84 Lumber Company Description
With its utilitarian stores (most don't have heat or air conditioning), 84 Lumber has built itself up to be a leading low-cost provider of lumber and building materials and services. Through some 380 stores in more than 35 states the company, which is the nation's largest privately held building-materials supplier, sells lumber, siding, drywall, windows, and other supplies, as well as kits to make barns, play sets, decks, and even homes. Its 84 Components subsidiary operates about a dozen manufacturing plants that make floor and roof trusses and wall panels. Its stores are mainly in the East, Southeast, and Midwest; the firm also sells products internationally. CEO Joseph Hardy Sr. founded 84 Lumber in 1956.
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