Home improvement company R.P. Lumber acquired Blue Grass, Iowa-based Dick-N-Sons Lumber. Founded in 1901, Dick-N-Sons is one of the olders lumber yards in Iowa and serves builders, contractors, and DIYers.
“We are excited to enhance and grow our service to the people of eastern Iowa from this new facility,” Robert Plummer, president and CEO of R.P. Lumber, said in a news release. “The VanDeWalle family have built a great company and we could not be more pleased to welcome the Dick-N-Sons team to the R.P. Lumber family.”
The acquisition represents R.P. Lumber’s first expansion into the state of Iowa. Dick-N-Sons will operate under the R.P. Lumber brand name with key team members continuing at the company.
“We are very active in our community and this was a very important decision for our family,” the VanDeWalle family said in a prepared statement. “Our employees, our customers, and the communities we serve are important to us and we know that, in working with R.P. Lumber and the Plummer family, they will be in good hands.”
R.P. Lumber recently acquired two-unit Build-Rite Lumber and Supply in Wyoming in June 2020.
Edwardsville, Ill.-based R.P. Lumber was founded in 1977 and operates 72 locations across Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wyoming. The full-service retail home center and building materials supplier serves customers in numerous other states, including Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
