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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-012327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPX"
cik: "0000060519"
company_name: "LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T21:49:10.965138+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LP Building Solutions to acquire Wawa OSB facility from Forex; expand SmartSide capacity

## Summary
- Definitive agreement to acquire Wawa OSB Inc. assets from Forex for conversion to LP SmartSide siding mill.
- Expected close in early May 2023, subject to court approval and customary conditions.
- Mill to add ~400M sq ft capacity, making it LP's largest single-line siding mill; total siding capacity to reach 2.7B sq ft.
- Conversion to bring over 150 sustainable jobs; aspen wood basket and logistics cited as advantages.
- Second SmartSide line at Houlton, ME facility postponed until after Wawa conversion completes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-012327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPX
- cik: 0000060519
- company_name: LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60519/000162828023012327/0001628280-23-012327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60519/000162828023012327/lpx-20230421.htm

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