Masonite buys $40M Wisc. firm

TAMPA -- Masonite Corp. acquired Birchwood Best, a Wisconsin-based plywood and door accessory producer with $40 million in 2010 revenues. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Birchwood has 240 employees. Cody Wickersheim, the company's vice president, will join Masonite to help integrate Birchwood's operations into its new parent's system.

In July, Masonite acquired Marshfield Door Systems Inc., another Wisconsin-based door manufacturer. That company had $100 million in 2010 revenues and 600 employees.