RISON - More than two dozen positions at Doman Building Materials Group's operations at Rison are being temporarily "curtailed" due to supply chain disruption, according to company sources."This is a temporary curtailment of operations at our planer mill in Rison," said Mark Chatfield, president of Doman Lumber in an email to the Herald."The curtailment is due to loss of inbound source manufacturing material because of a recent fire at an unaffiliated sawmill outside Arkansas," he wrote. "We expect this curtailment to be temporary in nature. We are retaining key staff to man the facility until such time it resumes operations." Chatfield said about 26 employees were impacted on this curtailment.Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. bought Hixson Lumber Sales, including its operations in Rison, in June 2021 for $375 million, according to media reports. The transaction included all assets of Hixson's group of companies, including inventory, on a cash-free and debt-free basis.Doman is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a leading North American distributor of building materials, and is Canada's only fully integrated national distributor in the building materials and related products sector.Hixson Lumber Sales, founded in 1959, was a leading family-owned lumber and treated wood supplier operating in the central U.S. with 19 lum-ber treating plants, five specialty sawmills, and a trucking fleet.Hixson served national big box retailers, several national home builder distribution yards, large regional lumber yards, and multiple small independent lumber yards. The company's product line included pressure treated lumber, wood fence manufacturing, and specialty items for new home and renovation markets.In a statement issued by Doman after the purchase, the company said Hixson's operations were highly complementary to the Doman's existing U.S. West Coast operations without overlap. The transaction was projected t...
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