The National Plastering Industry’s Joint Apprenticeship Trust Fund (aka Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ Job Corps) will be moving its national headquarters on Nov. 16.
ClarkDietrich Building Systems announced that it has purchased the Vinyl Corp. business from Worthington Industries Inc. Located in Miami, Fla., Vinyl’s products include beads, trims and control joints for stucco/plaster, drywall, EIFS and direct-applied exterior finish systems.
Armstrong World Industries Inc. has reported its third quarter 2011 results. Highlights for are: Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $124 million, up 11 percent over the 2010 period.
Belgian building materials group Etex won European Union approval on Friday to purchase most of French cement maker Lafarge’s plaster activities in Europe and South America.
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to the House vote (by a margin of 405 to 16) to repeal the 3 percent tax withholding mandate.
Cabot Gypsum is launching production at a facility that has been in bankruptcy and boarded up for the past three years in Port Tupper, Nova Scotia, as reported in the Cape Breton Post.