Business
In the Pipeline
Tied to both the Asian and U.S. economies, often reliant on military spending, and dependent on shipping lanes 2,400 miles long, the Hawaiian LBM supplier must master logistics, operations, and business diversification to have any shot at grabbing a piece of the state's 4,000 annual housing starts. One dealer that does is Honsador Holdings, the three-division power-house consisting of Honsador Lumber, Ariel Truss, and Honolulu Wood Treating (HWT) that pulled in $165 million in 2005 sales from nine locations across the islands of Kauai, Maui, Oahu, and the Big Island of Hawaii.
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