History

• 1943
  • Martel Wilson founded Building Material Distributors (BMD) in Stockton, CA.

    

• 1948
  • BMD opens a warehouse in Sacramento, CA.
• 1949
  • BMD opens a warehouse in Fresno, CA.
• 1950
  • BMD opens a warehouse in San Jose, CA.
• 1955
  • Bill Grieve becomes President of BMD.

    

• 1958
  • BMD focused product offering on specialty building materials.
• 1965
  • BMD President, Bill Grieve, is elected President of the National Building Material Distributors Association.
• 1974
  • BMD acquires a 65,000 sq ft building in Galt, CA. Moves headquarters and main warehouse to new location.
• 1975
  • BMD's President, Bill Grieve, passes away: Jim Shuck becomes President.
• 1977
  • BMD introduces Marvin Windows to the California market..

    

• 1978
  • BMD is selected as the National Wholesaler of the Year by the National Building Material Distribution Association.
• 1982
  • Steve Ellinwood becomes President of BMD.

    

• 1984
  • Mike Garrison joins BMD
  • BMD establishes specialty sales force to provide special attention to Marvin and other specialty products.
  • BMD acquires a distributor in Eureka, CA and expands product offering. BMD add 30,000 sq. ft. to the Galt, CA location.
  • BMD purchases the Marvin Window distributor in Southern California, providing statewide distribution.
• 1985
  • Margie Olsen joins BMD.
• 1986
  • Margie Olsen becomes Director of Human Resources.
• 1990
  • BMD President, Steve Ellinwood, is elected President of the National Building Material Distributors Association.
• 1991
  • BMD establishes an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and purchases 45% of the company from the founding Wilson family.
• 1993
  • BMD establishes an Export Division with the primary focus on the Japanese and Asian markets.
• 1995
  • BMD opens a sales office in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1996
  • BMD institutes next day delivery to most markets. FasTrack delivery set industry standards.
• 1998
  • BMD's ESOP acquires remaining shares held by Wilson family and becomes 90% owned by the ESOP Trust.
  • BMD wins Vanguard Award for Growth/Expansion Strategies, presented by Comstock Magazine.
  • Home Factories Division is formed to produce Structured Insulated Panel factories for overseas markets.
• 1999
  • Garry Tabor joins BMD.
    BMD acquires American Pacific Supply, a distributor of commodity building materials.
• 2000
  • BMD begins to produce products under the proprietary "QuickBuild" label.
  • BMD opens sales office in Salt Lake City, Utah and Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Garry Tabor assumes the position of Vice President / Building Products division.
  • Mike Garrison assumes the position of Vice President / Marvin Windows Division.

    

• 2001
  • BMD establishes a merchandising service program to assist customers in marketing and merchandising.
  • BMD is selected as ESOP Company of the Year by the National Association for Employee Ownership.
• 2002
  • BMD expands Galt location bringing the total to 165,000 sq ft of warehouse space on 25 acres of land.
• 2003
  • BMD opens the Forest Products Division.
  • Bruce Garrett joins BMD as General Manager of the Forest Products Division.
• 2004
  • BMD acquires White Water in Spokane, Washington expanding our distribution to that market area.
  • The BMD Training Center opens to provide education for customers and employees.
• 2005
  • Garry Tabor becomes President of BMD

    

• 2006
  • BMD acquires Boddington Lumber Co. and expands distribution into Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.
  • Jim Colson joins BMD as Vice President / CFO.
  • Garry Tabor is named CEO / President of BMD.
• 2007
  • Marty Wilson retires from the BMD Board of Directors. The BMD Training Center is dedicated in his honor.

    

  • BMD opens the Garland (Dallas) Texas Distribution Center
  • The ESOP Association California/Western States Chapter awarded BMD the 2007 Communication Excellence Award. BMD was recognized for its outstanding efforts to communicate the benefits of employee ownership!
• 2008
  • QuickBuild Collated Nails are ICC-ES recognized, evaluation report (ESR#2422)
  • BMD instituted the first annual Steve and Anne Ellinwood Community Scholarship.
  • Mike Teresa joins BMD as Executive General Manager.

    

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