MasterBrand Cabinets parent Fortune Brands Home & Security will acquire WoodCrafters Home Products LLC, a manufacturer of bathroom vanities and tops. The transaction is valued at $300 million.

“Diamond, the hardest substance known to man.” Advertisements touting this quality of diamond are used to represent many different types of products, and in its truest sense, it implies a material that is unequaled in terms of strength and resilience. However, while it is true that diamond is the hardest substance known to man, special care is needed with diamond tools in order to optimize this characteristic.

With some homeowners considering spring remodeling projects, MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. launches an ongoing Web initiative to grow business for dealers and support its family of cabinetry brands, which include Aristokraft, Decorá, Diamond, Dynasty, Homecrest Cabinetry, Kemper, Kitchen Craft, Omega and Schrock.

Fortune Brands Home & Security posted net sales of $3.3 billion for 2011, an increase of 3% over 2010. The company said it projects 2012 sales to also increase, “at a mid-single-digit rate,” based on an assumption of 3% growth in the new housing and remodeling/repair markets.

Fortune Brands $3 billion home unit includes MasterBrand Cabinets (Aristokraft, Decorá, Diamond, Omega and Kitchen Craft), Therma-Tru doors, Simonton windows, and its largest brand, Moen faucets.