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TAIGA BUILDING PRODUCTS CELEBRATES

50 Anniversary
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his spring Taiga Building Products Smartside, and Trex, in addition to Taiga’s lines lot on 520 Harrop Drive where the sales office
Tcelebrated their golden anniversary with of pressure treated lumber, white wood, and now sits.
special open houses at all their Canadian and panels. Attendees could tour the property and
US branches. Fifty years in the building supply The site of the Milton branch was the warehouses. A high spot of the day were
industry is worthy of a great celebration. purchased in 1978 as a five-acre yard. This the food trucks available to feed the crowd of
The LBMAO attended the Milton branch location had been the site for the Beaver visitors that had gathered for the festivities.
open house event at the end of May. It Lumber Homes prefabrication plant prior to Congratulations go out to the team at
was a spectacular day filled with fun, food, the Taiga purchase. It is a location that sits Taiga for the warm reception, tremendous
demonstrations, and prizes. A number of on a CN rail siding for convenient unloading hospitality and all the planning and effort that
the manufacturers of product that Taiga of lumber and panel rail cars. An additional 3 when into this special celebration.
distributes were also at the celebration, acres were added to this site shortly after. This Fifty years is an important milestone in this
including John Mansville, Zip, Hoft Railings, LP was followed by the acquisition of the corner industry.

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