Taiga sales, earnings fall in Q2

Taiga Building Products reported Q2 sales of $427.8 million, a decline of $19.1 million or 4.0 percent from $446.9 million a year earlier. Net earnings fell to $13.9 million from $17.0 million in the previous Q2. Sales for the first half of the fiscal year amounted to $821.5 million, compared to $855.4 million in the comparable period of last year, while profits slipped to $26.7 million from $30.5 million.