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Owens Corning is betting the house.
The company that made insulation pink spent $3.9 billion on doors. Its next act starts with a surprisingly small idea: make the builder’s job easier.
Carlisle found its future on the roof.
A company born making bicycle inner tubes sold its way out of diversification. Its next bet: building materials that save the contractor time and the owner energy.
QXO’s $30 billion bet on the last mile
Brad Jacobs bought his way into roofing, lumber, and insulation. Now QXO has to make those businesses work better together, one contractor and one delivery at a time.
National Lumber sells the missing piece: coordination.
A sheet of drywall is easy to buy. Getting it to the right floor, at the right moment, explains how a New England lumberyard became a $282.5 million acquisition.
HomeWorks Energy, Inc.
HomeWorks Energy built a sizable climate business around an unglamorous truth: before a house can go electric, somebody has to find the drafts, explain the rebates and do the work.