Louisiana-Pacific partners with CanWel

VANCOUVER — CanWel Building Materials has signed an agreement to become the exclusive Canadian distributor of Louisiana-Pacific’s CanExel line of prefinished siding products. Effective January 1, the deal will allow the U.S.-based manufacturer of engineered wood building materials to take advantage of CanWel’s distribution network in Canada. Both Louisiana-Pacific sales VP Mike Sims and CanWel president Marc Seguin expressed their excitement at the agreement.