Langley, BC— Hardwoods Distribution Inc., headquartered here, recently announced that it has, through its subsidiary Hardwoods Specialty Products US LP (“Hardwoods”), purchased Aura Hardwoods. Aura has grown into one of Northern California’s largest wholesale distributors of Hardwood lumber and related products with six locations across that part of the state: Modesto, Rancho Cordova, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Fresno and Santa Cruz.
The Hardwoods acquisition of Aura Hardwoods reflects one component of its long-term growth strategy. Over half of HDI’s annualized sales now come from acquired businesses, and over the last two years it has added over $150 million in annualized sales to the top line. HDI is among North America’s largest distributors of architectural grade building products to the residential and commercial construction markets.
“As part of our overall strategic plan for California, we combined two well-established, highly reputable companies – Aura and Hardwoods – to drive accelerated growth,” commented Hardwoods Vice President Dan Besen. “Along with our other recent acquisitions, Far West Plywood (January 2019) and Diamond Hardwoods (March 2020), our combined California footprint of 12 branches provides us a much better platform to be the premier distributor of architectural building products to both the design and millwork community throughout California.”
Aura recently opened its doors for business under the Hardwoods brand name, and will operate as part of the Hardwoods Northern California Group led by General Manager Mike Couture. Together with Senior General Manager of California, Nick Smith, they are responsible for optimizing Hardwoods’ expanding California business.
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