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ProBuild Holdings is one of the largest privately held diversified suppliers of lumber and building materials to professional builders and contractors in the United States.〔About ProBuild (probuild.com )〕 〔(2013 PROSALES 100 Company Rankings )〕 〔Fidelity Investments#Other businesses〕 〔Pro-Build Holdings Inc. company overview (hoovers.com )〕 Markets Served ProBuild currently operates approximately 423 〔2013 PROSALES 100 Company Rankings listing number of locations and states served ()〕 lumber and building product distributions, manufacturing and assembly centers serving 45 U.S. states. Company History and Acquisitions In 1997, Fidelity Capital, the business development arm of Fidelity Investments, acquired the Strober Organization, a supplier of building materials to professional builders and contractors in the Northeast.〔ProBuild Company History (),〕 〔(Answers.com profile of the Strober Organization )〕 Over the next nine years, Strober acquired additional regional brands, extending its reach to the mid-Atlantic and Southeast markets. By 2005, Strober had become one of the largest professional building materials dealers in the United States.〔(2006 PROSALES 100 Company Rankings )〕 In 2008, Fidelity Capital purchased Lanoga Corporation,〔ProBuild Newsroom press release announcing acquisition of Lanoga Corporation ()〕 which was, at the time, the nation's third largest professional building materials dealer. Fidelity made the purchase through ProBuild Holdings, Inc., a newly created entity that included the Strober Organization. The Strober Organization was the sixth largest professional building materials dealer in the U.S. at the time.〔(2006 PROSALES 100 Company Rankings )〕 With the purchase of Lanoga, ProBuild's 2006 resources comprised over 420 locations in 38 states with more than 14,000 employees.〔ProBuild Press Room - Press release announcing finalized purchase of Lanoga Corporation ()〕 The subsequent acquisitions of Hope Lumber and Supply 〔ProBuild Press Room - Press release announcing purchase of Hope Lumber and Supply ()〕 and other lumber suppliers made ProBuild the largest 〔(2007 PROSALES 100 Company Rankings )〕 professional building materials dealer in the United States by 2007 with more than 506 locations nationwide. Following the downturn of the housing market in the United States in 2008, ProBuild consolidated a number of facilities and exited several markets,〔(ProBuild Reveals Plans to Shut 12 Facilities - ProSales Magazine )〕 〔(ProBuild ID's Most of the 20 Yards It Will Close - ProSales Magazine )〕 including Chicago 〔(ProBuild to Exit Chicago Market - Home Channel News )〕 and Pittsburgh.〔(ProBuild Withdrawing from Some Eastern Markets - Home Channel News )〕 As was the case with much of the home building industry, sales fell during the downturn. ProBuild reported just over $3 billion in sales in 2009, down from at 2006 peak of $6 billion.〔ProBuild CEO "Our Sales Will Fall to $3b This Year" - ProSales Magazine ()〕 By 2013, the company reported a 9 percent increase in sales from the prior year.〔(2013 PROSALES 100 )〕 Company Rankings 2006-2010 - ProBuild was ranked the largest professional-oriented lumber and building materials dealer in the nation 〔(PROSALES 100 Company Rankings 1991 - 2013 )〕 by industry trade publication ''ProSales Magazine'' in the annual PROSALES 100. The PROSALES 100 is a list of the nation's top professional-oriented full-line lumberyards and specialty dealers ranked by the dollar value of their sales to pros. In 2005, with the acquisition of Lanoga Corp., ProBuild was created, making it the biggest full-service lumberyard in the nation 〔(2011 PROSALES 100 )〕 and putting ProBuild at the top of the list for the next five years. 2011-2013 - Probuild was ranked No. 2 largest professional-oriented lumber and building materials dealer in the nation 〔(PROSALES 100 Company Rankings 1991 - 2013 )〕 in the PROSALES 100 as a result of ABC Supply's acquisition in 2010 of former No. 4 ranked Bradco Supply.〔(PRNewswire release announcing ABC Supply Acquisition of Bradco Supply )〕 The deal enabled ABC Supply to take the top spot, with a 51.7 percent rise in overall sales in 2011 to $4.07 billion.〔(2011 PROSALES 100 )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ProBuild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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