The Fall Forum will provide tile roof contractors, manufacturers, builders and design professionals with a platform for networking, technical updates, market trends and new product showcases.

SOPREMA’s cool roof SopraStar has achieved Energy Star rating. Composed of selected SBS modified bitumen on fiberglass reinforcement with highly reflective white top surface, which maintains high reflectivity and emissivity.

Performance Roof Systems Inc. (PRS) announced Texas Roof Management located in Richardson, Texas, as the first Derbigum Authorized Contractor (DAC) to achieve the status of greenDAC.

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) announced the election of new Executive Committee Officers and Board members for the 2008-10 term.

Architects, designers, specification writers, and facility managers may wish to take advantage of the nearly 40 roofing specifications now available online at garlandco.com, the Web site of The Garland Company Inc., Cleveland-based manufacturer and distributor of high-performance solutions for the building envelope.

Drexel Metals Corporation of Ivyland, Pa., and New Tech Machinery of Denver, Colo., 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 Brian Partyka, the president of Drexel Metals.

The Reflective Roof Coatings Institute enjoyed record-setting attendance at its third annual Mid-Year Technical Meeting held Aug. 21 in Medina, Ohio, on the RPM International campus. 

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.

DECRA Roofing Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of stone coated steel roofing panels, is a proud participant in the first international sustainable energy demonstration community in Beijing, China.

SRS Acquisition Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of Rowe Supply Inc., a leading independent distributor of residential and commercial roofing in the Savannah, Ga., and Hilton Head, S.C., markets. Rowe Supply, a privately owned company with 14 employees, was founded in 1978 and currently operates one location in Savannah, while a second location in Hilton Head is currently under construction and set to open in early 2009.