Snavely expands in Texas

Snavely Forest Products, a wholesale lumber and building products firm, and a subsidiary of the MacArthur Company, has expanded its operations by opening a new location in Gonzales, Texas.

“This opportunity in south Texas strongly emphasizes Snavely’s commitment of building business for our partners which includes our customers and vendor partners,” said Clark Spitzer, COO at Snavely.

The opportunity will allow Snavely to better serve this target market and widen its customer reach into the San Antonio-Austin and Southeast Corpus Christi region, said the employee-owned company, which is celebrating its 120-year anniversary.

Marshall Owens, former sales manager in Snavely’s Dallas branch, has accepted the position as general manager of the new 17-acre, rail-serve division in Gonzales, said the firm.

“With 20 plus years’ experience at Snavely, Marshall is well-suited for this position. I’m confident he will leverage his sales and marketing savvy to propel our expansion to a new level,” said Nick Fitzgerald, Texas regional manager at Snavely.

To further emphasize the strategic importance of the expansion, Snavely said it has “enhanced its value-added product portfolio in the Texas market to include Trex composite decking,” for the high-performance outdoor living industry.

Snavely, considered house of brands, also distributes a variety of other products including Typar and Pacific Woodtech Engineered Wood Products.

Founded in 1902, Snavely Forest Products, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is 100-percent employee owned.