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Lumber News Archives: Oct 2013
Illegal Timber Harvesting ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; CN Rail Labour Contract Talks Stall ; UK Timber Shortage ; US Builder Confidence : October 2013 ; Oregon’s Forestry Employment ; Large Timberland Sale Politics and Lumber Exports ; Labour Negotiations Move to Southern Interior ; Canada Housing Starts ; Housing Starts, Japan ; 2013 US…
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Universal Acquires
Universal Forest Products has been on a buying spree in the past two weeks, acquiring stakes in saw mill, lumber processing and manufacturing businesses in North Carolina and Texas. On March 31 the company announced the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Upshur Forest Products, based in Dallas, TX, and with sawmill operations…
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Universal Purchases
Universal Forest Products, out of Grand Rapids, MI, Monday announced that one of its subsidiaries has purchased certain assets of Container Systems Inc (CSI), a manufacturer of crates and containers for industrial applications and the moving-and-storage industry, located in Franklinton, NC. The transaction closed on March 14, 2014. CSI produces a full line of moving…
