Weyerhaeuser Recognized for Innovative Engineered Wood Products
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:50:00 GMT
been a leader in innovation and technology in the structural frame products industry. From products such as 4-Square® Lumber in the 1920s to Trus Joist company's invention of the wood I joist in the 1960s to new engineered wood products today, the
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Plummer great choice for the Republicans
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:42:00 GMT
the same. Plummer is a young, successful businessman from Edwardsville. He has been involved in his family's lumber company, R.P. Lumber, his entire life. By the time he graduated from the University of Illinois in 2005, he was already the owner of
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Stimson Lumber to trim 70 jobs at mill west of Gaston
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:09:00 GMT
CEO Andrew Miller blames construction slowdown for plans to close plant’s dimensional lumber unit in western Washington County About 70 employees at Stimson Lumber Co. learned last week that they will lose their jobs at the company’s mill near Hagg
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National Lumber chairman dies at age 86
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:13:00 GMT
Wicked Local Newton Newton — Louis Kaitz spent seven decades working at National Lumber, starting as a 16-year-old truck driver and ending as chairman of the company’s board. During that time, the company started by his father grew to 500 employees,
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