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timber mart expands lbm
distribution network into ontario

TIMBER MART is expanding their lumber
and building material (LBM) distribution
centre network into Ontario with the
addition of a fi e acre property in ount
Forest. The facility is conveniently located
within a six-hour radius of a multitude
of TIMBER MART member locations
and will offer a wide selection of LBM
products, weekly deliveries, cross-docking/
furtherance service and easy access for
dealers looking to pick up their orders.
“Our new distribution centre in
Ontario will offer our members all of the
conveniences that our existing facilities
provide and that our members in BC, dulux paints unveils 2019 colours of the year
Quebec and New Brunswick currently enjoy,”
says Bernie Owens, president of TIMBER
MART. “We look forward to opening the new Homeowners craving a contemporary colour, Night Watch couples well with soft
facility in January of 2019 and providing our version of old-school elegance and grey-browns or warm sandy beiges, or
dealers with a great source of LBM products sophistication can look to DULUX® Paints intense rust tones.
and competitive advantage in their local by PPG for trending paint colour inspiration. Versatile enough to work in either a
markets.” The leading national brand has named two traditional or contemporary setting, Night
TIMBER MART’s Mount Forest deep green tones as Colours of the Year Watch works best in bedrooms and living
distribution centre is located at 555 Perth for 2019: Night Watch, a deep green-black areas as well as on kitchen cabinetry. It
Street in Mount Forest, ON. It will be the from the brand’s new colour collection, also pairs particularly well with metallic
third facility the buying group operates and and Mohito Shimmer, a glistening, frosted finishes and pewter tones and creates a
will represent a significant e pansion of
their current distribution-centre network dark green from the Dulux Effects Finishes sophisticated “welcome” and dynamic
which consists of their facility in Langley, VENETIAN SILK™ collection. statement against brick or stucco when
BC and another in St-Nicolas, QC. The group “Both of these colours represent the painted on the front door.
will be looking to hire approximately 25 new ultimate in luxe, delivering a rich, striking According to Tustin-Fuchs, Mojito
staff for the facility in the Mount Forest area look that brings sophistication and depth Shimmer is the perfect complement to
and surrounding communities when fully to living spaces,” said Martin Tustin-Fuchs, Night Watch as it features a distinctive,
operational. PPG brand manager, Dulux Paints by PPG. lustrous, frosty-green coating that adds
About TIMBER MART “An evolution from last year’s popular tinted unprecedented class and wow factor to
Founded in 1967, TIMBER MART is the black, these glamourous dark greens are walls.
largest national member-owned buying symbolic of consumers’ desire for positive “As a stand-out colour in the Dulux
group in Canada for the true independent change – to move from darkness to twilight Venetian Silk line, there is nothing else like
entrepreneur. With hundreds of independent and to search for an element of rebirth in Mojito Shimmer on the market,” Tustin-
building-material and hardware retailers, today’s complex, technologically-driven Fuchs explained.
commercial dealers and manufacturers
located in every province across the country, world.” ulu enetian ilk finish is ade
TIMBER MART provides its extensive dealer Night Watch, a colour truly inspired from new technology that enables users
network with a menu of competitive buying by nature, emulates the feeling of lush to transform their walls in a single day,
programs, comprehensive marketing greenery and delivers a calming yet infusing the with light re ecting colour
services and personalized support to drive invigorating sense of euphoria. With the and texture to match any personal taste.
independent business success. For more ability to be used as a neutral, yet having Available in 40 striking, light-animating
information, please visit www.timbermart.ca the intensity to also stand out as an accent colours, the finish produces a silky layered
and www.timbermartmember.ca.

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