GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Klise Mfg., a national decorative wood products supplier, named Insulation and Supply Co.  as its distributor for Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Insulation and Supply will carry the modular half-round column system from Klise’s Column Track program.     

  CALHOUN, GA -- The Faus Group recently commenced operations at its first U.S. laminate flooring plant. The plant currently has 75 employees, but is expected to employ 160 people when it is fully operational. The Spain-based company plans to add a second phase in 2008 that could eventually bring total employment up to 360 people.

WEST DES MOINES, IA -- Henry J. "Hank" Evans III, owner of A.F.

 

NORWALK, CT -- GE Commercial Finance – Corporate Lending announced today that it has provided a $160 million asset-based credit facility to Huttig Building Products Inc., a domestic distributor of millwork, building materials and wood products used

BAYPORT, MN -- Andersen Corp., a manufacturer of windows and doors, is reportedly laying off 450 to 500 employees. Workers said they were told Dec. 5, according to the Pioneer Press.

GRATZ, PA -- M.I. Windows and Doors Inc., a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of windows and doors, plans to close its plant in Brazil on Dec. 22, eliminating about 170 jobs, according to the Terre Haute Tribune-Star.

Dianne Pisarek, Liberty Hardware's new vice president of marketing.

TUSCALOOSA, AL – Planit, a global provider of CAD/CAM software, announced December 1 a change to the company’s ownership. Planit is now part of the private sector, having been publicly traded on the London exchanges since 1998. The change in ownership was facilitated through funding from August Equity Limited, HSBC Bank PLC and members of the U.K. and U.S.