Weyerhaeuser Gets Hostile With Willamette

The two companies, longstanding rivals, have quite a history. Rogel, for instance, left Willamette at the end of 1997 to take over at Federal Way, WA-based Weyerhaeuser and has been attempting to purchase his former company ever since.

The Associated Press quoted a number of sources who believe Willamette's board of directors is holding out for a better offer.