There is definitely a positive upward trend in residential home building. After years of weak demand for new construction, builders in most regions of the country are finally seeing more activity, bidding more work and signing more ...
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Hooker Furniture said sales rose 9.7% in the fourth quarter, as the company finished its fiscal year with solid performances by its case goods and upholstery segments. Profits also jumped to $3.7 million, or 34 cents per share, in the ...
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The Australian dollar was sharply higher today after companies reported better-than-expected investment intentions for the coming year. The solid investment report triggered heavy buying of the Australian dollar as traders reduced bets on ...
A truss is any structure that relies on a triangular design for strength and stability. It may be as simple as a three-sided triangle used in a bicycle frame to a multi-dimensional structure at the base of a tower or bridge. Different truss ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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An industrial panel saw separates large pieces of wood into smaller ones. As its name implies, large boards are typically cut into smaller ones under its circular blade, which is vertically or horizontally set. In the vertical arrangement, ...
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However glass industry professionals ultimately voted in the presidential election, one reaction has been near unanimous: relief that the campaigning has come to a close. Mark Silverberg, president of Technoform North America Inc. in ...
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Mohawk Industries Inc. announced 2012 third quarter net earnings of $70 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.01. Excluding restructuring charges, net earnings were $72 million and EPS was $1.04, a 25% increase over last year's ...
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Stainless Steel is one product which is being used by many for multi-purposes. However one should be considerably sure about the fact âEUR~that the right thickness of the product is being chosen.These are also available in ...
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West Fraser Timber Co. And Western Forest Products Inc. Are leading Canadian lumber producers to the biggest combined profit since 2006 as mills run at five-year highs to feed a U. S. Housing rebound and near-record Chinese demand. Lumber ...
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The 2008 collapse of the housing market devastated California's already faltering lumber industry. The housing market has been slow to recover, but new home construction has risen in the last year. David Bischel of the California Forestry ...
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Residential flooring manufacturers in the U. S. Increased their lumber purchases, but several were not receiving as much as they wanted. Unfinished oak strip flooring prices have trended steadily higher since early spring, which some credit ...
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Radiant heating is rapidly becoming a popular option in new home construction in the United States due to its cost-effective efficiency, but the concept dates all the way back to ancient Rome, where slaves tended fires that sent hot air ...
WILLAMINA — The international markets didn't register a ripple, but on April 9, Arnie Swan drove 25 minutes from his home and reported to work at Boise Cascade's veneer plant. He's a new hire, not a worker called back from one of the ...
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The combined Canadian and U. S. Lumber industries shrunk by about 30 percent as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis that, in 2008, sparked the U. S. 's worst recession since the Great Depression, according to a summary in the 2012 ...
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