http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News Industry News Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:05:53 -0500 en-us © 2007 BNP Media 60 http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746995 Alabama Metal Industries Inc. and Fortifiber Building Systems Group have joined forces to market and distribute Fortifiber’s Jumbo-Tex Pony Rolls in the Midwest, from AMICO’s Kansas City Distribution Center.  http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746995 http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000747006 Armstrong World Industries has named the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade, Md., as its 2009 Ceiling Recycler of the Year. Over the past 14 months, the government agency has recycled more than 400,000 square feet of discarded ceiling tiles rather than sending them to a landfill.   http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000747006 http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746993 The Ceilings & Interior Systems Construction Association has released an extensive white paper, “Acoustics in Schools,” designed as a tool for architects, interior designers, and other design professionals who work to improve school environments for all users. According to the association, this is the first white paper to address this issue and is available at no charge.  http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746993 http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746999 The Green Glue Co. has entered into an agreement with CertainTeed Gypsum to become the exclusive sales representative to independent professional channels in the United States for Green Glue noise proofing products.  http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746999 http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746985 National Gypsum said in a prepared press release that statements made by Dr. Timothy Townsend, in a CBS Nightly News segment aired in December, are misleading and unjustly harming the company’s reputation in the marketplace. Dr. Townsend is a professor at the University of Florida.  http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000746985 http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000747001 EIFS manufacturer ParexLahabra Inc. has changed its name to Parex USA Inc. The switch became effective January 1, 2010.  http://www.wconline.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000747001