May 16, 2008
OrePac Building Products (Wilsonville, OR) is pleased to announce the acquisition
of Welco Lumber Company USA’s (Shelton, WA) distribution yards located in Tumwater, Washington, Kansas City Missouri,
and Springfield, Missouri. Sales at the Tumwater, Washington distribution yard will be merged with OrePac’s
Tacoma, Washington and Wilsonville, Oregon facilities.
In addition, OrePac has been appointed as the Pacific Northwest distributor for all Welco fencing products manufactured
at Welco’s mills in Shelton, Washington and Naples, Idaho. OrePac’s distribution locations
will offer Welco brand fencing for direct truck load shipments, as well as mixed truck load orders of fencing and other cedar
products. Welco is a well-established and highly regarded company throughout the forest products industry
and OrePac welcomes this tremendous opportunity to add Welco’s fencing to its product mix. This is
one more step in OrePac’s commitment to remain the Northwest’s “complete cedar source”.
For its part, Welco Lumber Company considers this to be an important step in pursuing
a strategy focused squarely on fencing manufacturing. By aligning itself with the strongest retailers and
distributors throughout the nation, Welco will strive to build upon its reputation as a first-in-class fencing manufacturer.
Welco is proud to have OrePac representing its products in the Pacific Northwest.