A slow recovery in the U.S. housing market this year will help maintain prices on the wood panels made by manufacturer Louisiana-Pacific, an analyst wrote as he upgraded the company.

Masco Corporation  announced today that it will hold a conference call regarding 2009 fourth quarter and full-year results on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. ET.  The conference call will be hosted by Masco President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy Wadhams.  Participants in the call are asked to register five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time by dialing 312-0653 .

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—-Louisiana-Pacific Corporation announced today that Chief Financial Officer Curt Stevens will make a presentation at the CIBC World Markets 2010 Whistler Institutional Investor Conference on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at approximately 6:30 p.m.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash.—-Weyerhaeuser Company will release fourth quarter 2009 results on Feb. 5 before the market opens. The company will hold a live conference call at 7 a.m. Pacific on Feb. 5 to discuss fourth quarter results.

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. , a leading plastic recycler and manufacturer of Green building products, announced today that the company has entered into a relationship with Pacific MDF Products, Inc. of Arkansas, a leading national producer of primed mouldings, sold under the trade name, PacTrim to introduce a new line of exterior MoistureShield primed, composite trim and moulding products to be sold through PacTrim’s already established North American network of distributors and retail outlets.