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The owner of B&L Wholesale Supply sees customer service providing his company with an edge
B&L Wholesale Supply Inc., ranked 41st on the 2005 Rochester Top 100 list of fastest-growing private companies, is a wholesale distributor of residential and commercial building materials. Donald Tomeny, president, bought B&L Wholesale in 1981. The company has grown from five employees to 235 in Rochester, Buffalo, Jamestown and Erie, PA... read more
Fresh housing stats from the National Association of Home Builders
Multi-family housing statistics
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Sales up 20 percent at Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain, the France-based building materials supplier and distributor, reported sales of about 31 billion Euros (US$39 billion) for the first nine months of 2006, more than a 20 percent increase from sales of nearly 26 billion Euros (US$32.6 billion) in the first nine months of 2005... read more
Cardinal Glass Rolls Production in Washington
Operations have started at the Winlock, Wash., float glass plant for Cardinal Float Glass, part of the Eden Prairie, MN-based Cardinal Corp., according to an Oct. 17 report from Industrial Info Resources of Sugar Land, Texas. The 550,000-square-foot facility has an output capacity of 650 tons per day, according to the report... read more
Local Green Building Programs Emphasize Practicality, AffordabilityThe GBI has helped to develop and launch another two local programs designed to give builders practical and affordable options for building green... read more
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