The Sony Walkman. Big hair and bigger shoulder pads. Lines at gas stations. To these mementos of the early 1980s you can add one more: rampant inflation.
Two long-standing family businesses are joining forces with Hancock Lumber’s announcement of plans to acquire Lapointe Lumber, a fourth-generation independent building materials supplier that’s operated in the Augusta and Gardiner markets since 1947.
UFP Industries, Inc. reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sunbelt Forest Products Corporation, has signed an agreement to purchase the net operating assets of Spartanburg Forest Products, Inc. and its affiliates.
R.P. Lumber Co., Inc., a growing home improvement company with 71 locations, announced their acquisition of Dick-N-Sons Lumber, located in Blue Grass, Iowa.
