Kohler, WI — Kohler Co. announced that it is closing its Canac kitchen cabinetry business, citing the United States’ weak housing market, recent construction softness in Canada and escalating costs for raw materials and logistics costs as the driving reasons for the business closure.

A full business closure is anticipated by the end of 2008, according to Kohler, headquartered here.

Canac has been experiencing a decline in orders “for some time,” according to Kohler, and “competes in an already crowded and price-sensitive kitchen cabinetry marketplace that itself has been in decline.”

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