Some Tafisa customers' orders will be impacted as a particleboard line at the company's Lac-Mégantic facility is being restored after suffering damage from a June 14 explosion at around 5:30 p.m.
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Miralis, a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets, inaugurated two new production facilites in quick succession with an eye toward increasing sales, including developing new markets and diversifying its product mix.
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Michael Wilbur will begin serving as the North American Building Material Distribution Association executive director effective July 1, at which point Kevin Gammonley will retire after 33 years.
Homeowners and renters are struggling with the high housing costs in 2024. The US home price index is now 47 percent higher than in early 2020, pushing the median sales price to about five times the median household income.
An explosion reportedly occurred at Tafisa Canada's particleboard facility in Lac-Mégantic last Friday, June 14, at around 5:30 p.m. No injuries were reported and an investigation continues.