CanWel Acquires Vickers Island Truss Plant

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Vancouver, BC–CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd., through its Honsador Group of companies, recently announced it has acquired the truss design and manufacturing plant and related equipment and business, formerly owned by Vickers Island Truss, Ltd.

Privately owned Island Truss has provided Hawaii’s island of Kauai with a wide assortment of truss designs and products since 1995.

Island Truss is Kauai’s only on-island truss manufacturing plant. It services the requirements of many of Kauai’s hotels, resorts, homes, and schools, CanWel said.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CanWel is one of Canada’s largest distributors of building materials.

The company operates multiple treating facilities and distribution centers in the United States and Canada, and 14 locations in Hawaii through Honsador Building Products Group.

More details available at www.canwel.com.

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