History

• 1957

  Company was founded and served its customers from the Dakota Warehouse Building in Watertown, SD.

• 1965

  Lester Schull purchased controlling interest in company.

• 1975

  Purchased Lumbermen’s Supply Company in Sioux Falls, SD and installed its first computer system.

• 1980

  Moved corporate office to its current location, 405 1st Ave NE, Watertown, SD.

• 1983

  Lee Schull becomes president of company.

• 1984

  Company expansion: New branch in Waterloo, Iowa — Building Products Inc. of Iowa.

• 1985

  Name changed from Lumbermen’s Supply Company to Building Products Inc. of South Dakota.

• 1991

  Consolidation of the Watertown and Sioux Falls branches while opening a new division Building Products Inc — Forest Products in Rauville, SD.

• 2000

  Numerous expansions in branches of over 180,000 SF.

• 2003

  Opened a Prefinish facility in Sioux Falls, SD and Waterloo, IA.

• 2009

  Acquired a location in Council Bluffs, IA — Engineered Wood/Lumber Division.

• 2012

  Further expansion of facilities of 60,000 SF.
  Annual sales surpassed $150,000,000.
  PartnerView online ordering and document retrieval system.

• 2013

  Acquisition of Building Products Inc. Millwork Branch, sq. ft. 97,500.
  Acquisition of Building Products Inc. of North Dakota, sq. ft. 48,844.

• 2018

  Acquired a location in Watertown, WI — BPI of Wisconsin.

• 2020

  BPI of Iowa branch expansion with the addition of a new 86,000 sq. ft. Millwork Facility.