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December 20, 2006
- NAWIC Prepares for Annual WIC Week
- New Wholesale Distribution Strategy Report Coming in March
- Precision/Sugarcreek Pick Salesperson of the Year
- Bellwood Faces Heavy Fines from OSHA
- Rot and Mold Not Limited to Older Homes
- OMG Rearranges In Order to Meet Sales Demand
- AWFS Adds and Relocates
- VSI Awards Certainteed Color-Retention Certification
- Temple-Inland® Receives One-Hour Fire Rating
- Home Depot Acquires Its Way Into China

December 12, 2006
- Weyerhaeuser Warns of Possible Closures
- BlueLinx Loses Its CFO
- Material Handling Solutions on Display
- ASHRAE and ARI to Host Congressional Staff Briefing
- BIA Seeking Contest Entries
- WDMA Says New Conference Format Was a Success
- Dryvit Achieves ISO 14001-Certification
- Dow Corning Appoints Two New Leaders

December 5, 2006
- SBS Acquires Arctic in Alaska
- WDMA Board Adds Insulating Glass Representation
- Savage Named President and CEO of SEEMAC
- Do it Best Awarded as Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist
- FrameGuard® Now Indoor Air Quality Certified®
- Ecobuild and AEC Science and Technology May 15-17
- Return on Remodeling Dollars
- AIA's Index Predicts Strong Commercial Market

November 28, 2006
- NAHB Reports Remodeling Increase
- Home Depot Eyes the Big Apple
- Best Moulding Turns 60
- Orgill Plans Sixth Distribution Facility
- Temple Elected APA Vice Chairperson
- James Lumber Consolidating
- AMD Convention Photos Now Available
- Silverman Leaving Andersen Subsidiary - Silver Line

November 21, 2006
- NAHB Reports 15-Percent Decline in Starts but Builder Confidence Improves
- Jordan, Knauff and Company Gives Fall 2006 Window and Door Update
- Universal Acquires Banks and Looks to RV Market for Growth
- Home Depot Appoints Johnson-Leipold to Board of Directors
- Rocky's Ace Hires Chiera to Lead Advertising Marketing and PR
- PPG Promotes Kenny to New Position
- CertainTeed Product Featured On HGTV Canada
- Revised Care Guide Available From NOFMA

November 14, 2006
- Vycom Corp. Changes Its Name
- BMHC Announces Expansion of Credit Facility
- Builders FirstSource Moves Into Alabama by Acquisition
- KB Home CEO Steps Down after Options Investigation
- Weak Housing Market Makes for Structural Wood Panel Bargains
- Housing decline hits sawmills hard
- Home-building sales drop 10% as more buyers cancel orders
- Mold, maggots in New Orleans homes left to rot
- New Homes, Big Problems
- Small business OK with new Congress

November 8, 2006
- U.S. softwood lumber and panel markets update
- Stock Acquires Another
- Boise Builds Distribution Center on Gulf Coast
- Huttig Continues With Restructuring Program
- CraftMaster to Open Third Manufacturing Facility
- Handy Hardware Joins Distribution America
- Bob Persha Rejoins ViWinTech
- Finke Joins Great Lakes Window
- Laskas Appointed NWDA Executive Director
- Ninety-Day Primer Gives Extra Protection to Field Exposure
- Freedonia Reports Opportunity in Cross-Over Siding Demands

November 2, 2006
- AZEK Expands Into Canada
- EastCoast Mouldings to Expand and Improve in North Wilkesboro
- ABC Opening New Center
- Moulding & Millwork To Open First New England Facility
- Do it Best Makes Information Week 500
- Windsor Joins "Make a Difference Day"
- AAMA Promotes Walker to President and CEO
- Johnston Appointed National Sales Manager for Great Lakes Window
- ICC Named Sims COO

October 25, 2006
- Discussions Continued on California Formaldehyde ATCM
- Huttig Completes New $160 Million Credit Facility
- ABC Supply Wholesale Building Material Center to Open in Salem, Ore.
- Housing Starts Rise
- ANSI Approval for WDMA Flush Doors; Organization Maintains the Only Approved Standards
- Hurd Layoff Impacts More Than 100 Workers
- Correct Building Products Makes Inc. Magazine's Top 500 List
- ICC Recognizes Key Individuals
- Combois Meets in Japan
- Fortune Streamlines Structure and Names Savan President and COO of Simonton
- O'Meara Named President and COO of Builders FirstSource
- Superior Engineered Products Offers New Warranty
- WRCLA Launches Interactive "Real Cedar Deck Designer"

October 18, 2006
- AMD's Convention Is a Success in Texas
- Construction Forecast Conference Addresses Decline of Residential Market
- U.S. Homebuilders Exploring Import Options
- Pro-Build to Develop New Facility in Virginia
- West Elizabeth Lumber Earns FSC Certification
- SHELTER Staff Celebrates Milestones: Production Manager Marries; Marketing Director Becomes Father
- Home Depot Announces Retail Organizational Changes
- Ace Hardware Promotes Venhuizen to VP of Business Development
- Huttig Named Vrabely President and CEO
- Weyerhaeuser Announces Production Curtailments
- Sugarcreek Introduces New Door Products
- Click Here for Cabinetry

October 10, 2006
- Association of Millwork Distributors (AMD) Sneak Peak
- Canada, U.S. to Implement Softwood Lumber Accord on Oct. 12
- Ainsworth Donates to Building Efforts in Two Louisiana Communities
- Side-Hinged Exterior Doors Addressed in Florida Building Code's Proposed 2006 Supplement….Sort Of
- Silvaris Corp. Expands Trading Operations
- Correction: Code Changes Made at ICC Hearings

October 3, 2006
- Amerhart Relocates Its Peoria Center
- Georgia Pacific Selling Six Mills to Roseburg
- NeoCon East Back in Baltimore
- Innovative Stairwell Offers Safety and Savings
- Code Changes Made at ICC Hearings
- Suits Filed on Behalf of Several Ohio Cities Allege Lead Manufacturers Created a Public Nuisance

September 26, 2006
- Georgia Gulf and Royal Group Report Progress
- Doors Allow More than Foot Traffic
- Lowe's Dedicates Month to Energy Saving
- Membrane Pressed with a Finished Cabinetry Look
- SPRI Educates Against Over-Engineering
- AMD Improves Millwork Courses
- Lennar Corp. Gets Sued
- New Partnership Allows RIVCO to Offers Garage Door Systems
- Linking Sustainable to Sanity
- USGlass Magazine Laptop Winner Announced

September 19, 2006
- Hoiland Named President of WDMA
- West Coast Green to be Held September 28-30
- PAL Opens Brand New Headquarters
- Wemmer Announced as President of Mikron
- Autodesk Acquiring Robobat
- King Sash & Door Mourns Death of Carol Ayres
- Innocent Sellers Fairness Act Would Help Protect Multi-State Dealers
- R&M Does the Twist
- Ace's RSC Celebrates With 225,000-Square-Foot Expansion
- Mayor Daley Vetoing Big Box Ordinance
- AMD Uses Current Members to Recruit New

September 12, 2006
- US, Canada to sign lumber agreement on Tuesday
- Would You Like That in Paint or Wrap?
- Pro-Build Establishes Senior Operating Team
- Merillat Habla Espanol
- Triad Incorporates Financing
- Bridgewater Wholesalers Earns Energy Star® Compliance
- Kolbe Enhances Website
- ABC Supply to Open New Branch
- Stiles Announces Stephen Retiring

September 8, 2006
- Dalrymple Promoted to Customer Service Manager
- Dotul Celebrates First Year of Operation
- And the Ugliest Door Award Goes To:
- Owens Flooring Promotes Frank Austin to National Sales Manager
- Polygal Brings New Dimension to Hurricane Protection
- PrimeSource Acquiring Pacific Steel and Supply
- Quick-Ship Texas Style
- Win a Two-Year Car Lease at GlassBuild
- Tipton Joins HB&G as Director of Special Projects

August 31, 2006
- Royal Concludes Plant Expansion This Month
- Millwork Industry Mourns Death of Adonn Slone
- Strober Building Supply Opens New Hyde Park Location
- A Year After Katrina, Habitat for Humanity Continues Long-Term Recovery Efforts
- RONA acquires Mountain Building Centres
- Sales of New Single-Family Homes Down 4.3 Percent in July
- Key Communications Inc. Hires New Assistant Editor

August 25, 2006
- IWF 2006 Underway in Atlanta
- California Wood Industry Coalition Action Results in CARB Rulemaking Delay
- ICC, NFPA Reach Out-of-Court Settlement
- King's College Window Louvers Shed Light on Contact's Abilities
- TDCI Expands BuyDesign® Sales and Configuration Software Solution
- Hanson Roof Tile to Open Second Texas Facility

August 15, 2006
- ABC Supply Co. Honored with Quality Award
- Atlanta firm buys Austin Hardwoods
- Smitty's Building Supply to Acquire Shelter Systems
- Railing Dynamics Adds Space
- Gervais-Hoffman Joins AWFS as Trade Show Operations Director
- Frank Joins Owens Forest Products as New President & CEO
- WDMA 2006 Fall Conference

August 8, 2006
- The Home Depot Acquires Texas Contractors Supply
- BMHC Completes Acquisition of Davis Brothers Framing
- Contact Lumber achieves ISO 9001
- Raimondo brothers to head Behlen
- AAMA Updates Voluntary Specifications for Fiber-Reinforced Thermoset Profiles
- House Approves FHA Single-Family Reform Package

August 1, 2006
- Pro-Build Holdings Finalizes Purchase of Hope Lumber
- Builders Feel Tentative Lumber Agreement Would Destabilize U.S. Lumber Market
- Bonsal American Named Supplier of the Year
- Flakeboard Completes Purchase of Weyerhaeuser Composite Panels Business
- Seminars Provide Information on Storm-Resistant Homes and Buildings
- NOVA Chemicals and Dietrich Metal Framing Form Joint Venture
- TDCI Launches BuyDesign® OnDemand Quoting Solution for Small and Midsize Door and Window Manufacturers
- Women Construction Owners and Executives, USA Mid-Year Meeting
- HIRI Announces 25th Anniversary Conference

July 26, 2006
- Wolseley announces the conditional acquisition of DT Group
- June Hardwood Flooring Shipments Off Only Slightly from May
- Housing Starts Slide in June
- Elk Offers Contractor Program
- BHMC Launches SelectBuild Construction Inc. as Successor to BMC Construction
- Home Depot sells vendors Web space
- States unprepared for bird flu, govs say
- Tyler plant purchased

July 18, 2006
- CertainTeed Window Master Craftsman™ Installer Training, Professional Development Program Now Customized to Meet Regional Needs
- Strober Building Supply Purchases Rowley Building Products and Builder's Capital, LLC
- The Contractor Yard Acquires Building Materials Wholesale/Retail
- The Home Depot To Offer Online Advertising
- Mold Found Where Least And Most Expected
- United-Bilt Homes Keep the Cost Down for Building Materials
- Catherine DeDecker Named Construction Woman of the Year
- Pitt visits New Orleans to push for green neighborhoods

July 12, 2006
- Immigration Reform Could Mean Hard Times
- Milltech Inc. Receives SHARP Award
- Lyndon Millwork Loses One Building to Fire
- Roper Brothers Lumber Expands Facility
- MiTek Announces Three Strategic Acquisitions
- WDMA's Green Goals and Environmental Stewardship
- AAMA Task Group to Develop Voluntary Standards for Window Performance Under Hurricane Conditions
- DMSi Signs 19 Companies Through The First Half of 2006

July 5, 2006
- S&P Architectural Products Relocates
- Truth Hardware Conveys Fresh Approach with New Logo
- DMSi Hosting One-Day Executive Sessions in Denver and Chicago
- Triad Offers Equipment Finance Program
- Ricker Joins Owens Flooring Co.
- Educational Program Promotes Better Building
- It’s 2006 --- Do You Have a Human Resource Strategy
- Southeast Building Conference: ABCs of Safety

June 27, 2006
- California ARB Seeks to Reduce Formaldehyde Emissions
- Lennar posts profit, urges caution
- HVP Names Stewart Director of Sales and Marketing
- The Home Depot Names Mark Holifield as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
- Stock Building Supply buys Chicago flooring firm
- Petaluma Hardware Store Gutted In Fire
- Owner of historic Elizabeth hardware store dies at 80

June 20, 2006
- Builder Confidence Declined in June
- Huttig Opened Long Island Facility
- Pro-Build Holdings to Buy Hope Lumber
- HB&G Acquires Turnkey Millwork
- Hickory Hardware Signs Long-Term Lease
- Move Over, McMansions
- Window Installation Crane Short-Listed for Top Award
- AAMA Releases New Documents

June 13, 2006
- Fortune Brands to Acquire Simonton Windows®, Others
- MI Windows Plans to Acquire CertainTeed Facility
- Housing Affordability Worsens With High Building Costs
- Builders FirstSource to Buy Freeport Lumber
- U.S. Survey Estimates Number of Green Home Builders to Increase by 30% in 2006
- SPC Launches Raised Floor Educational Campaign
- AWFS® Vegas Makes Tradeshow Week's Top 50

June 7, 2006
- Spenard Builders Supply Purchases Curtis & Campbell Inc., Wallcoverings North Inc.
- RDI Offers Product Training with AIA Accreditation Units
- Hardwood Flooring Shipments Experience a Correction in April
- New Southern Home: Coming to 2006 Southeast Building Conference
- Polymer-Based and Other Non-Wood Moulding and Millwork Manufacturers Invited to Special Meeting

May 30, 2006
- Andersen Corp. to Purchase Silver Line Building Products
- Progressive Solutions acquires ODS Software
- Green Showcase Home to Host Free Public Tours
- A tall order ... for two tiny bathrooms

May 23, 2006
- VEKA Goes South
- Triad/Ruvo Hosts 16th Annual Product Showcase
- SFPA's Calls for Long-Sullivan Award Entries
- Southern Pine Production Reaches All-Time High in 2005
- 43-Year Industry Veteran Retires

May 16, 2006
- Chase Lumber to Acquire Premium Door and Trim Company
- Fire does little damage
- The Wolf Organization Completes Succession Plan
- The Home Depot Gets Into Banking
- 7 extreme home additions
- Lanoga Corp. Buys Delta Truss
- 3 major hurricanes to hit US this year: AccuWeather
- Last lawsuit settled in factory shooting

May 10, 2006
- U.S. small-business spirits upbeat in April
- Huber to Expand OSB Business in Georgia
- Economists Predict Soft Landing for Housing
- Three lumber groups attack Ottawa over softwood deal
- VT Industries Celebrates 50-Year Milestone
- Taylor Lumber Offers Complimentary Lunch during "Contractor Days"
- ICC Begins Search CEO

May 3, 2006
- United States, Canada End Lumber Dispute
- Home Depot nabs Cox Lumber
- Builders take concrete steps to reduce construction defect suits
- NOFMA graduates Four as Certified Wood Flooring Inspectors
- Intertek Launches Certification Program for Tornado-Resistant Products
- Crown Heritage Forms Distribution Partnership with BROSCO

April 26, 2006
- Weyerhaeuser is Selling Mills, Realigning Operating Units
- Dietrich Construction Group Brings Steel Framing to Construction Market
- Silver Line® Windows Earns 84 Lumber Training Award
- Pilon becomes GM of Owens Flooring Company
- America's Ugliest Doors Found in New York, North Carolina
- 2006 National Hardware Show® in Last Vegas Selling Out Quickly
- Creative Custom Homes assets ordered to be sold

April 19, 2006
- Huttig and Therma-Tru® Announce Agreement
- Builder Confidence Declines in April
- HGC Construction forms new subsidiary
- Ace Hardware to appear on The Apprentice
- Vetter Honors Winchester Woodworking Corp.
- Salt Lake City planning megasuburb

April 12, 2006
- International Paper Sells Forestland to Lyme Timber Co.
- Home building soars to record
- 84 Lumber Announces Aggressive Three-Year Strategic Plan
- Detroit, builders sued for sinkhole's misery
- CorrectDeck RapidRail® Earns ICC-ES Report
- Home Depot closing Yardbirds stores
- Dricon® FRT Wood Earns Good Housekeeping Seal
- Stare Joins Windsor Mill

April 6, 2006
- Production Homebuilders Ready to Build Green
- Plastic-framed window sales still declining in Germany
- TigerStop Works with NASA
- Housing Components Plant to be Built in Knox
- CMI Employees Reach 11 Million Safe Work Hour Milestone
- History of Safety
- Three dead in Boston scaffolding collapse
- AFCO Plastic Products Changes Its Name
- Key Communications Inc. Promotes Two

March 28, 2006
- Weather Shield Cited for OSHA Violations
- For some home builders, going green is a no-brainer
- National Hardware Show is Coming Up
- American Door workers obtain 46 percent stake in Sanford company
- Crown Heritage Promotes Three Sales Team Members
- Average workers priced out of housing market
- Moulding Price Survey Available
- SHELTER Online Archives Shift to Payment-Based Subscription

March 22, 2006
- NAHB Calls for Elimination of Lumber Tariffs
- Uncommon Quality for New Town's 600-Acre, New Urbanism Development
- Craig Young of TLC Mouldings Leads WMMPA
- Schlegel Efforts to Support Business Growth Paying Off
- Smith Flooring Restructures Management

March 14, 2006
- Lumbermens Acquires American Heritage Builders
- Legislation sought to clarify whether home defects can be grouped in class action
- Edgenet and Big Hammer Merge
- PGT Industries Purchases Salisbury Manufacturing Facility
- NFRC Seeks Industry Cooperation on Non-Residential Activities; GANA and IGMA Accept Offer
- Precision Entry Named ENERGY STAR™ Partner
- Steve Chen to Head Crystal Windows Operations

March 8, 2006
- Van Millwork Named Finalist for 2006 Luxury Living Awards
- Elk's Midwest Master Distribution Center Opens
- BMHC Completes Acquisition of the Home Lumber Division of Leaman Building Materials L.P.
- Lupus Capital to Acquire Schlegel Building Products
- Gary Pia Joins Kamco Supply

February 28, 2006
- United Building Centers to Purchase Wolohan Lumber Co.
- Hardware, Housewares Trade Groups Merge to Form Midwest Retailers and Manufacturer's Association
- Powers Fasteners Names Jack Zenor and Jacob Olsen to New Positions
- Remodeling Slows Moderately in Fourth Quarter
- Fletcher Wood Solutions Appoints Chris Selzer
- Distributor leases Stapleton space

February 21, 2006
- Builders try to break mold
- Builder Confidence Unchanged in February
- Builders Urge Congress to Support Free Lumber Trade
- Big homebuilding surge has experts scratching their heads
- Ace Hardware Sets Sales Record in 2005
- U.S. Moulding and Trim Demand to Reach $9.8 Billion in 2009

February 15, 2006
- Simonton Windows®, SimEx™, Fypon®, Dixie-Pacific™ and Hy-Lite® Products to Join $7 Billion Leading Consumer Brands Company
- Obituary: Alan Campbell
- Great Lakes Window® Welcomes New President
- National Hardware Show Launches Fall 2006 Event in Toronto
- Stock Building Supply buys N.J. company

February 7, 2006
- Pembroke Consulting Releases First Comprehensive Guide to U.S. Wholesale Distribution Industry
- Designer Doors Captures Contemporary Market with New Copper, Zinc and Stainless Steel Doors
- Milford fire devastates millwork
- Fidelity, Laird Norton Finalize Sale of Lanoga Corp.
- Vinyl Window Designs Ltd. Supports Industry Training Conference

January 31, 2006
- Two Columbia Plywood Plants Adopt ISO 9001 Standards
- Code Council Foundation Donates I-Codes to Louisiana Communities Ravaged by Hurricanes
- Potlatch Constructing New Sawmill
- Combination of Associations Makes for One School and Wealth of Knowledge
- Canada-U.S. lumber fight could test new Conservative government, say experts
- Norfield 2006 Buyer's Guide Features 22 New Unique Solutions
- 2006 National Hardware Show® In Las Vegas Already One Quarter Sold Out
- PGT® Industries Wins Three Communicator Awards
- Young Manufacturing Sales Manager Has Baby Girl

January 24, 2006
- Stores face off in hardware wars
- Distributor Will Help Expand UK and Irish Customers' Access to Boise Engineered Wood Products
- Menards lumber warehouse expansion put on hold
- Veneer Technologies Accepting Entries for 2006 "Craftsman's Challenge" Design Competition
- Market Pegged for Downslide But N.Y.C. May Be Up

January 18, 2006
- Lumbermens Acquires Arizona Building Supply
- Local building trend points to fewer, more pricey homes
- International Builders' Show Drew 100,000 Housing Professionals
- Tourists to get a green welcome
- Vetter Awards 2005 VIP Best of Shot to Studio Z Design Concepts
- Kommerling Adds Trimboard Extrusion Capacity in North America

January 10, 2006
- Building supply firms like Bel Aire
- Marketing in the Building Industry During an Uncertain 2006: New white paper details steps to success in a shifting environment
- Roper Brothers Lumber recognizes 'T.P.T.' Roper for 60 years of service to company
- Lanoga Corp. Acquires F.E. Wheaton & Co., Fidelity to Purchase Lanoga
- Masco Corp. Announces Management Appointments
- NBMDA Annual Spring Conference Approaching

January 3, 2006
- Van Millwork expands headquarters
- Prefab Housing Goes Fab
- Salem firm tries to find if mold has taken hold
- Most profitable renovations
- AAMA's Technical Director Retires
- Taylor Building Products Names New Managers
- IWF is Gearing Up for Show
- CertainTeed Plant Meets Environmental Management Standards