Universal Forest Products is Again Named One of the Best Performing Companies in the Nation
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Forest Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced it was again named to Forbes magazine's Platinum 400, an annual listing of the 400 best- performing U.S. companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue.
"We are pleased to again be selected to this list of America's best companies," said Bill Currie, UFPI's vice chairman and CEO. "Universal has an outstanding management team and this is a recognition of their efforts and outstanding performance."
UFPI was evaluated against its industry peers on profitability and growth and was ranked by Forbes among the nation's leading companies in the construction category. This was the fourth time in the last five years that Universal Forest Products was named to this prestigious list.
Universal Forest Products markets, manufactures, and engineers products for D-I-Y retail home centers, structural lumber products for the manufactured housing industry, engineered wood components for the site-built construction market and specialty wood packaging for various industries. For information about Universal Forest Products on the Internet, please contact the company's web site at www.ufpi.com , or call 888-Buy-UFPI. SOURCE Universal Forest Products, Inc.
CONTACT: Michael R. Cole, Chief Financial Officer of Universal Forest Products, Inc., +1-616-364-6161