Article: Michigan's Universal Forest Products May Buy Riverside, Calif., Plant.(Originated from The Business Press, Ontario, Calif.)

Jul. 7--One of the nation's largest wood products companies is negotiating to buy the idle CertainTeed cement pipe-making facility near Riverside in a consolidation that could bring more than 200 manufacturing and warehouse jobs to the city.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Universal Forest Products Inc. has been negotiating with CertainTeed for nearly a year to buy the former pipe factory at 2100 Avalon St., according to Universal officials and real estate brokers familiar with the talks.

Universal Forest Products would consolidate manufacturing operations currently located in Corona and Huntington Beach at the 30-acre site, said Charles Felix, senior ...

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