Bürkle Group Names New CEO

Freudenstadt, Germany—Shareholders of the Freudenstadt, Germany-based Bürkle Group have appointed Jan Sickmann CEO. With a background in mechanical engineering, Sickmann takes over management of the group of Bürkle companies together with the other managing directors. The company says this will strengthen the management team and consolidate its market position, as well as expand international growth […]

Universal Forest Pays $6.5M for Factory-built Housing Supplier

Haleyville, AL—UFP Industries’ (Nasdaq: UFPI) Construction unit paid $6.5 million for the operating assets of Shelter Products, Inc., a framing lumber and plywood supplier to multi-unit construction firms. Adjacent to UFP’s Haleyville, AL plant, that supplies trusses to factory-built housing firms, Shelter Products operates its distribution and logistics business from an 87,800-sq.-ft. warehouse that also […]