HomeSphere, a technology-leveraged service
provider to residential homebuilders and building product manufacturers, has
added CertainTeed to its list of over 70 supply chain partners.
Duro-Last Roofing, Inc. announced the
addition of a roofing blog to its Web site. This Internet tool is one of a new
generation of web-based social media applications that businesses are
increasingly using to strengthen relationships with their customers and pursue
new business opportunities.
GAF
Materials Corporation’s low slope roofing business has seen tremendous growth
over the last several years. This growth has been fueled by significant
investment in capacity and dedication of resources for the supply of commercial
roofing.
METALCON International, held Oct. 1 through 3,
drew nearly 7,000 high-level metal construction professionals from more than 50
different countries to the Baltimore
Convention Center.
Roofing Contractor Sales Manager Marcia Wright and
Sean Cornelius are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Zaven
(pronounced ZAH-ven) Cruz Cornelius.
Owens
Corning has launched a full set of business solutions to help its
building materials customers easily, efficiently and profitably enter an
emerging and growing market category - re-insulation.
Drexel Metals Corporation of Ivyland, Pa.,
and New Tech Machinery of Denver have joined forces.
Drexel Metals, a
metal roof systems supplier, and New Tech Machinery, a manufacturer of portable
roll forming equipment, will now offer the most complete cost effective
engineered metal roofing package available, according to Drexel Metals
president Brian Partyka.
RAS Systems, LLC,
hosted an open house Aug. 21-23 at its Peachtree, Ga., location with the RAS
product line on display. RAS Systems is the American partner of Reinhardt
Machinenbau of Sindelfingen, Germany.
Polyglass USA Inc. announced that its acquisition by
MAPEI SpA Italy
has been finalized. The sale was concluded on Sept. 30, 2008. Headquartered in Milan, Italy,
MAPEI is a privately held international organization composed of over 6,000
employees and annual sales approaching $2.5 billion.
DECRA Roofing Systems
Inc. is a participant in the first international sustainable energy
demonstration community in Beijing, China. The Future House community
consists of 10 homes, sponsored by countries from around the world, each
designed and built with the common goal of bringing together the best building
practices and materials demonstrating environmental responsibility.