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February 25, 2013
Edward Hines Lumber plans May opening

The new building center and showroom will occupy the site of the former Franklin Emery (F.E.) Wheaton Lumberyard.

June 28, 2012
Osmose rolls out treated wood app

Now there’s an app for treated wood information from Buffalo, N.Y.-based Osmose for iPhone and Android.

Click here for the iPhone version, and click here for the Android version.

May 4, 2012
Osmose sold; management team remains

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Osmose Holdings, a manufacturer of wood preservation technology, will be acquired by investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, of Los Angeles. 

Osmose’s existing management team will remain in place, including James Spengler, president and CEO of Osmose.

April 14, 2012
Ace Express finds a home in Buffalo, N.Y.

According to an article in BuffaloRising.com, a small-format Ace Hardware store is slated to open close to downtown Buffalo in a building next to a paint store. 

Owner Paul Leahey, president of Schuele Paint Co. in Buffalo, described the 3,000 square-foot store set to open by Memorial Day as a “first class hardware store.”

 

September 7, 2011
Len-Co Lumber expanding to third site in western New York

Two-unit, Buffalo, N.Y.-based lumber dealer Len-Co Lumber Corp. paid $2.95 million for a 60,000-sq.-ft. property in the Town of Tonawanda, N.Y., according to an article in the Buffalo News.

Len-Co's new location, its third, is a former Premier Wines flagship store. Len-Co operates stores in Buffalo and Williamsville, N.Y.

July 26, 2011
Saint-Gobain moves a production unit from China to New York

Buffalo Business First has reported that Saint-Gobain Adfors earlier this month began making in New York drywall tape that it used to make in China.

The Albion, N.Y., facility is Saint-Gobain's North American headquarters. The newspaper reported that the cause of the shift in location was a need to better control aesthetics and packaging, which are important purchase factors in the Japanese market, the destination of the products.

January 31, 2011
Gift card scammer targets Home Depot, Lowe’s

A man already convicted of forgery and grand larceny in New York State is also facing a federal indictment that accuses him of gift card scams at Home Depot and Lowe’s totaling $78,800, according to an article in the Buffalo News.

January 10, 2011
84 Lumber sells property to REITs, keeps stores open

An article in the Buffalo News reported that 84 Lumber has sold several properties in New York State in lease-back arrangements that will allow the pro dealer to raise cash and continue to operate its existing lumberyards.  

June 15, 2008
15 Points about the Top 500

1.) Home Depot, $74.3 billion....

November 18, 2007
Edward Hines Lumber names new CEO

Gerald Wille has been promoted to president and CEO effective immediately....

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