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Articles in May, 2005 issue of Prosales

• On the hill: highlights from NLBMDA's 2005 Legislative Conference
• Second string: if you can get secondary products off the sidelines and into the sales game, you can significantly boost the bottom line
  by Rick Davis
• Schluter Systems
• New deal: Activant acquires Enterprise Computer Systems' parent company, Speedware
  by Tom Smith
• Owens Corning
  by Stephani L. Miller
• Business benchmarking: NLBMDA expands the benefits of its annual Cost of Doing Business survey with company-specific analysis and benchmarks
  by Steve Davis
• Dever Enterprises
• Knauf Insulation
• The search: most managers are looking for excellence in all the wrong places
  by Jim Harris
• Huttig opens new distribution centers
• Friendly ire: even if you play the role of contractor matchmaker, don't ignore your job as lumber dealer
  by Tad Troilo
• Reflectix
• Fear factor: despite the return of market-crash murmurs, housing forecasts remain strong, and sound business practices combined with traditional pro dealer work ethic will keep the numbers on your side
  by Chris Wood
• Do it Best Corp
• LMC forms tech alliance
  by Tom Smith
• Vermont American, VFW partner to help soldiers' families
• A tale of two yards: you have two choices when it comes to installed sales: commit your team and reap the rewards or lose focus and suffer the consequences
  by Mike Butts
• Henry Co
• OSI/Henkel Adhesives
• Green wave: the 2005 Green Building Conference showcased the many faces—and dispelled many of the myths—of sustainable building
  by Katy Tomasulo
• Princeton Forest Products announces promotions, hires
• Building success: despite often being labeled "middlemen," dealers play a key role in the home building industry. But to profit and succeed you need to clearly define and follow your company's role and implement sound strategies and services
  by Luis F. Solis
• Tarco
• New frontiers: with the right approach, organic expansion strategies can grow new business opportunities. Here are some tips on how to spread new roots from a small independent in Lowe's backyard and a regional Midwestern pro dealer
  by Joe Bousquin
• M&A activity heats up
• Success starts with safety: NLBMDA launches several initiatives to help dealers protect the safety and health of their employees
  by T.J. Cantwell
• Fashionable floors
  by Stephani L. Miller
• Smart Vent
• Universal Forest Products celebrates 50 years with Habitat contribution
• Leading caulk and sealant manufacturer offers best practices installation video: OSI Pro-Series® provides valuable tool for dealers
• Ainsworth
• The 2005 ProSales 100: with demand from residential contractors reaching all-time highs in tandem with commodity lumber prices, unparalleled growth rules the day for our annual ranking of the nation's leading construction suppliers
  by Chris Wood
• Calendar
• 100 years of plywood
  by Katy Tomasulo
• Safe and warm: the next evolution of energy efficient and impact-resistant windows combines the characteristics of both
  by Stephani L. Miller
• Pittsburgh Corning
• Service and market support help Integrity® sales climb
• Benjamin Obdyke
• Amazing feats: last year everyone thought it couldn't get much better, but the 2005 PROSALES 100 proved us wrong
  by Lisa Clift
• Headed south: Hope Lumber and Supply digs deeper into Southeast construction markets with the acquisition of Leeds Building Products
• Windsor Mill
• Pushing the limits: National Home Centers has returned to profitability, after several precarious years in the 1980s and 1990s, by augmenting its traditional strengths in lumber and building materials with broader assortments of home decor, flooring, and&
  by John Caulfield
• DAP
• Helping hand
  by Ancelle Contreras
• Prime time players: dealers are making a difference through reality TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  by Katy Tomasulo
• Weyerhaeuser
• Beyond borders: despite increasing demand and opportunities for selling U.S.-made building materials overseas, most dealers have yet to stick their feet in the water when it comes to exporting
  by Rich Binsacca
• Alum-A-Pole Corp