Welcome to PAL

Progressive Affiliated Lumbermen, Cooperative, Inc.

PAL offers purchasing support with a team of professional traders who work for you. A unique three way partnership between the lumber yard, the material supplier and the PAL trader assures that our members enjoy competitive programs with products that help grow their business. Our National Buying Power philosophy helps us negotiate deals that could not be obtained by a single yard owner.

Combining the buying resources of our members whose collective sales exceed $5.2 billion dollars, PAL establishes National Buying Power by sourcing its lumber and building material products from across the globe. Obtaining the best price possible for each member is our goal. And with low overhead, PAL continues to be the best value buying group in the industry.

Celebrating our 75th Anniversary of incorporation in 2012, PAL has the distinction of being the oldest LBM buying cooperative in the country. PAL's shareholders have benefited from our consistent support and market expertise. Today we enjoy more than 220 independent lumber dealers who are proud owners of their co-op. At PAL, we listen, we're dependable and we care about you and your business.

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01/17/2012
Top 5 Housing Issues of 2012

Trying to figure out where the housing market is headed in 2012 offers a strong sense of déjà vu: The market feels just as it did at the beginning of 2011, when many pundits optimistically predicted that housing would finally hit bottom. The housing market didn’t deteriorate in 2011, but it didn’t firm up either amid an economic recovery that struggled to find its footing.

11/15/2011
PAL BUYING GROUP CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY

Grand Rapids, MI – November 15, 2011 -Progressive Affiliated Lumbermen, Inc., a non-profit lumber and building material buying group, proudly announces its 75th anniversary in 2012. The cooperative was founded in Grand Rapids, MI in 1934 by 8 independent lumber dealers looking to combine their purchases to increase their buying power of Globe roofing materials. They incorporated in 1937 and have been serving the independent lumber dealer ever since. PAL, as they have become known over the years, will start commemorating the milestone at their 2012 Business Conference and Buyers Show in Orlando, FL on February 1st. Three of the founding businesses are still operating today and continue to be members of the co-op. Fulton Lumber of Charlotte, MI, Jonesville Lumber of Jonesville, MI and DeWitt Lumber of Blanchard, MI will all be recognized, as will any member of 50 years or more at the conference. Robert (Bob) Fu

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