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Heartland Acoustics & Interiors recently welcomed a group of new professionals to its team. Their expertise and passion align perfectly with the company’s mission.

SwiftWall announced a new partnership with P&A Drywall Supply, one of the largest distributors of drywall materials and supplies in the St. Louis area. Established in 1974, P&A Drywall has built a reputation for excellence, serving residential and commercial contractors with top-quality products and unmatched service.

ATAS International’s website was honored with the Award of Distinction by the Communicator Awards, a leading global awards program honoring creative excellence for marketing and communications professionals. Founded three decades ago, the Communicator Awards is an annual competition recognizing the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and design.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance has released the third edition of FenestrationMasters, its flagship education program. FenestrationMasters offers professional certification and education that covers the full breadth of the fenestration industry, including performance standards, products and materials, test methods and code requirements.

PPG’s architectural coatings U.S. and Canada business has been renamed to The Pittsburgh Paints Company, a name that represents the 125-year-old company’s incredible legacy, after American Industrial Partners completed its acquisition of the company.

Following the record destruction caused by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in the past 30 years, Simpson Strong-Tie is donating $10,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross, processed through the American Red Cross.

Knight Wall Systems announced on Nov. 26 the appointment of Roofing & Exterior Products Services as its new manufacturer’s rep group for Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky.

If you own or manage a building with automatic doors, you’re likely aware that the ANSI standards cover requirements for their safe operation and required signage. The American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers has a dedicated certification program to ensure that industry inspectors and technicians are up to date on the latest standards.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance has updated a specification document providing a standardized comparative analysis procedure for determining the structural integrity of window and door products. The AAMA 2502-24 (Comparative Analysis Procedure for Window and Door Products), an FGIA document, is now available for purchase in the FGIA’s online store.

At the 31st annual Lehigh Valley Commercial and Industrial Real Estate awards breakfast, Dick Bus of ATAS International, Inc., received the Person of the Year award. It was presented to Bus on Oct. 25 at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during a sold-out event attended by approximately 450 Lehigh Valley professionals.