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LANGLEY, BC, Jan. 7, 2016 /CNW/ - Hardwoods Distribution Inc. ("Hardwoods" or the "Company") (TSX: HWD) announced today that Lance Blanco will step down from his current position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective January 7, 2016. Mr. Blanco will also resign his position as a Director of the Company. Mr. Blanco will assume new duties with Hardwoods in the capacity of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, responsible for strategy, acquisitions and special projects.

Succeeding Mr. Blanco as Chief Executive Officer is Rob Brown. Mr. Brown will also assume a position as Director of the Company. Mr. Brown is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and brings 17 years' experience working in the building materials and distribution business with McMillan Bloedel, Weyerhaeuser and Hardwoods. In Mr. Brown's past 11 years with the Company, he has held positions of Vice President of Finance, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From July 2014 to March 2015 Mr. Brown was also the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company during a period of time that Mr. Blanco was hospitalized from injuries sustained in a serious bicycling accident.

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Press Release Monday January 11th 2016

King Marketing is pleased to announce that in the last month it has added four new sales representatives to its national team. In Quebec, King welcomed Jessica Turcotte and Martin Bélanger who have previous experience with Reno Depot and in a family construction business respectively. In Winnipeg Fab Di Nella brings 15 years of professional sales experience in the packaged and consumer goods industry to the southern Manitoba territory and in Kelowna Judy Steel who was most recently with Match Marketing is now responsible for sales in the southern Interior of BC.

King Marketing is committed to be the only viable choice for manufacturer's seeking exceptional representation in Canada in the Home Improvement Sector. King provides its represented manufacturer's with a powerful team of experienced, knowledgeable, engaged and resourceful representatives. For more information call 877-844-5464 or visit www.kingmkt.com

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VAUGHAN, ON, January 11, 2016 – TIM-BR MART Group (TIM-BR MART) restructures its procurement, lumber and building material (LBM) distribution, lumber trading and retail services support functions and leadership team to achieve greater organizational efficiency.

"This restructuring will further streamline our organizational structure and closely align our leadership team with their areas of expertise," says Bernie Owens, president of the TIM-BR MART Group. "In turn, we will achieve greater organizational efficiency and take another step towards becoming best in class."

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Montreal, January 13, 2016 — Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSX:RCH) is proud to announce a new Canada-wide distribution agreement between its Reliable Fasteners division and GRK Fasteners Canada, a division of American-based Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW).
The GRK Fasteners product range consists of a wide selection of high-end, application-specific, specialty fasteners. Those fasteners are especially intended for contractors, installers, and other construction and renovation professionals. They are mostly sold in hardware stores and home centres.

« We are very pleased with this new agreement. It will benefit our customers as well as help us expand and diversify our functional hardware offering in Canada », indicated Mr. René Labrecque, General Manager of Reliable Fasteners.

Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/wrl/pdf/Richelieu_Press_Release_-_GRK.pdf to view the full article online.

 

 

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