here to view previous dealer, distributor, and manufacturer news from the quarter.
Construction Supply People in the News
- JELD-WEN Holding announced Samantah Stoddard, currently chief financial officer and head of global financial planning and analysis for JELD-WEN North America, will succeed Julie Albrecht as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1.
- The National Institute of Building Sciences board of directors has selected George Guszcza as the new president and CEO.
- Hancock Lumber appointed Mark Smith as the new general manager of its Damariscotta location.
- SPAX Engineered Fasteners, a brand of Altenloh, Brinck & Co. U.S., hired Jim Nicholson as SPAX Engineered Fasteners territory associate for Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York state; Hayden Doehrmann as digital marketing content specialist; and Stephanie Feyen as e-commerce manager.
- Do it Best hired Chris Okapal as its director of business development.
Click here to view previous personnel announcements from the second quarter.
New Products
- Fabral Metal Wall and Roof Systems introduced its Sherwin-Williams WeatherXL color lineup, offering 21 colors for wall and roof panels.
- Westlake Royal Building Products announced the introduction of four colors to the Mid-America shutter line.
- Glen-Gery Corporation expanded its Brick Paver Collection with the introduction of its Cityscape Series and Urbanscape Series.
- Defiance Forest Products announced the nationwide availability of a line of vertical grain western red cedar engineered cladding.
- Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US announced its upcoming launch of a new line of products utilizing low global warming potential refrigerant.
Click here to view previous product announcements from the quarter.
